A catalogue of the Greek and Etruscan Vases in the British Museum (Band 2) (London, 1870)

OF VASES. 199

pattern ; round the knob is a row of pendant ornaments, and
a wreath of honeysuckle ; the body is encircled by a red band
marked with a row of parallel vertical lines painted black;
the inside is shaped like a wheel, being divided into four
compartments—two red and two white—with a central
socket; inside the cover, in cursive characters, Tacpos eariv
SevTepos, " It is the second interment;" on the bottom of the
foot, (j>i\e tepyie e/Se %\aipe.

1636. Cover of a Pyxis. 2tt„ in. by 7-£, in. Design
red on a black ground; Eros flying to the right, looking
back with his arm extended towards a female figure on
the opposite side of the cover, who runs towards him,
looking back to the left with outstretched arms; she wears
a diadem and a talaric chiton; in front of her a flower; on
the ground below Eros, another flower; the long hair of
Eros is drawn back, like a woman's, into a knot behind. H.

1637,--------------l-fo in. by 3-^ in. Design red and

white on a black ground; on opposite sides of the cover a
female head to the left, ornamented with earrings and a
necklace ; the hair covered with an embroidered cap, open
behind ; in front of each head a flower; two honeysuckle
ornaments are placed alternately with the two heads, so as
to divide the cover into four compartments.

1638.--------------3 in. by 5T2„ in. Design red and

white on a black ground; on opposite sides of the cover a
female head, ornamented with earrings and a necklace; the
hair partially covered with a cap radiated over the forehead,
embroidered and open behind; behind, and in front of each
head, a flower.

1639. -------------- 21- in. by 4J in. Design red and white

on a black ground; on opposite sides of the cover a female
head to the left, ornamented with earrings and a necklace,
the hair radiated over the forehead and partially covered with
a cap, open behind and tied with a long diadem ; the long
tresses which escape at the back are tied with a string behind,
in front of each head a flower; two honeysuckle ornaments
are placed alternately with the two heads, so as to divide the
cover into four compartments.