Accession No

1951.1076 D


Description

Sherd of grey fabric with black slip, polished. The exterior surface is decorated with incised parallel lines and zigzag dashes. Lime fills the insides of the decorations.


Place

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


Period

Early Bronze Age Early Cypriot I


Source

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


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1951.1076 D; 4 [Finds No.]


Cultural Affliation


Material

Ceramic; Pottery; Lime


Local Term


Measurements


Events

Description (Labels & Markings)
Marked in white ink: 'Vounous T.112 No. 4'
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)


Description (Physical description)
One sherd from a small black flask with incised decoration.
Event Date
Author: Lucie Carreau


Context (Field collection)
From Tomb 112. Vounous Site A, No.4. 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, p. 147, no. 4.
Event Date 1950
Author: Lucie Carreau


Context (Other owners)
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


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 grey fabric with black slip, polished. The exterior surface is decorated with incised parallel lines and zigzag dashes. Lime fills the insides of the decorations.
Event Date 23/2/2024
Author: Esther Laver


FM:283996

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