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C. C. EDGAR
and this is the probable explanation of the Phylakopi vases. A closo
and well attested parallel is the use of stone knives in religious rites long-
after the introduction of metal. In accord-
1 f>—-------—rp ance with this explanation XXXV. 8 might
\ i ...... be interpreted as a censer. The wheel-made
' y vessel, Fig. 147, is of the same form and bears
marks of burning in its shallow bowl. It
should be remarked further that the general
shape of these two vases is the same as
that of the ' pedestal vases' (p. 137), a cir-
cumstance which to some small extent is in
favour of their having had a common cere-
'-■^ monial character.
Fig. 147.— Cknskh (?) (l: \). We found several fragments of animal-
vases of the later local wäre. The best
and mo.st realistic of these is the hinder part of a cow illustrated on
p. 204; a round aperture in the middle of the back shows that it was
probably an actual vessel and not merely a Statuette. The little quadruped
on PI. XL. 3 is a humbler work of the same class. PI. XXIV. 7, again, is part
of a vessel made in Imitation of a bulFs head. The illustration shows the
line of the vase and a small opening pierced through the mouth; for
FiG 148.—o, 6, c—Fragments of Cypriote Bowt/1 (1 :1).
the way in which this and another similar specimen are probably to be
restored, see p. 205 infra, Figs. 178, 179.
Among the plentiful fragments of pottei'y that were certainly not of local
manufacture, those shown in Fig. 148 are perhaps the most interesting in
the present state of our knowlcdge. They are made of veiy white clay with
a fine, smooth surface, and the pattern is applied in brown-black paint. The
bowl of which they have formed part has had a slightly concave neck and a
handle likc a merrythought bone. It comes no doubt from Cyprus, as the
a and b are the largest pieces preserved ; c is a section, showing the eurve of the side.
C. C. EDGAR
and this is the probable explanation of the Phylakopi vases. A closo
and well attested parallel is the use of stone knives in religious rites long-
after the introduction of metal. In accord-
1 f>—-------—rp ance with this explanation XXXV. 8 might
\ i ...... be interpreted as a censer. The wheel-made
' y vessel, Fig. 147, is of the same form and bears
marks of burning in its shallow bowl. It
should be remarked further that the general
shape of these two vases is the same as
that of the ' pedestal vases' (p. 137), a cir-
cumstance which to some small extent is in
favour of their having had a common cere-
'-■^ monial character.
Fig. 147.— Cknskh (?) (l: \). We found several fragments of animal-
vases of the later local wäre. The best
and mo.st realistic of these is the hinder part of a cow illustrated on
p. 204; a round aperture in the middle of the back shows that it was
probably an actual vessel and not merely a Statuette. The little quadruped
on PI. XL. 3 is a humbler work of the same class. PI. XXIV. 7, again, is part
of a vessel made in Imitation of a bulFs head. The illustration shows the
line of the vase and a small opening pierced through the mouth; for
FiG 148.—o, 6, c—Fragments of Cypriote Bowt/1 (1 :1).
the way in which this and another similar specimen are probably to be
restored, see p. 205 infra, Figs. 178, 179.
Among the plentiful fragments of pottei'y that were certainly not of local
manufacture, those shown in Fig. 148 are perhaps the most interesting in
the present state of our knowlcdge. They are made of veiy white clay with
a fine, smooth surface, and the pattern is applied in brown-black paint. The
bowl of which they have formed part has had a slightly concave neck and a
handle likc a merrythought bone. It comes no doubt from Cyprus, as the
a and b are the largest pieces preserved ; c is a section, showing the eurve of the side.