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"NOLAN AMPHOR.E. 211
(b) A Barbarian warrior moving to r., looking back. He has small
features and a short beard ; he wears a short girt chiton, with a skin fastened
round his neck and protecting his 1. arm, and a sort of helmet of skin with high
spherical crown and flat rim all round. In his r. he carries two spears, and he
wears shoes.
[A similar figure armed with a sling is given in Panofka, Eigenn. mit ko\6s, i, 13 a.
The Peltasts were first organised as a fighting force under Iphicrates about B.C. 393, and there-
fore much later than the period of this vase. He supplied them with shoes. For skin used as
shields, cf. Hartwig,Meistersch. pi. lvii, and p. 518.]
E 287. AMPHORA. Old No. S71. Ht. 13! in. Nola. Durand Coll. no. 223. The shape
approximates to the Panathcnaic amphora, with sloping shoulder surmounted by a moulding,
End of strong style. Purple bracelets, smoke(?), and wreath. Brown inner markings of wings,
edge of drapery, whiskers, and anatomy. The hair of Nike has a fringe of four rows of dots in
thinned black ; the treatment of her wings is peculiar : the upper part of her 1. wing is
covered with cross-hatched brown lines : that of her r. wing has the usual V-shaped marks
indicating feathers. The eye is of the archaic type, with inner angle slightly opened and large
pupil. Below each side, a strip, alternate maeanders and dotted cross squares.
(«) Nike pouring a libation. On the r. a thymiaterion with cover rests on
the ground ; towards it Nike, in a long sleeved chiton and bordered himation
fastened on her r. shoulder, flies down, turning her head towards a phiale
extended in her r., so that her body is en face, with a wing extended on either
side. In her 1. is a trefoil oinochoe with high handle. She wears bracelets and
a radiated stephane : around her neck is a thin cord, to which is attached a
cruciform (?) pendant (cf. E 574); her long hair is fastened at the ends in a
roll. The cover of the thymiaterion is indicated in crossed brown lines as
if it were of wire network ; over and around this are purple dots indicating
smoke of the incense (?).
(b) A wreathed, draped youth standing to 1., holding up his r. hand. His
whiskers are rendered in faint brown.
On the bottom of the foot, incised characters, see old Cat. pi. B 871.
E 288—317. " NOLAN " AMPHOPLE,
WITH TRIPLE REEDED HANDLES.
(Shape generally as Fig. 6. In E 288-290, 293-295, 297, the design extends
only half-way down the body, and the band of ornament is continuous.)
E 288. NOLAN AMPHORA. Ht. 11 in. Nola. Blacas Coll. Style of Brygos ? Purple fillet of
paidotribes. Brown inner markings, very faint, and whiskers in b. Eye of archaic type,
long and narrow, the pupil set against the inner angle. Below, a continuous band, pairs
of maeanders separated by dotted cross squares ; below the lower insertion of each handle, an
inverted palmette.
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(b) A Barbarian warrior moving to r., looking back. He has small
features and a short beard ; he wears a short girt chiton, with a skin fastened
round his neck and protecting his 1. arm, and a sort of helmet of skin with high
spherical crown and flat rim all round. In his r. he carries two spears, and he
wears shoes.
[A similar figure armed with a sling is given in Panofka, Eigenn. mit ko\6s, i, 13 a.
The Peltasts were first organised as a fighting force under Iphicrates about B.C. 393, and there-
fore much later than the period of this vase. He supplied them with shoes. For skin used as
shields, cf. Hartwig,Meistersch. pi. lvii, and p. 518.]
E 287. AMPHORA. Old No. S71. Ht. 13! in. Nola. Durand Coll. no. 223. The shape
approximates to the Panathcnaic amphora, with sloping shoulder surmounted by a moulding,
End of strong style. Purple bracelets, smoke(?), and wreath. Brown inner markings of wings,
edge of drapery, whiskers, and anatomy. The hair of Nike has a fringe of four rows of dots in
thinned black ; the treatment of her wings is peculiar : the upper part of her 1. wing is
covered with cross-hatched brown lines : that of her r. wing has the usual V-shaped marks
indicating feathers. The eye is of the archaic type, with inner angle slightly opened and large
pupil. Below each side, a strip, alternate maeanders and dotted cross squares.
(«) Nike pouring a libation. On the r. a thymiaterion with cover rests on
the ground ; towards it Nike, in a long sleeved chiton and bordered himation
fastened on her r. shoulder, flies down, turning her head towards a phiale
extended in her r., so that her body is en face, with a wing extended on either
side. In her 1. is a trefoil oinochoe with high handle. She wears bracelets and
a radiated stephane : around her neck is a thin cord, to which is attached a
cruciform (?) pendant (cf. E 574); her long hair is fastened at the ends in a
roll. The cover of the thymiaterion is indicated in crossed brown lines as
if it were of wire network ; over and around this are purple dots indicating
smoke of the incense (?).
(b) A wreathed, draped youth standing to 1., holding up his r. hand. His
whiskers are rendered in faint brown.
On the bottom of the foot, incised characters, see old Cat. pi. B 871.
E 288—317. " NOLAN " AMPHOPLE,
WITH TRIPLE REEDED HANDLES.
(Shape generally as Fig. 6. In E 288-290, 293-295, 297, the design extends
only half-way down the body, and the band of ornament is continuous.)
E 288. NOLAN AMPHORA. Ht. 11 in. Nola. Blacas Coll. Style of Brygos ? Purple fillet of
paidotribes. Brown inner markings, very faint, and whiskers in b. Eye of archaic type,
long and narrow, the pupil set against the inner angle. Below, a continuous band, pairs
of maeanders separated by dotted cross squares ; below the lower insertion of each handle, an
inverted palmette.
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