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VASES WITH MODELLED SPOUTS AND POLYCHROME DECORATION. 197
C 969. AMPHORA. Form 94. Ht. ioi in. Tomb 106.
Form as Cyprus Mits. Cat. 1175 ; body oval ; neck shorter than usual and
sloping outwards ; vertical side-handles. Light buff slip on neck and red on
rest of body and interior ; dark brown and opaque white paint. Surface partly
blackened by fire. Paint (black) on handles and inside of lip ; on neck, between
two bands, row of concentric circles (four in each). On shoulder, black band
with white spots, two bands of brown on buff ground, black band, nine black
rings on red ground, black and white bands. On the body each side, panel of
lattice-pattern in white on red ground ; below, two black bands all round.
[Cf. for this type of amphora, Cyprus Mus. Cat. 1173-1176.]
C 970. AMPHORA, similar. Form 94. Tomb 106.
Straight neck. Buff slip on neck ; handles and body covered with dull
unpolished dark brown slip, on which are patterns in white. Mouth painted
black with rings on rim, round neck, black rings in pairs, and below, black band
with white spots. On the body, panel of lattice-pattern in white on black ;
above, black wavy line on white band ; below, white band between two in a
deep purplish black, deeper than that used above.
C 971. AMPHORA. Form 94. Ht. 8# in. No tomb number.
Form as before, but shorter neck and squatter body. Surface covered with
dark brown slip (worn in places), on which are patterns in opaque white
(more or less faded). On neck, white bands and row of white spots ; on
shoulder, wavy lines in white and black, the latter on a white band. On the
body each side at the greatest diameter, a broad wavy white line ; below, two
white bands.
C 972. AMPHORA, similar. Form 94. Ht. n£in. No tomb-number.
Form as C 969, but with longer and straightcr neck ; body egg-shaped.
Red slip all over, on which are patterns in black and white. Inside mouth,
white and black bands ; on lip, similar rings ; neck painted white with black
bands, and handles parti)' white. On shoulder, broad white band on which are
two black lines ; two broad black bands with six black rings between ; broad
white band. On the body each side, three acanthus plants in white ; below all
round, black and white bands alternating.
[Cf. O.-Richter, Kypros, Bible, and Homer, pi. 177, No. 2 = Hermann, Graberfcld
von Marion, p. 14, fig. 5.]
7. VASES WITH MODELLED SPOUTS AND
POLYCHROME DECORATION (C 973-989).
C 973-984, jugs of red ware, of elongated form, usually with spouts in the
form of pitchers held by modelled female figures, often coloured in polychrome ;
decoration of vase itself either in plain bands or more elaborate as C 973 and
C 975, in black or white on red ground. All are of Form 112. C 1040 also
C 969. AMPHORA. Form 94. Ht. ioi in. Tomb 106.
Form as Cyprus Mits. Cat. 1175 ; body oval ; neck shorter than usual and
sloping outwards ; vertical side-handles. Light buff slip on neck and red on
rest of body and interior ; dark brown and opaque white paint. Surface partly
blackened by fire. Paint (black) on handles and inside of lip ; on neck, between
two bands, row of concentric circles (four in each). On shoulder, black band
with white spots, two bands of brown on buff ground, black band, nine black
rings on red ground, black and white bands. On the body each side, panel of
lattice-pattern in white on red ground ; below, two black bands all round.
[Cf. for this type of amphora, Cyprus Mus. Cat. 1173-1176.]
C 970. AMPHORA, similar. Form 94. Tomb 106.
Straight neck. Buff slip on neck ; handles and body covered with dull
unpolished dark brown slip, on which are patterns in white. Mouth painted
black with rings on rim, round neck, black rings in pairs, and below, black band
with white spots. On the body, panel of lattice-pattern in white on black ;
above, black wavy line on white band ; below, white band between two in a
deep purplish black, deeper than that used above.
C 971. AMPHORA. Form 94. Ht. 8# in. No tomb number.
Form as before, but shorter neck and squatter body. Surface covered with
dark brown slip (worn in places), on which are patterns in opaque white
(more or less faded). On neck, white bands and row of white spots ; on
shoulder, wavy lines in white and black, the latter on a white band. On the
body each side at the greatest diameter, a broad wavy white line ; below, two
white bands.
C 972. AMPHORA, similar. Form 94. Ht. n£in. No tomb-number.
Form as C 969, but with longer and straightcr neck ; body egg-shaped.
Red slip all over, on which are patterns in black and white. Inside mouth,
white and black bands ; on lip, similar rings ; neck painted white with black
bands, and handles parti)' white. On shoulder, broad white band on which are
two black lines ; two broad black bands with six black rings between ; broad
white band. On the body each side, three acanthus plants in white ; below all
round, black and white bands alternating.
[Cf. O.-Richter, Kypros, Bible, and Homer, pi. 177, No. 2 = Hermann, Graberfcld
von Marion, p. 14, fig. 5.]
7. VASES WITH MODELLED SPOUTS AND
POLYCHROME DECORATION (C 973-989).
C 973-984, jugs of red ware, of elongated form, usually with spouts in the
form of pitchers held by modelled female figures, often coloured in polychrome ;
decoration of vase itself either in plain bands or more elaborate as C 973 and
C 975, in black or white on red ground. All are of Form 112. C 1040 also