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184 CATALOGUE OF VASES.
Combat: In the centre a beardless warrior with shield (device, a large black
ball) and a helmet shaped like a kidaris has fallen to 1. upon his r. arm before
the attack of a beardless warrior with shield and crested helmet, who brandishes
his sword over his head to deal a final blow : on the 1. a bearded warrior in a
tall conical pilos presses forward with shield advanced and spear couched to the
rescue : on the r. is seen the shield and part of the body and crested helmet of
a fourth, who seems to be moving away in back view to r. Two fragments,
recently recovered, on r. give part of a bearded warrior in helmet, who has
fallen to r., and protects himself with sword over head against the attack of the
warrior last described. Each of the warriors on 1. has a mantle hanging from
his shield arm ; the exterior rim of the shields is decorated with a double row of
small circles : the interior rim with wave pattern.
E 235. HYDRIA. Old No. C 10. Ht. nf in. Cyrenaica. Dennis, 1866. Very similar to
E 233. White with yellow markings on the red ground is used for the shields of the two
bearded warriors and for the pilos. Ornaments as E 233.
Combat: On the 1. an archer exactly as in E 233, except that the face is
here shown, and that there is no bow, steps forward beside a bearded warrior
with helmet, mantle hanging from his 1. arm, and shield (device, a club, seen
edgewise), who directs his spear downwards against a hclmetless bearded
warrior who has fallen to r. on the edge of his shield (seen edgewise, device, a
wreath), and who swings his sword with his r. over his head. Beside him, a
youth advances to his rescue, brandishing aloft his spear : he has a shield
(device, a star within a triple border of dots), a mantle hanging from his 1. arm,
and a conical pilos. He is in three-quarter back view, and his shield partly
hides his face.
[For the attitude of the fallen and attacking figures, cf. D'Hancarville, ii, pi. 66.]
E 236. UPPER PART OF AN HYDRIA. Present height 7 in. Cyrenaica. Dennis, 1866..
Good period, but drawing somewhat careless. The figures on the r. are nearly complete. The
others are broken off just below the waist. White with yellow markings laid on the red
ground, for the flesh of Eros. Round the lip, egg pattern : at the back, a palmetto
pattern.
Group of female figures, Eros and a youth : In the centre Eros, with wings
raised, r. hand resting on his hip, stands en face, but looks to r. at a woman on
whose lap he rests his 1. hand. She is seated to 1. on a diphros, with both hands
uplifted as if she held a sash : she wears a long chiton, a bordered mantle around
her legs, earrings and a sphendone. On the r. a youth in a chlamys and petasos
stands en face, but looking towards the central scene, his r. on his hip, and
holding a spear or staff upright in his 1. On the 1. of Eros a woman with a
chiton, long wavy hair, fillet and earrings, stands to r., holding up her r. hand :
her 1. hanging at her side is lost. Behind her a woman is seated (Aphrodite ?),
holding up her 1. hand as if beckoning: she is nude to the waist, and wears a
mantle around her lower limbs, a saccos, and earrings.
Combat: In the centre a beardless warrior with shield (device, a large black
ball) and a helmet shaped like a kidaris has fallen to 1. upon his r. arm before
the attack of a beardless warrior with shield and crested helmet, who brandishes
his sword over his head to deal a final blow : on the 1. a bearded warrior in a
tall conical pilos presses forward with shield advanced and spear couched to the
rescue : on the r. is seen the shield and part of the body and crested helmet of
a fourth, who seems to be moving away in back view to r. Two fragments,
recently recovered, on r. give part of a bearded warrior in helmet, who has
fallen to r., and protects himself with sword over head against the attack of the
warrior last described. Each of the warriors on 1. has a mantle hanging from
his shield arm ; the exterior rim of the shields is decorated with a double row of
small circles : the interior rim with wave pattern.
E 235. HYDRIA. Old No. C 10. Ht. nf in. Cyrenaica. Dennis, 1866. Very similar to
E 233. White with yellow markings on the red ground is used for the shields of the two
bearded warriors and for the pilos. Ornaments as E 233.
Combat: On the 1. an archer exactly as in E 233, except that the face is
here shown, and that there is no bow, steps forward beside a bearded warrior
with helmet, mantle hanging from his 1. arm, and shield (device, a club, seen
edgewise), who directs his spear downwards against a hclmetless bearded
warrior who has fallen to r. on the edge of his shield (seen edgewise, device, a
wreath), and who swings his sword with his r. over his head. Beside him, a
youth advances to his rescue, brandishing aloft his spear : he has a shield
(device, a star within a triple border of dots), a mantle hanging from his 1. arm,
and a conical pilos. He is in three-quarter back view, and his shield partly
hides his face.
[For the attitude of the fallen and attacking figures, cf. D'Hancarville, ii, pi. 66.]
E 236. UPPER PART OF AN HYDRIA. Present height 7 in. Cyrenaica. Dennis, 1866..
Good period, but drawing somewhat careless. The figures on the r. are nearly complete. The
others are broken off just below the waist. White with yellow markings laid on the red
ground, for the flesh of Eros. Round the lip, egg pattern : at the back, a palmetto
pattern.
Group of female figures, Eros and a youth : In the centre Eros, with wings
raised, r. hand resting on his hip, stands en face, but looks to r. at a woman on
whose lap he rests his 1. hand. She is seated to 1. on a diphros, with both hands
uplifted as if she held a sash : she wears a long chiton, a bordered mantle around
her legs, earrings and a sphendone. On the r. a youth in a chlamys and petasos
stands en face, but looking towards the central scene, his r. on his hip, and
holding a spear or staff upright in his 1. On the 1. of Eros a woman with a
chiton, long wavy hair, fillet and earrings, stands to r., holding up her r. hand :
her 1. hanging at her side is lost. Behind her a woman is seated (Aphrodite ?),
holding up her 1. hand as if beckoning: she is nude to the waist, and wears a
mantle around her lower limbs, a saccos, and earrings.