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"NOLAN AMPHOR/E. 219
E 302. NOLAN AMPHORA. Ht. 13J in. Cameiros, 1864. Tomb no. 247. Arch.Zeit. 1880,
pi. 12, 2 (a and b), p. 138. Broken : wanting r. hand and 1. shoulder of Phineus, back of head
of Harpy in a, and r. leg in b. Otherwise in good condition. Late stage of strong style. Purple
meat, flowers, and inscriptions. Brown inner markings and marks on diphros and cakes, and
dress in b. Eye of Harpies archaic, with inner angle open. The blind eye of Phineus is drawn
as a curved line ; his hair, indicated only in outline, has a rolled edge all round. Below, a
continuous band of masander.
(a) Phineus and a Harpy. On the r. Phineus, a bearded blind man, in
a long sleeved chiton and mantle, is seated en face on a diphros, his feet
resting on a square base, holding upright in his I. hand a sceptre or staff (?),
mostly broken away, but of which the top is partly preserved. He turns his
head to 1. and extends his r. hand over a table (trapeza), on which are meat
and flowers ; this hand is broken away. His lips are parted, as if he were
speaking. On the 1. a Harpy flies away, looking back at Phineus, and carrying
in each hand a loaf or cake (like those in E 66 a) and a piece of meat. She
has long hair, and a chitoniscos apparently of thick material, decorated with
regular rows of dots and thin brown lines within the folds. The ends only of
her long bushy hair and of her fillet arc preserved. Beside Phineus, KAVOJ,
KOkos.
(&) A Harpy as in a, flying to 1. with a cake and a piece of meat in each
hand ; the objects in her r. hand are extended in front of her. She wears a
fillet, and a short chiton decorated with a large zigzag pattern and dots, confined
with a broad dotted girdle. Her long hair falls loose on her shoulders. On r.
KAVOJ, KaXfc.
303. NOLAN AMPHORA. Ht. I2| in. Gela. Dennis, 1875. Much shattered, and surface
injured, 1. leg of Dionysos wanting ; otherwise the designs are fairly complete. Strong style.
Brown (thinned black) for hair (except on crown), beards, and inner markings ; the hair is
pictorially treated, each lock carefully traced out. Eye as p. 4, fig. c. Below, a continuous
band, sets of three to live masanders separated by dotted chequer squares. On the lower
insertion of each handle, an inverted palmetto.
Dionysos pursuing Giant, (a) Dionysos, bearded, with long hair flying
back and wreathed with ivy, rushes to r., his thyrsos couched as a lance, the
butt end in front, and holding forward in his outstretched 1. a snake, which also
moves forward with open mouth. He wears a chitoniscos with apoptygma,
bordered with a pattern of zigzags and a fringe, and apparently made of some
thick material, decorated with V-shaped marks ; a mantle hangs from his 1.
arm ; and on his legs are high boots with flaps, similar to those worn by riders
on the Parthenon frieze (see Hartwig, Meistersch. p. 507). From the stem of
the thyrsos two shoots issue on each side close under the head.
{U) A Giant, nude, with shield on 1. seen edgewise, retreats to r., looking
back, and hurling a stone with outstretched r. arm. He is bearded and has a
helmet with raised cheek-pieces ; his shield has for device three rings, and a
fringed apron also decorated with rings attached to the lower side. His body
is in three-quarter back view.
E 302. NOLAN AMPHORA. Ht. 13J in. Cameiros, 1864. Tomb no. 247. Arch.Zeit. 1880,
pi. 12, 2 (a and b), p. 138. Broken : wanting r. hand and 1. shoulder of Phineus, back of head
of Harpy in a, and r. leg in b. Otherwise in good condition. Late stage of strong style. Purple
meat, flowers, and inscriptions. Brown inner markings and marks on diphros and cakes, and
dress in b. Eye of Harpies archaic, with inner angle open. The blind eye of Phineus is drawn
as a curved line ; his hair, indicated only in outline, has a rolled edge all round. Below, a
continuous band of masander.
(a) Phineus and a Harpy. On the r. Phineus, a bearded blind man, in
a long sleeved chiton and mantle, is seated en face on a diphros, his feet
resting on a square base, holding upright in his I. hand a sceptre or staff (?),
mostly broken away, but of which the top is partly preserved. He turns his
head to 1. and extends his r. hand over a table (trapeza), on which are meat
and flowers ; this hand is broken away. His lips are parted, as if he were
speaking. On the 1. a Harpy flies away, looking back at Phineus, and carrying
in each hand a loaf or cake (like those in E 66 a) and a piece of meat. She
has long hair, and a chitoniscos apparently of thick material, decorated with
regular rows of dots and thin brown lines within the folds. The ends only of
her long bushy hair and of her fillet arc preserved. Beside Phineus, KAVOJ,
KOkos.
(&) A Harpy as in a, flying to 1. with a cake and a piece of meat in each
hand ; the objects in her r. hand are extended in front of her. She wears a
fillet, and a short chiton decorated with a large zigzag pattern and dots, confined
with a broad dotted girdle. Her long hair falls loose on her shoulders. On r.
KAVOJ, KaXfc.
303. NOLAN AMPHORA. Ht. I2| in. Gela. Dennis, 1875. Much shattered, and surface
injured, 1. leg of Dionysos wanting ; otherwise the designs are fairly complete. Strong style.
Brown (thinned black) for hair (except on crown), beards, and inner markings ; the hair is
pictorially treated, each lock carefully traced out. Eye as p. 4, fig. c. Below, a continuous
band, sets of three to live masanders separated by dotted chequer squares. On the lower
insertion of each handle, an inverted palmetto.
Dionysos pursuing Giant, (a) Dionysos, bearded, with long hair flying
back and wreathed with ivy, rushes to r., his thyrsos couched as a lance, the
butt end in front, and holding forward in his outstretched 1. a snake, which also
moves forward with open mouth. He wears a chitoniscos with apoptygma,
bordered with a pattern of zigzags and a fringe, and apparently made of some
thick material, decorated with V-shaped marks ; a mantle hangs from his 1.
arm ; and on his legs are high boots with flaps, similar to those worn by riders
on the Parthenon frieze (see Hartwig, Meistersch. p. 507). From the stem of
the thyrsos two shoots issue on each side close under the head.
{U) A Giant, nude, with shield on 1. seen edgewise, retreats to r., looking
back, and hurling a stone with outstretched r. arm. He is bearded and has a
helmet with raised cheek-pieces ; his shield has for device three rings, and a
fringed apron also decorated with rings attached to the lower side. His body
is in three-quarter back view.