Accession No

1951.1078 D


Description

Sherd of buff fabric with red slip. Decorated with painted black bands.


Place

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


Period

Iron Age


Source

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


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1951.1078 D


Cultural Affliation


Material

Ceramic; Pottery


Local Term


Measurements


Events

Description (Labels & Markings)
Marked in black ink: 'VOUNOUS. T.122.'
Event Date
Author: Lucie Carreau


Description (Labels & Markings)
Marked in pencil: '122'.
Event Date
Author: Lucie Carreau


Context (Field collection)
Found: From Tomb 122. Vounous Site B. Iron Age sherd from the surface earth above the fallen roof of the chamber. 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.
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)
Sherd.
Event Date 9/6/1992
Author: Lucie Carreau


Description (Physical description)
Sherd with painted decoration.
Event Date 2/5/2019
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)


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)
Sherd of buff fabric with red slip. Decorated with painted black bands.
Event Date 26/2/2024
Author: Esther Laver


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