Accession No

1951.1078 C


Description

Three sherds from a milk bowl of buff fabric with red slip, both from a hilt-shaped handle. One break is old and abraided, and the other is new.


Place

Europe; Southern Europe; Cyprus; Kyrenia District; Bellapais; Vounous


Period

Early Bronze Age


Source

Museum of Classical Archaeology [donor]; Fitzwilliam Museum [collector]; Stewart, James Rivers Barrington [excavator]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1951.1078 C; MAA: 1951.2017 P; 16 [Finds No.]


Cultural Affliation


Material

Ceramic; Pottery


Local Term


Measurements


Events

Description (Labels & Markings)
Marked in black ink: 'VOUNOUS. T.122. No. 16'.
Event Date
Author: Lucie Carreau


Context (Field collection)
Found: From Tomb 122. Vounous Site B, No. 16. The remainder of the finds from this tomb were not handed over to this museum. No trace of human skeleton in this tomb but it is thought to be a single inhumation. Excavated by James Stewart, British School at Athens, 1937-1938.
Event Date 1937
Author: Lucie Carreau


Context (References)
Stewart, James and Stewart, Eleanor. (1950). Vounous 1937-38: Field Report on the Excavations Sponsored by the British School of Archaeology at Athens. Lund: C.W.K. Gleerup. Plate: XLIV B (122.16).
Event Date 1950
Author: Lucie Carreau


Context (Acquisition Details)
Transferred from the Fitzwilliam Museum to the Museum of Classical Archaeology in 1938, then transferred from the Museum of Classical Archaeology to MAA in November 1951. Other material from Vounous was transferred to the Nicholson Museum, National Museums Liverpool and Manchester Museum (see archive BR6/1/3 for list).
Event Date 11/1951
Author: Lucie Carreau


Description (Physical description)
Hilt shaped handle and sherd from a milk bowl.
Event Date 9/6/1992
Author: Lucie Carreau


Loan (Analysis)
Fitzwilliam Museum, 09/07/2019 to 31/12/2019, PhD study by Rafael Laoutari, at the request of Professor Cyprian Broodbank
Event Date 9/7/2019
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)


Description (Physical description)
Three sherds from a milk bowl of buff fabric with red slip, both from a hilt-shaped handle. One break is old and abraided, and the other is new.
Event Date 26/2/2024
Author: Esther Laver


Context (Amendments / updates)
One sherd was previously accessioned as 1951.2017 P and marked with that MAA IDNO. It was matched with the other two sherds on the basis of the fabric, the matching breaks, and an illustration in the publication of the site with all three sherds together.
Event Date 26/2/2024
Author: Esther Laver


FM:283992

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