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CHAPTER V.
THE POTTERY MARKS.
A.-OCCUKRENCE of THE MäKKS.
The accompanyiog table (p. 179) contains a fairly complete list1 of
the impressed niarks which were mentioned cursorily in Sect. 5 of the
preceding chapter. Except in a few cases the diagrams are not intended
as facsimiles of the Originals bnt merely as representatives of the
various types.
All the signs inclnded in the table have been impressed in the damp
clay before baking, whereas those reproduced on p. 180, and also the sign-
groupjFig. 155, p. 183, have been simply scratched on the hard surface of the
finished vase. Tins distinction ought to be kept in mind. The signs of the
former olass were certainly raade by the potter, while those of the latter class
/II * " V
Fig. 150.
were more probably added by the owner affcer the vase had come into his
possession. The scratched signs, which are comparatively scarce, occur on
various kinds of pottery and are as a rule later than the impressed marks. I
shall leave them out of account f'or the present and return to them later on.
The fabrics on which the great majority of the impressed marks occur
are the geometric wares öf Sects. 6 and 7 (pp. 96 ff.). There are certain parts of
vases for which they have a decided preference. One of the likeliest places for
1 Tlie signs in Fig. 150 have been omitted by
inistake from the table. The Inst three, like
•J 11, are on opposite sides of vase-bottonis.
The list of dot-groups might be increased in-
definitely if one were to distinguish betwcen
the various ways in which they are grouped
together. As nianj'of the signs eopied are on
very sinall fragments, it is quite possihle that
some of them may be repcesented upside down
or wrong way round : certain diH'erenees
between the present list and that of Mr.
Hogarth in B.S.A. vol. iv. are to be explained
in this way. It is also possible that one or
two items in the list, espeeially I 11, are not
pottery marks at all but are part of the
decoration of the vase.
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THE POTTERY MARKS.
A.-OCCUKRENCE of THE MäKKS.
The accompanyiog table (p. 179) contains a fairly complete list1 of
the impressed niarks which were mentioned cursorily in Sect. 5 of the
preceding chapter. Except in a few cases the diagrams are not intended
as facsimiles of the Originals bnt merely as representatives of the
various types.
All the signs inclnded in the table have been impressed in the damp
clay before baking, whereas those reproduced on p. 180, and also the sign-
groupjFig. 155, p. 183, have been simply scratched on the hard surface of the
finished vase. Tins distinction ought to be kept in mind. The signs of the
former olass were certainly raade by the potter, while those of the latter class
/II * " V
Fig. 150.
were more probably added by the owner affcer the vase had come into his
possession. The scratched signs, which are comparatively scarce, occur on
various kinds of pottery and are as a rule later than the impressed marks. I
shall leave them out of account f'or the present and return to them later on.
The fabrics on which the great majority of the impressed marks occur
are the geometric wares öf Sects. 6 and 7 (pp. 96 ff.). There are certain parts of
vases for which they have a decided preference. One of the likeliest places for
1 Tlie signs in Fig. 150 have been omitted by
inistake from the table. The Inst three, like
•J 11, are on opposite sides of vase-bottonis.
The list of dot-groups might be increased in-
definitely if one were to distinguish betwcen
the various ways in which they are grouped
together. As nianj'of the signs eopied are on
very sinall fragments, it is quite possihle that
some of them may be repcesented upside down
or wrong way round : certain diH'erenees
between the present list and that of Mr.
Hogarth in B.S.A. vol. iv. are to be explained
in this way. It is also possible that one or
two items in the list, espeeially I 11, are not
pottery marks at all but are part of the
decoration of the vase.
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