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36 PREHISTORIC AEGEAN POTTERY.
A 190i-2. FRAGMENTS of three-colour ware. L. 2 in., 1J in. From Tsangli. Prehistoric
Thessaly, p. 101 (B 3 f). From the rims of bowls : thin red ware with white slip. The lip is
edged on both sides with a red band, and below this on the inside of no. 1 are three narrow
waved lines of dull black colour. On no. 2 there is one waved line in this place, and red and
black diagonal bands on the outside. (Fig. 40.)
A. 191- ' Dimini Ware' of various fabrics, painted in one or two colours, or incised,
A 216. belonging to the Second (Neolithic) Period.
As Ai/iiji'i Kai SeVkAo, pll. 8-11 (in colour) ; Prehistoric Thessaly, pll. I, II (in colour),
p. 16, (B3a, B3/3, B2).
A 191i-ii. FRAGMENTS of bowls. L. 4! in. to 2 in. From Dimini. These pieces, like most of
the others of the fabric, belonged to deep open bowls narrowing sharply to a flat base. Hand-
made ware, thick and heavy, yet not coarse ; the clay is fine and hard, of reddish buff colour.
It is often covered on one or both sides with a lighter slip ; otherwise the surface is smoothed
or polished to red and yellow tones which have almost the brilliance of varnished ware. The
design appears usually on both sides of the vase, and its colour is brown-black ; the whole
surface is often burnished over the design. The characteristic feature of the decoration is the
hatched band, a double outline filled with thin parallel stripes, which covers the field in more
or less regular key or step patterns, continuous or detached, or forms angular enclosures.
Solid drawing is also applied, very commonly in chequers. Curves and spiral coils arc
combined with these rectilinear geometric figures ; they arc often drawn in outline, and usually
occupy a space reserved in the background of hatched patterns. (Fig. 41.)
A 192l-8. FRAGMENTS from bases of bowls. L. 5- in. to 2 in. From Dimini. The flattened
base is usually quite plain underneath, but is sometimes outlined with a painted ring. Inside,
the base is generally ringed by one or two circles interrupting the rectilinear designs. The
outside of the bowl is divided vertically into large panels, which meet at the base, filled with
hatched patterns and chequers, as before. No. 1 is very finely polished. (Fig. 41.)
': A 193i-i5. FRAGMENTS from rims of bowls, with pierced bosses. L. 5A in. to 2 in. From
Dimini. The rim is simply fined off and rounded, without any decorative moulding. Instead
of handles, there are excrescences just below the rim, pierced vertically for the reception of a
string. In no. 15 there are two string-holes side by side. Both sides of the vase are usually
decorated,'but either may be left plain. On the interior there is a reserved band below the
lip, its lower edge of two lines forming the upper boundary of the irregular patterns which
cover the inside of the bowl. Two fragments (13, 14) have groups of four oblique bars, straight
or waved, in this band. On the exterior, the patterns come right up to the rim. The bosses
are left plain between the panels of painted decoration, which diverge from the base towards
the lip. (Fig. 41.)
A 194l 5 FRAGMENTS of similar ware, with other linear designs. L. 5 in. to 2I in. From
Dimini. Besides the common chequers and hatched band patterns, these pieces bear (on the
inside) various solid figures in a ground of parallel lines : a lozenge in a reserved space (1),
stepped pyramids (2 and 3), and other step-patterns (4 and 5). No. 5 has rows of dots between
the parallels. (Fig. 41.)
A 195i 5 FRAGMENTS with lattice patterns. L. 4i in. to 2i in. From Dimini. Various lattice
patterns : nos. 1 and 2 have plain cross-hatching (the latter on a white slip) ; nos. 3 and 4 a
cross and 5 a group of three bars in the squares of a lattice formed of cross-hatched bands ;
and 6 an elaborate chequer and lattice design, with hatched, cross-hatched, solid and open
spaces. (Fig. 42.)
A 190i-2. FRAGMENTS of three-colour ware. L. 2 in., 1J in. From Tsangli. Prehistoric
Thessaly, p. 101 (B 3 f). From the rims of bowls : thin red ware with white slip. The lip is
edged on both sides with a red band, and below this on the inside of no. 1 are three narrow
waved lines of dull black colour. On no. 2 there is one waved line in this place, and red and
black diagonal bands on the outside. (Fig. 40.)
A. 191- ' Dimini Ware' of various fabrics, painted in one or two colours, or incised,
A 216. belonging to the Second (Neolithic) Period.
As Ai/iiji'i Kai SeVkAo, pll. 8-11 (in colour) ; Prehistoric Thessaly, pll. I, II (in colour),
p. 16, (B3a, B3/3, B2).
A 191i-ii. FRAGMENTS of bowls. L. 4! in. to 2 in. From Dimini. These pieces, like most of
the others of the fabric, belonged to deep open bowls narrowing sharply to a flat base. Hand-
made ware, thick and heavy, yet not coarse ; the clay is fine and hard, of reddish buff colour.
It is often covered on one or both sides with a lighter slip ; otherwise the surface is smoothed
or polished to red and yellow tones which have almost the brilliance of varnished ware. The
design appears usually on both sides of the vase, and its colour is brown-black ; the whole
surface is often burnished over the design. The characteristic feature of the decoration is the
hatched band, a double outline filled with thin parallel stripes, which covers the field in more
or less regular key or step patterns, continuous or detached, or forms angular enclosures.
Solid drawing is also applied, very commonly in chequers. Curves and spiral coils arc
combined with these rectilinear geometric figures ; they arc often drawn in outline, and usually
occupy a space reserved in the background of hatched patterns. (Fig. 41.)
A 192l-8. FRAGMENTS from bases of bowls. L. 5- in. to 2 in. From Dimini. The flattened
base is usually quite plain underneath, but is sometimes outlined with a painted ring. Inside,
the base is generally ringed by one or two circles interrupting the rectilinear designs. The
outside of the bowl is divided vertically into large panels, which meet at the base, filled with
hatched patterns and chequers, as before. No. 1 is very finely polished. (Fig. 41.)
': A 193i-i5. FRAGMENTS from rims of bowls, with pierced bosses. L. 5A in. to 2 in. From
Dimini. The rim is simply fined off and rounded, without any decorative moulding. Instead
of handles, there are excrescences just below the rim, pierced vertically for the reception of a
string. In no. 15 there are two string-holes side by side. Both sides of the vase are usually
decorated,'but either may be left plain. On the interior there is a reserved band below the
lip, its lower edge of two lines forming the upper boundary of the irregular patterns which
cover the inside of the bowl. Two fragments (13, 14) have groups of four oblique bars, straight
or waved, in this band. On the exterior, the patterns come right up to the rim. The bosses
are left plain between the panels of painted decoration, which diverge from the base towards
the lip. (Fig. 41.)
A 194l 5 FRAGMENTS of similar ware, with other linear designs. L. 5 in. to 2I in. From
Dimini. Besides the common chequers and hatched band patterns, these pieces bear (on the
inside) various solid figures in a ground of parallel lines : a lozenge in a reserved space (1),
stepped pyramids (2 and 3), and other step-patterns (4 and 5). No. 5 has rows of dots between
the parallels. (Fig. 41.)
A 195i 5 FRAGMENTS with lattice patterns. L. 4i in. to 2i in. From Dimini. Various lattice
patterns : nos. 1 and 2 have plain cross-hatching (the latter on a white slip) ; nos. 3 and 4 a
cross and 5 a group of three bars in the squares of a lattice formed of cross-hatched bands ;
and 6 an elaborate chequer and lattice design, with hatched, cross-hatched, solid and open
spaces. (Fig. 42.)