STYLE OF KITION. 157

curved tubular spout, and at back a flat projection like a bird's tail (as if the
vase was intended for a rough imitation of a bird's form). Drab slip, discoloured ;
black paint. Bands on upper handle ; paint on side-handles and spout ; on
body, wavy line and broad and narrow bands.

C 810. DOUBLE VASE. Ht. 5$in. From R. H. Lang's excavations at Dali ; acquired 1873.

Double flat body, the upper part smaller than the lower, with small mouth
on top and three short legs below ; handle at back of each body with projection
below ; each has a spout in front, of bulbous form, and a small projection each
side. Technique as C S08 ; red clay with buff slip; traces of red and black
paint on spouts, legs, and handles, and forming patterns on body, but nearly all
worn away. Upper spout broken off and lower one injured ; two legs restored.

C 811. PART OF RING-SHAPED VASE. Length of part remaining, 9 in. Ht. 4 in. From

excavations at Amathus (Turner Bequest), 1S94 ; tomb 286 (cf. C 776, 781). See Excavations
in Cyprus, p. 126.

Light red clay without slip : dull black paint. Broken in two, repaired and
partly restored. Style and technique as C 801. On the ring are a pomegranate,
an amphora (incomplete), and the base of another vase. The amphora has
painted patterns ; band inside lip and lattice-patterns on shoulder ; on the ring
are lattice-patterns (inside) and lattice-triangles (outside).

[Cf. J.H.S., XVI I., p. 142 ; O.-Richter, Kypros, Bible, and Homer, pi. 149, 15*? ;
Atlien. Mitth., XL p. 239, Beilage 3, Fig. 1.]

C 812. FRAGMENT OF LARGE VASE. Ht. $% i". From excavations at Enkomi, Cyprus

(Turner Bequest), 1896 ; tomb 12.

Red clay and slip ; dull brown paint. From the neck of a large amphora ;
cf. C 858-9. Bird to r., with wings spread, very rude ; above, zigzags ; below,
oblique lines between zigzags.

3. STYLE OF KITION (C 813-836).

Technique showing an advance on the previous group ; white slip ot better
quality, and general use of a bright purple-red. Date 800-700 B.C. Among
the characteristic forms is the jug with spherical or flattened body ornamented
with birds and small patterns such as hook-crosses and vertical rows of chevrons ;
also amphorae and kylikes with rectangular or triangular panels of various
patterns.

C 813. AMPHORA. Form 88. Ht. 11 in. Excavated at Kition by M. O.-Richter, 1881.

Form as Cyprus Mus. Cat. 110S. Body tapering to high foot with sloping
shoulder, wide straight neck, and double-ribbed handles. Drab slip ; dull black
and purple paint. Handles painted black and purple ; inside mouth, black and
purple bands and black rings on rim ; on neck each side, wavy line and black