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of the same type are solid-bottomed, is difficult to reconcile with eitUer view.1
All the Phylakopi specimens have tlie usual hole below. XXVII. 5 has been a
two-handled vase ; XXVII. 7 has only one
handle. The ovnamentation of XXVII. 5 is of
the same character as that of a group of vases
mentioned on p. 133. The patterns on the
other vases and fragments of this type that
were picked up, .consisted mainly of zones of
spirals, rows of leaves and zigzag vertical
lines as on XXVII. 11.
11. Like the above vessels, the vase
which is here reproduced (Fig. 107) has a
pointed and perforated bottom, but its neck
is so narrow that it can scarcely have been
used as a ' filier.' The shape of its body is
in itself suggestive of a shell, and the design,
which consists of a broad red band running K„. 1(l7 (, . 3)
round it spirally, may well have been intended
to enhance the Suggestion.'2 A vase of the same form was found in one of
the shaft-tombs at Mycenae (F. and L., Myh. Vas. xliv, 23).
12. The little vase reproduced in Fig. 108, the only entire specimen
of a not uncommon type, is evidently related to the duck-vases discussed
in Sect. 4. The type is also represented among the flnds from the shaft-
graves (F. and L., M. Thon. PI. x, 47). It is the prototype of the Hellenic
askos (cf. p. 90). The form occurs also in the mature Mycenaean pottery
of F. and L.'s third style (Fig. 109), but it is rare there, and seems to have
been superseded by the pseudamphora. The pseudamphora itself indeed is
probably derived froin a combination of this type with another.
13. Only a few fragments oflocal pseudamphorae were found at Phylakopi.
It would have been interesting to observe whether the decoration on what
was certainly a late imported type contained any new elements, but the
fragments were small and uninstructive. One of them had belonged to a
vessel of considerable size, another to quite a small pot. They had one
important peculiarity in common, which was that the false neck was flanked
by three handles instead of the normal two. As vessels with necks flanked
by three handles are especially characteristic of Cretan pottery {e.g. B.S.A.
vi., p. SO), it may well be that the type originated in Crete. An amphora
from Cnossos with a spout rising from the Shoulder has been pointed out
as a possible prototype of the pseudamphora (B.S.A. vi., p. 17), and certainly
the resemblance of the upper part is very suggestive. I cannot but think
however that the earlier askoi, such as Fig. 74 and Fig. 108, were the main
dement in the evolution of the ' bügelkanne.'
1 Some of the clay specimens from Cnossos 142) and were certainly eopietl in Mycenaean
are also perforated [note of Mr. Evans, 1908.] art, as is shown by the alabaster specimens
2 Shells of this form appear to have been found in Crete.
used in Mycenaean religion (J.II.S. 1901, p.
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of the same type are solid-bottomed, is difficult to reconcile with eitUer view.1
All the Phylakopi specimens have tlie usual hole below. XXVII. 5 has been a
two-handled vase ; XXVII. 7 has only one
handle. The ovnamentation of XXVII. 5 is of
the same character as that of a group of vases
mentioned on p. 133. The patterns on the
other vases and fragments of this type that
were picked up, .consisted mainly of zones of
spirals, rows of leaves and zigzag vertical
lines as on XXVII. 11.
11. Like the above vessels, the vase
which is here reproduced (Fig. 107) has a
pointed and perforated bottom, but its neck
is so narrow that it can scarcely have been
used as a ' filier.' The shape of its body is
in itself suggestive of a shell, and the design,
which consists of a broad red band running K„. 1(l7 (, . 3)
round it spirally, may well have been intended
to enhance the Suggestion.'2 A vase of the same form was found in one of
the shaft-tombs at Mycenae (F. and L., Myh. Vas. xliv, 23).
12. The little vase reproduced in Fig. 108, the only entire specimen
of a not uncommon type, is evidently related to the duck-vases discussed
in Sect. 4. The type is also represented among the flnds from the shaft-
graves (F. and L., M. Thon. PI. x, 47). It is the prototype of the Hellenic
askos (cf. p. 90). The form occurs also in the mature Mycenaean pottery
of F. and L.'s third style (Fig. 109), but it is rare there, and seems to have
been superseded by the pseudamphora. The pseudamphora itself indeed is
probably derived froin a combination of this type with another.
13. Only a few fragments oflocal pseudamphorae were found at Phylakopi.
It would have been interesting to observe whether the decoration on what
was certainly a late imported type contained any new elements, but the
fragments were small and uninstructive. One of them had belonged to a
vessel of considerable size, another to quite a small pot. They had one
important peculiarity in common, which was that the false neck was flanked
by three handles instead of the normal two. As vessels with necks flanked
by three handles are especially characteristic of Cretan pottery {e.g. B.S.A.
vi., p. SO), it may well be that the type originated in Crete. An amphora
from Cnossos with a spout rising from the Shoulder has been pointed out
as a possible prototype of the pseudamphora (B.S.A. vi., p. 17), and certainly
the resemblance of the upper part is very suggestive. I cannot but think
however that the earlier askoi, such as Fig. 74 and Fig. 108, were the main
dement in the evolution of the ' bügelkanne.'
1 Some of the clay specimens from Cnossos 142) and were certainly eopietl in Mycenaean
are also perforated [note of Mr. Evans, 1908.] art, as is shown by the alabaster specimens
2 Shells of this form appear to have been found in Crete.
used in Mycenaean religion (J.II.S. 1901, p.