Description (Labels & Markings)
Marked in white ink: 'VOUNOUS. T.114. SHERDS I'.
Event Date
Author: Lucie Carreau

Context (Field collection)
From Tomb 114, Vounous Site A. Sherds 1. Part of the contents of Tomb 114, plundered and the remains of two individuals disturbed. All pottery from the chamber. 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.153-155 and Plate XVII b.
Event Date 1950
Author: Lucie Carreau

Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for 1951.1077 A-J: 'G = Sherds of an ASKOS reconstructed. Ovoid body, tubular spout, high loop handle. Incised decoration.'
Event Date 1951
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

Context (Other)
Pottery nos. 3, 7, and 10 are missing, also model pottery dagger and sheath (No. 9 a-b. See plate XCVII a and b). Sherds 4 were missing but have been found, see 1951.2014. See card 1951.1074.
Event Date 9/6/1992
Author: Lucie Carreau

Description (Physical description)
Reconstructed askos: ovoid body, tubular spout (broken off, kept with object), high loop handle. Incised decoration.
Event Date 13/5/2019
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)
Reconstructed askos: ovoid body, tubular spout (broken off, kept with object), high loop handle. Incised decoration. Body now in two pieces, along old repair lines.
Event Date 17/7/2020
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Description (Physical description)
Askos, now in three pieces. Ovoid body with nipple at top and base; body is decorated with geometric patterns in incised lines; including zig-zags and diamond shapes. Spout projects upwards from centre of body; cylindrical tube with everted rim. Reconstructed handle loops high above top of vessel, connecting on both sides. Red surface exterior with grey interior; some trace of lime filled in the incisions. Spout is detached, vessel is broken in two along centre of body, along old repair lines.
Event Date 26/2/2024
Author: Clare McKenna