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38 PREHISTORIC AEGEAN POTTERY.
that it stood on a high foot. Below the rim are bosses, but instead of being being pierced for
a string, these are elongated downwards to form small handles. The rim is also different,
rising to a point above the boss. The decoration is of simpler type than in the preceding
examples of Dimini ware, consisting of parallel loops round and across the bosses, and similar
loops in the corresponding places inside, with bands at lip and base. The rest of the bowl is
plain ; but no. 3 has two crosses on the inside, and 4 a small hooked cross. (Fig. 43.)
A 199i-8. FRAGMENTS from stems of bowls. L. 54 in. to 2 J in. From Dimini. From vases
of the same shape as preceding, but the stands are painted in the usual style, and at least one
bowl (4) was similarly decorated with hatched patterns. The stems are hollow cones with
spread base, of thick, heavy fabric, and were pierced with lozenge-shaped apertures (1, 2).
No. 1 bears especially elaborate designs, including spiral coils. Nos. 3 and 7 have hatched
step-pattern, the former being the top, the latter part of the base of a stem. No. 5 has a white
slip, and is painted with solid squares in reserved spaces on a lattice ground. No. 8, from the
base of a stem has curved enclosures in a striped field, and is pierced with minute holes for
mending. (Figs. 41, 42, 44-)
A 2001-4. FRAGMENTS from vases of various shapes. L. 5 in. to 2 in. From Dimini. Similar
ware, in various techniques. No. 1, from a deep hemispherical bowl, of thin polished red ware
roughly pierced with a hole for string handle, is painted with a close double-spiral coil in black
colour, much faded. No. 2, the side of a jug with flat loop handle (as Prehist. Thessaly, pi. I),
is also red ware, with hatched patterns. No. 3 has the ends of a similar vertical handle, but
belonged to a heavy open bowl, and has a large spiral coil inside. No. 4 is a boss and part of
the strongly curved rim of a bowl, apparently rising into an arched handle ; the boss has
painted cross-bars, with the vertical edge of a panel on each side, and oblique stripes on the
handle. (Figs. 42, 43-)
A 201l-l3. FRAGMENTS of bowls, as A 191. From Sesklo. 'Dimini Ware' in various
techniques : No. 1 is polished red ware, with poor black paint ; no. 2 has a thick white slip on
reddish clay ; the rest are of the usual fabric. Besides the common hatched band and chequer
patterns, there are spiral .coils, in outline (12), hatched (13), and cross-hatched (14), and in
small triangular enclosures with striped borders (15), close zig-zags in outline (16), irregular
hatchings and stripes (17), a tooth pattern on a latticed ground (18), and close stripes joined
at intervals by cross-bars in a basket pattern (19). (Figs. 41, 42.)
A 202i-5. FRAGMENTS from bases of bowls, as A 192. L. 4 in. to 3J in. From Sesklo. No. 1
is a complete base, outlined by circles on both sides, no. 2 bears a hatched chequer-pattern on
the inside ; the other designs are of the common type. (Fig. 42.)
A 2O31-20. FRAGMENTS with pierced bosses, as A 193. L, 5| in. to 3 in. From Sesklo. The
usual hatched maeanders, step-patterns, zig-zags, spirals and chequers, as above. Nos. 1 and
2 are good examples of the more primitive fabric, with painting in black and dark polished
clay, and the form of no. 1 is also undeveloped, thin, straight sides with very small pierced boss
and painted loop below. Nos. 2 and 3 have hatched chequers, the latter with minute spiral
coils in the plain squares. No. 4 has three large holes drilled in the fractured edges. (Fig. 41.)
A 204i-4. FRAGMENTS of rims. L. 4 in. to z\ in. From Sesklo. From bowls with high stems
(as A 198), as is shown by the elongated bosses and rims rising to a point above them.
Decoration of concentric loops, as before. No. 4 has hatched patterns on the inside, and in
panels on each side of the boss. No. 1, of polished red ware, has a Hat, pinched-out boss, and
loops below ; no 2 has chevrons instead of curves.
that it stood on a high foot. Below the rim are bosses, but instead of being being pierced for
a string, these are elongated downwards to form small handles. The rim is also different,
rising to a point above the boss. The decoration is of simpler type than in the preceding
examples of Dimini ware, consisting of parallel loops round and across the bosses, and similar
loops in the corresponding places inside, with bands at lip and base. The rest of the bowl is
plain ; but no. 3 has two crosses on the inside, and 4 a small hooked cross. (Fig. 43.)
A 199i-8. FRAGMENTS from stems of bowls. L. 54 in. to 2 J in. From Dimini. From vases
of the same shape as preceding, but the stands are painted in the usual style, and at least one
bowl (4) was similarly decorated with hatched patterns. The stems are hollow cones with
spread base, of thick, heavy fabric, and were pierced with lozenge-shaped apertures (1, 2).
No. 1 bears especially elaborate designs, including spiral coils. Nos. 3 and 7 have hatched
step-pattern, the former being the top, the latter part of the base of a stem. No. 5 has a white
slip, and is painted with solid squares in reserved spaces on a lattice ground. No. 8, from the
base of a stem has curved enclosures in a striped field, and is pierced with minute holes for
mending. (Figs. 41, 42, 44-)
A 2001-4. FRAGMENTS from vases of various shapes. L. 5 in. to 2 in. From Dimini. Similar
ware, in various techniques. No. 1, from a deep hemispherical bowl, of thin polished red ware
roughly pierced with a hole for string handle, is painted with a close double-spiral coil in black
colour, much faded. No. 2, the side of a jug with flat loop handle (as Prehist. Thessaly, pi. I),
is also red ware, with hatched patterns. No. 3 has the ends of a similar vertical handle, but
belonged to a heavy open bowl, and has a large spiral coil inside. No. 4 is a boss and part of
the strongly curved rim of a bowl, apparently rising into an arched handle ; the boss has
painted cross-bars, with the vertical edge of a panel on each side, and oblique stripes on the
handle. (Figs. 42, 43-)
A 201l-l3. FRAGMENTS of bowls, as A 191. From Sesklo. 'Dimini Ware' in various
techniques : No. 1 is polished red ware, with poor black paint ; no. 2 has a thick white slip on
reddish clay ; the rest are of the usual fabric. Besides the common hatched band and chequer
patterns, there are spiral .coils, in outline (12), hatched (13), and cross-hatched (14), and in
small triangular enclosures with striped borders (15), close zig-zags in outline (16), irregular
hatchings and stripes (17), a tooth pattern on a latticed ground (18), and close stripes joined
at intervals by cross-bars in a basket pattern (19). (Figs. 41, 42.)
A 202i-5. FRAGMENTS from bases of bowls, as A 192. L. 4 in. to 3J in. From Sesklo. No. 1
is a complete base, outlined by circles on both sides, no. 2 bears a hatched chequer-pattern on
the inside ; the other designs are of the common type. (Fig. 42.)
A 2O31-20. FRAGMENTS with pierced bosses, as A 193. L, 5| in. to 3 in. From Sesklo. The
usual hatched maeanders, step-patterns, zig-zags, spirals and chequers, as above. Nos. 1 and
2 are good examples of the more primitive fabric, with painting in black and dark polished
clay, and the form of no. 1 is also undeveloped, thin, straight sides with very small pierced boss
and painted loop below. Nos. 2 and 3 have hatched chequers, the latter with minute spiral
coils in the plain squares. No. 4 has three large holes drilled in the fractured edges. (Fig. 41.)
A 204i-4. FRAGMENTS of rims. L. 4 in. to z\ in. From Sesklo. From bowls with high stems
(as A 198), as is shown by the elongated bosses and rims rising to a point above them.
Decoration of concentric loops, as before. No. 4 has hatched patterns on the inside, and in
panels on each side of the boss. No. 1, of polished red ware, has a Hat, pinched-out boss, and
loops below ; no 2 has chevrons instead of curves.