l82 THE TOTTERY OE CYPRUS.
C 900. ARYBALLOS, similar. Form 104. Ht. 2J in. Similarly acquired (tomb 5).
Body squatter than preceding. Bright red slip ; black paint. Rings on
mouth and neck ; ladder-pattern on handle ; on shoulder, three hook-crosses ;
round body, four rings.
C 901. ARYBALLOS, similar.. Form 104. Ht. 4 in. From Aradippou near Larnaka. Presented
by the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, 1880.
Form as Cyprus Mils. Cat. 1002. Reel slip, highly polished ; dull black
paint. Rings round neck ; paint on handle ; on shoulder, group of four
concentric rings ; round body five rings.
C 902. LEKYTHOS. Form 105. Ht. 5| in. From excavations at Curium (Turner Bequest),
1895 ; tomb 16. Excavations in Cyprus, p. 76, fig. 133.
Ovoid body ; thick neck with handle-ridge and wide flat mouth ; handle
bent nearly at right angle. Red slip ; black paint with faded white accessories.
On top of mouth, alternate rings of white and of black dots ; on neck, alternate
black and white rings, and black bands below ; on handle, cross-strokes. On
the body, three vertical rows of concentric circles (two of four groups and one
of three).
C 903. LEKYTHOS. Ht. 4} in. From excavations at Amathus (Turner Bequest), 1894 ;
tomb 201. Found with C 896, etc.
Form as Cyprus. Mils. Cat. 1073 (cf. also C 774) ; elongated body with
rounded base, bulging neck, and trefoil mouth. Reel slip, worn ; black paint.
Handle broken off. Bands on lip and neck ; rings round bod}'.
[Cf. A. Cesnola, Salamihia, pi. 19, fig'. 23.j
C 904. ASKOS IN FORM OF OX. Ht. 7| in. From excavations
at Curium (Turner Bequest), 1895 ; tomb 56. Excavations in Cyprus,
p. 77, fig. 737.
Body of ellipsoidal form, with head and neck of ox on
top and rudimentary legs below, tucked in flat underneath ;
tail in relief on hind-quarters. The open mouth of the ox
forms a spout (partly broken away) and there is also a long
narrow spout on the hind-quarters, the two being connected
by an arched handle of two ribs. Red slip ; black paint. On
handle, cross-strokes between stripes ; rings round spout ; tail of ox black, and
elaborate patterns on head. On breast, lattice-pattern with concentric circles
above and below ; on each side, within an oval, group of large concentric circles
surrounded by five smaller ; two groups on hind-quarters.
C 905. ASKOS. Ht. 8J in. From Tamassos. Falkland Warren Coll. ; acquired 1910.
Red clay and slip ; black paint; surface worn. Spherical body on low
small foot, with moulded knob on top, over which is an arched handle of three
ribs ; on the front, a tubular spout, broken, in which is a strainer. There is a
C 900. ARYBALLOS, similar. Form 104. Ht. 2J in. Similarly acquired (tomb 5).
Body squatter than preceding. Bright red slip ; black paint. Rings on
mouth and neck ; ladder-pattern on handle ; on shoulder, three hook-crosses ;
round body, four rings.
C 901. ARYBALLOS, similar.. Form 104. Ht. 4 in. From Aradippou near Larnaka. Presented
by the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, 1880.
Form as Cyprus Mils. Cat. 1002. Reel slip, highly polished ; dull black
paint. Rings round neck ; paint on handle ; on shoulder, group of four
concentric rings ; round body five rings.
C 902. LEKYTHOS. Form 105. Ht. 5| in. From excavations at Curium (Turner Bequest),
1895 ; tomb 16. Excavations in Cyprus, p. 76, fig. 133.
Ovoid body ; thick neck with handle-ridge and wide flat mouth ; handle
bent nearly at right angle. Red slip ; black paint with faded white accessories.
On top of mouth, alternate rings of white and of black dots ; on neck, alternate
black and white rings, and black bands below ; on handle, cross-strokes. On
the body, three vertical rows of concentric circles (two of four groups and one
of three).
C 903. LEKYTHOS. Ht. 4} in. From excavations at Amathus (Turner Bequest), 1894 ;
tomb 201. Found with C 896, etc.
Form as Cyprus. Mils. Cat. 1073 (cf. also C 774) ; elongated body with
rounded base, bulging neck, and trefoil mouth. Reel slip, worn ; black paint.
Handle broken off. Bands on lip and neck ; rings round bod}'.
[Cf. A. Cesnola, Salamihia, pi. 19, fig'. 23.j
C 904. ASKOS IN FORM OF OX. Ht. 7| in. From excavations
at Curium (Turner Bequest), 1895 ; tomb 56. Excavations in Cyprus,
p. 77, fig. 737.
Body of ellipsoidal form, with head and neck of ox on
top and rudimentary legs below, tucked in flat underneath ;
tail in relief on hind-quarters. The open mouth of the ox
forms a spout (partly broken away) and there is also a long
narrow spout on the hind-quarters, the two being connected
by an arched handle of two ribs. Red slip ; black paint. On
handle, cross-strokes between stripes ; rings round spout ; tail of ox black, and
elaborate patterns on head. On breast, lattice-pattern with concentric circles
above and below ; on each side, within an oval, group of large concentric circles
surrounded by five smaller ; two groups on hind-quarters.
C 905. ASKOS. Ht. 8J in. From Tamassos. Falkland Warren Coll. ; acquired 1910.
Red clay and slip ; black paint; surface worn. Spherical body on low
small foot, with moulded knob on top, over which is an arched handle of three
ribs ; on the front, a tubular spout, broken, in which is a strainer. There is a