Forsdyke, Edgar J.; British Museum <London> [Hrsg.]: Catalogue of the Greek and Etruscan Vases in the British Museum (Band 1,1): Prehistoric Aegean pottery (London, 1925)

THESSALY, BRONZE AGE.

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A 225.

FRAGMENT, similar. L. 2| in. From Zerelia. Dark brown clay with a highly
burnished bright red surface which is partly burned black.

A 226L

2- FRAGMENTS of black ware. L. 4f in., 3! in. From Lianokladi. Rough fabric :

probably imitations of Minyan ware. No. 1, with wide turned-out rim and curved body, is
thin and burnished ; no. 2, with sharp shoulder, is of coarser make. Both have blackened
surface.

227. FRAGMENT of black ware. L. 2 in. From Drakhmani. Thick, but fine fabric, with

polished black surface. The inside is flat; the outside curves towards the lip, which is a roll
slightly turned out.

Fig. 46.—Details ok Untainted Fabrics. Bronze Age.

■"• 228. FRAGMENT of dish. L. 4I in. From Zerelia. Thick ware, from a slightly curved

plate with heavy roll rim on the inside. Brown clay with black polished surface.

^ 229. FRAGMENT, with boss-handle. L. 2J in. From Tsangli. Fine black ware resembling

stone, made of very hard and heavy clay. Bevelled lip, sharp shoulder ; and resting on line ot
the shoulder is an evenly modelled pyramidal boss which served for a handle.

A 230. FRAGMENT with boss handle. L. 4 in. From Tsangli. The side of a globular bowl

of coarse ware ; dark brown clay. On the curved side is a large boss divided in two by a wide
groove for string. The rim is preserved, but chipped. (Fig. 46.)

FRAGMENT with two bosses. L. if in. From Rakhmani. Rough ware, as last.
■"■ 231. From a sharply bent shoulder, on which are two tall bosses side by side, as if to form a hold
for string passing between them.