Accession No

1951.1080 B


Description

Hemispherical bowl with four lugs and incised decoration. Wide mouth with simple rim; four opposed vertical lugs with projecting tops; hemispherical body; rounded base with small, centred indention. Exterior surface decorated with pattern of incised lines, some containing traces of original plaster infill. Fine grit fabric with straw grog; fired to reddish buff with grey-black core; finished with an evenly polished dark red slip. Reconstructed from sherds with small areas of plaster infill on body and rim, one sherd detached but present.


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

1951.1080 B; 2 [Finds No.]


Cultural Affliation


Material

Ceramic; Pottery


Local Term


Measurements

112mm


Events

Context (Found together / assemblage)
The following pots from Tomb 144 are missing 3, 5-8, 13- 14, 26, 29, 32, 24, 36-37, 39, 43-45, 48-49, 51-54, 56-57 and 61- 67.
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)


Description (Labels & Markings)
Marked in black ink reading: 'VOUNOUS. T. 144. No: 2.'
Event Date
Author: Jan-Henrik Hartung


Context (Field collection)
Find number 2, Tomb 144, Site B. Excavated by James Stewart, British School at Athens, 1937-1938. The dromos had been destroyed by the chamber of Tomb 123 and Tomb 144 itself was partly destroyed. The disturbed nature of this tomb made it impossible to determine the number of burials present, though the size suggested a single skeleton.
Event Date 1937
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)


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. pp. 337-341 and Plates XL (a) and LXXV (h).
Event Date 1950
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)


Description (Physical description)
Round-bottomed bowl with four rim lugs. Incised.
Event Date 1951
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)


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: Imogen Gunn (admin)


Description (Physical description)
Hemispherical bowl with four lugs and incised decoration. Wide mouth with simple rim; four opposed vertical lugs with projecting tops; hemispherical body; rounded base with small, centred indention. Exterior surface decorated with pattern of incised lines, some containing traces of original plaster infill. Fine grit fabric with straw grog; fired to reddish buff with grey-black core; finished with an evenly polished dark red slip. Reconstructed from sherds with small areas of plaster infill on body and rim, one sherd detached but present.
Event Date 26/2/2024
Author: Zahni Blumenthal


FM:284763

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