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wings and tails being drawn in outline. In the centre of one body the brown
pigment is fired to a bright red colour.
[This piece was found, with about a dozen similar Melian jugs, M.M. IIU pottery and
glazed ware cult-figures, in the Temple Repositories at Knossos : B.S.A., ix, p. 38 ; Palace of
Minos, i, pp. 464, 556.]
^61-85. Fragments from Phylakopi.
EARLY CYCLADIC (A 361-A 367).
A 361. FRAGMENT from base of vase. L. 4J in. Coarse clay, black to reddish brown. On
the base is the impression of a woven mat on which the vessel stood when the clay was wet.
Primitive hand-made ware. As A 323 and Phylakopi, pi. vi.
A 362. FRAGMENT, similar. L. 5J in. Fabric and mat impression as in preceding example. .
A 363. FRAGMENT from rim of dish. L. 6j in. Coarse brown clay, covered with a thin red
wash and burnished. Shallow curved vessel with flat rim.
A 364. FRAGMENT of handle and rim. L. 3 in. Loose brown clay, black on surface, with
dark purple-red burnished coating. The handle is a round loop. ' Red lustre ware' : Pliylakopi,
p. 87.
A 365. FRAGMENT from base of large vase. L. 6'2 in. Similar purple-red wash, but' not
burnished.
A 366. FRAGMENT from base of vase. L. 3 in. Finer fabric : hard grey-brown clay with
bright red wash.
A 367. FRAGMENT of large vase. L. 5I in. Coarse reddish-grey clay, covered with a thin
black wash on which is drawn a thick curved line enclosing a hatched space, in white paint.
This piece resembles Early Minoan III ware of Crete.
MIDDLE CYCLADIC (A 368-A 376).
A 368. FRAGMENT of bowl. L. 3j in. Coarse red clay covered with a thin white slip.
Painted geometrical patterns of parallel straight lines and curves with hatched angles in dull
black colour. (Fig. 82 ; as Phylakopi, pi. xii, 10.)
A 369. FRAGMENT. L. z\ in. PaL green clay with design in dull black colour ; rows of
circles, one with centre dotted, between horizontal waved and looped bands. (Fig. 82 ;
Phylakopi, pi. xvii, 3.)
A 370. FRAGMENT from shoulder of vase. L. 2i in. Dark red clay, with lustrous surface of
the same colour, and on this painted designs in white : a horizontal band and line of dots,
and minute detached circles and zig-zags picked out with dots. Thin hard ware. (Fig. 82 ;
as Pliylakopi, fig. 90.)
A 371. FRAGMENT. L. 2j in. Light.brown clay covered with a pale greenish slip ; design in
dull black colour. Thereremains part of the head of a bird, drawn in outline. As Phylakopi,
pi. xxi.
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wings and tails being drawn in outline. In the centre of one body the brown
pigment is fired to a bright red colour.
[This piece was found, with about a dozen similar Melian jugs, M.M. IIU pottery and
glazed ware cult-figures, in the Temple Repositories at Knossos : B.S.A., ix, p. 38 ; Palace of
Minos, i, pp. 464, 556.]
^61-85. Fragments from Phylakopi.
EARLY CYCLADIC (A 361-A 367).
A 361. FRAGMENT from base of vase. L. 4J in. Coarse clay, black to reddish brown. On
the base is the impression of a woven mat on which the vessel stood when the clay was wet.
Primitive hand-made ware. As A 323 and Phylakopi, pi. vi.
A 362. FRAGMENT, similar. L. 5J in. Fabric and mat impression as in preceding example. .
A 363. FRAGMENT from rim of dish. L. 6j in. Coarse brown clay, covered with a thin red
wash and burnished. Shallow curved vessel with flat rim.
A 364. FRAGMENT of handle and rim. L. 3 in. Loose brown clay, black on surface, with
dark purple-red burnished coating. The handle is a round loop. ' Red lustre ware' : Pliylakopi,
p. 87.
A 365. FRAGMENT from base of large vase. L. 6'2 in. Similar purple-red wash, but' not
burnished.
A 366. FRAGMENT from base of vase. L. 3 in. Finer fabric : hard grey-brown clay with
bright red wash.
A 367. FRAGMENT of large vase. L. 5I in. Coarse reddish-grey clay, covered with a thin
black wash on which is drawn a thick curved line enclosing a hatched space, in white paint.
This piece resembles Early Minoan III ware of Crete.
MIDDLE CYCLADIC (A 368-A 376).
A 368. FRAGMENT of bowl. L. 3j in. Coarse red clay covered with a thin white slip.
Painted geometrical patterns of parallel straight lines and curves with hatched angles in dull
black colour. (Fig. 82 ; as Phylakopi, pi. xii, 10.)
A 369. FRAGMENT. L. z\ in. PaL green clay with design in dull black colour ; rows of
circles, one with centre dotted, between horizontal waved and looped bands. (Fig. 82 ;
Phylakopi, pi. xvii, 3.)
A 370. FRAGMENT from shoulder of vase. L. 2i in. Dark red clay, with lustrous surface of
the same colour, and on this painted designs in white : a horizontal band and line of dots,
and minute detached circles and zig-zags picked out with dots. Thin hard ware. (Fig. 82 ;
as Pliylakopi, fig. 90.)
A 371. FRAGMENT. L. 2j in. Light.brown clay covered with a pale greenish slip ; design in
dull black colour. Thereremains part of the head of a bird, drawn in outline. As Phylakopi,
pi. xxi.
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