Accession No

1951.2017 K


Description

Fragment of an amphora with clubbed rim, long neck, round shoulders and looped handle. Made of a fine buff fabric with grey inclusions and polished red on the exterior and interior. The handle is decorated with a ridge at the top and conical knob at the base.


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

1951.2017 K; 74a [Finds No.]


Cultural Affliation


Material

Ceramic; Pottery


Local Term


Measurements


Events

Context (Field collection)
Tomb 143, no. 74a, Vounous Site B. Excavated by James Stewart, British School at Athens, 1937-1938.
Event Date 1937
Author: Alana Edgeworth


Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for 1951.2017: 'Sherds from various types of vessels of Red Polished ware from Vounous including part of a horn-lug bowl from Tomb 85 (sherds). Various incised fragments with white inlay and parts of large bowls and hilt handle of red slipped ware.'
Event Date 1950
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. Pl. XXXIX.
Event Date 1950
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: Alana Edgeworth


Context (Found together / assemblage)
In the 1950 publication, 1951.2017 K is adhered to another fragment of the same amphora. There are no other objects from Tomb 143 in the MAA collection. It is possible that the other fragment is still at The Fitzwilliam Museum or Museum of Classical Archaeology and was never transferred to MAA.
Event Date 27/2/2024
Author: Alana Edgeworth


Description (Physical description)
Fragment of an amphora with clubbed rim, long neck, round shoulders and looped handle. Made of a fine buff fabric with grey inclusions and polished red on the exterior and interior. The handle is decorated with a ridge at the top and conical knob at the base.
Event Date 27/2/2024
Author: Alana Edgeworth


FM:309996

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