Walters, Henry Beauchamp; British Museum <London> [Hrsg.]: Catalogue of the Greek and Etruscan Vases in the British Museum (Band 1,2): Cypriote, Italian, and Etruscan pottery (London, 1912)

134 THE POTTERY OF CYPRUS.

C 704. VASE in form of quadruped (cow or dog?). Ht. 3j in. Length 4f in. From excavations

at Maroni, 1897 ; tomb 24.

Buff slip ; black paint. Mouth of vase in place of head ; legs very
rudimentary, the front and hind pairs not separated ; loop handle on back. Tail
broken off. Vertical narrow stripes on body, crossed by broad horizontal ones
which pass down the legs ; bands round neck and handle.

C 705. VASE in form of dog. Ht. 4 in. Length 4I- in. From excavations at Enkomi (Turner

Bequest), 1896.

Buff slip ; patterns in dull reddish-brown. Spout in place of dog's muzzle ;
ears erect ; tail and legs rudimentary ; on top of rump is a projection, broken
off, and in the back is a hole. Very similar to the preceding. On each side of
the bod}^, a zigzag line ; horizontal and vertical bands over the rest of the
figure.

C 706. FLASK in form of quadruped or bird. Ht. 6 in. 1868 (Pierides). Plate

Pale buff clay ; dull black paint, worn; resembles white painted ware
(C 258 ff). Body nearly globular, with flattened base ; rudely-modelled ram's
head with horns (?), behind which is a flat ring-handle ; at back, a spout. Bands
on spout (vertical), handle and back of head (oblique) ; on the shoulder each side
an oval panel with borders of four lines, inclosing four bars of lattice pattern ; on
the lower part of the body, eight groups of three vertical lines intersecting across
the base.

[Cf. O.-Richter, Kypros, Bible, and Homer, pi. 173, Nos. 20, 21, and Dussaud, Les
Civilisations pre'-Helleniqi/es, p. 149, fig. 102.]

C 707. KYLIX. Form 68. Ht. 5I in. Diam. 9- in. From excavations at Enkomi (Turner

Bequest), 1895 ; tomb 45.

Red clay with poor buff slip ; dull purple-red paint. Mycenaean type, with
very thick heavy stem and vertical rim ; two small solid handles, pierced (one
wanting). Repaired ; rim damaged ; paint much worn, especially on exterior.
In the interior, five bands ; on the exterior, four.

C 708. BOWL. Ht. \\ in. Diam. \% in. From excavations at Curium ^^

(Turner Bequest), 1895 ; tomb 1. Excavations in Cyprus, p. 74, fig. 129. /^»_\JL^\>\

Buff clay ; dull dark-brown paint. Shaped like a ^^aJJv^T\jA^L

tcdXaOos, with two horizontal handles. Bands round interior Wfiy ll*58^! \?1

and on handles ; on exterior each side, triangle of dotted W' '-Sllt^'^y
lattice pattern, with triple ring below : 011 base, four straight X*"-^,^P^>>*

lines intersecting in centre. Fig. 263 = c 708.

C 709. BOWL. Form 75. Ht. if in. Diam. 6j in. From excavations at Enkomi (Turner

Bequest), 1896; tomb 84.

Reddish clay with buff slip ; dull purple-brown paint. In the interior, two
rings round centre and two nearer rim ; exterior, two bands round middle ;
paint round rim and foot.

IV.