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LATER GRAECOPHOENIC1AN WARES. 173
vertical band of zigzags as (i) above, between vertical lines ; in the middle of
the zigzags, a patch of purple as before.
FRAGMENT OF KRATER, forming part of neck. Jit. 6 in. Length gl in. Excavated
at Kition by M. O.-Richter, 1SS1. Revue Archeol., VI. (1885), p. 345 = Chroniques d'Orient, I.
p. 175 ; O.-Richter, Kypros, Bible, and Homer, pi. 155, 9 ; Heinemann, Landscliaftl. Elemente
in gr. Kvnst, p. 31.
Form of vase as Cyprus Mus. Cat. 1115 or 1140; cylindrical neck (cf.
Perrot, Hist, de I'Art, III. p. 721, fig. 531), with projection on rim. Red clay
with drab slip ; dull purplish-black paint. Round the neck, above, two broad
bands, and one below ; on rim, parallel strokes at intervals. On the neck a
panel, in which is a rectangular altar, with three oblique projections each side
terminating in stars (?) ; on the front, mouldings along the top and sides. Above
or behind the altar is a palm-tree, and on the r. a bird to 1., rudely drawn ; in
the field, two hook-crosses. On the r., a panel with vertical lines down each
side, in which is a pattern of lattice-lozenges within a lozenge-shaped frame with
triangles above and below.
[For birds in connection with altars cf. C 332, 400.]
FRAGMENT, similar, possibly (though not certainly) part of the same vase as last.
Ht. 6 in. Length 7 in. Similarly acquired.
Clay, slip, and paint as last. Paint on rim and neck as last; on the neck a
panel as on last, with similar subject but more complete, a bird being visible on
each side of the altar. On each side of the panel, a border of lattice-pattern ;
on the r. part of a pattern now obliterated.
5. LATER GRAECO-PHOENICIAN WARES. C 860-943.
(i) CONCENTRIC OR INTERSECTING CIRCLE DECORATION ON
White Ground. C 860-878.
A transition is to be observed from simple rows of small groups of circles
(as in C 862) to large vertical groups covering the sides of the vase (as in C 866),
and the next stage is the combining of the latter with bands of horizontal circles
intersecting them round the upper part of the body (C 868 ff.). Most of the
vases with this kind of decoration arc jugs of the normal Cypriote type with
spherical body and trefoil mouth.
STAMNOS. Form 90. Ht. 9J in. 1876 (Cesnola).
Form as C856 and Cyprus Mus. Cat. 1183 ; no neck, but plain vertical rim ;
double vertical handles each side. Buff slip; black and purple paint. Surface
worn in parts. Paint on rim ; short cross-strokes on handles and black paint on
bases. On shoulder, broad purple and narrow black bands, with fifteen groups
of concentric circles (four in each) in a row along lower edge. On the body
vertical rows of concentric rings, alternately three of two rings each and four of
six rings each ; under the handles, three groups of two rings vertically, with
vertical band of zigzags as (i) above, between vertical lines ; in the middle of
the zigzags, a patch of purple as before.
FRAGMENT OF KRATER, forming part of neck. Jit. 6 in. Length gl in. Excavated
at Kition by M. O.-Richter, 1SS1. Revue Archeol., VI. (1885), p. 345 = Chroniques d'Orient, I.
p. 175 ; O.-Richter, Kypros, Bible, and Homer, pi. 155, 9 ; Heinemann, Landscliaftl. Elemente
in gr. Kvnst, p. 31.
Form of vase as Cyprus Mus. Cat. 1115 or 1140; cylindrical neck (cf.
Perrot, Hist, de I'Art, III. p. 721, fig. 531), with projection on rim. Red clay
with drab slip ; dull purplish-black paint. Round the neck, above, two broad
bands, and one below ; on rim, parallel strokes at intervals. On the neck a
panel, in which is a rectangular altar, with three oblique projections each side
terminating in stars (?) ; on the front, mouldings along the top and sides. Above
or behind the altar is a palm-tree, and on the r. a bird to 1., rudely drawn ; in
the field, two hook-crosses. On the r., a panel with vertical lines down each
side, in which is a pattern of lattice-lozenges within a lozenge-shaped frame with
triangles above and below.
[For birds in connection with altars cf. C 332, 400.]
FRAGMENT, similar, possibly (though not certainly) part of the same vase as last.
Ht. 6 in. Length 7 in. Similarly acquired.
Clay, slip, and paint as last. Paint on rim and neck as last; on the neck a
panel as on last, with similar subject but more complete, a bird being visible on
each side of the altar. On each side of the panel, a border of lattice-pattern ;
on the r. part of a pattern now obliterated.
5. LATER GRAECO-PHOENICIAN WARES. C 860-943.
(i) CONCENTRIC OR INTERSECTING CIRCLE DECORATION ON
White Ground. C 860-878.
A transition is to be observed from simple rows of small groups of circles
(as in C 862) to large vertical groups covering the sides of the vase (as in C 866),
and the next stage is the combining of the latter with bands of horizontal circles
intersecting them round the upper part of the body (C 868 ff.). Most of the
vases with this kind of decoration arc jugs of the normal Cypriote type with
spherical body and trefoil mouth.
STAMNOS. Form 90. Ht. 9J in. 1876 (Cesnola).
Form as C856 and Cyprus Mus. Cat. 1183 ; no neck, but plain vertical rim ;
double vertical handles each side. Buff slip; black and purple paint. Surface
worn in parts. Paint on rim ; short cross-strokes on handles and black paint on
bases. On shoulder, broad purple and narrow black bands, with fifteen groups
of concentric circles (four in each) in a row along lower edge. On the body
vertical rows of concentric rings, alternately three of two rings each and four of
six rings each ; under the handles, three groups of two rings vertically, with