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MIDDLE MINOAN II. 9 I
A 548-67. Fragments of Kamares ware and imitative fabrics, from Egypt. These
pieces were excavated at Kahun in the Fayum by W. M. Flinders Petrie, and
presented by Jesse Haworth, T890. They occurred in rubbish heaps of very
early deposit, dated by Professor Petrie to the Twelfth Dynasty. The Middle
Helladic II. fragments, A 278-9, were found with them.
Petrie, Illahicn, Kahun and Gurob, p. 9, pi. I (in colours) ; J.H.S., xi (1890), p. 276,
pi. XIV (in colours); J. L. Myres in Proceedings Soc. Ant. Loud., xv (1895), p. 356; A. J.
Evans, Palace of Minos, i, p. 266.
A 548l-3. HANDLE and fragments of jar. L. 2 in., 2I- in., 4 in. The vase was apparently a
bridged-spout jar, as A 519, with two upright flat loop handles and plain cut rim. Very fine
brown clay, covered outside with black varnish, on which are patterns in dull white and red
paint. The shoulder is divided by thin horizontal lines into a series of five equal zones, in
which are alternate groups of vertical bars and blank spaces ; below these, a band of dark
orange-red paint edged above with purple, and on the lower part of the body a foliate spray
pattern in white. On the handle are plain white bars. Kahun, pi. I, 14, 15 ; J. H. S., xi, pi.
XIV, 5 (both incomplete, the join showing the pointed petals not having been made) ; so also
Palace of Minos, i, p. 266, where the linear pattern is described as textile and derived from
Neolithic tradition. (Fig. 113.)
A 549. FRAGMENT from jar, similar. L. 3 in. Fine Kamares ware, as last ; the fragment
shows a handle and part of rim. Both sides are blacked, and outside is a pattern of radiating
petals, in white, one group on each side of the handle. On the handle oblique bars (Fig. 113).
Kahun, ibid., 12 ; Palace of Minos, i, fig. 198 c. Design as A 533 from Knossos.
A 550i-2. HANDLES of bridged-spout jars. L. 2J in., 2 in. As last, flat loops with prominent
edges, painted with white bars. (Fig. 113.)
A 551l-3. SPOUTS. L. ii in., \\ in., 2-J in. Similar ware. No. 1 is apparently a bridged spout,
much broken, painted outside with parallel curved lines on each side and a single pointed petal
underneath, and inside with small circles in white. Kahun, ibid., 7. Nos. 2 and 3 both taper
sharply to a small orifice, the lip of which in 2 is broken away. No. 2 has a fringe of blunt
petals round its mouth, and towards the body a disc within a ring of dots and a plain circle,
part of a finely cross-hatched semicircle, and part of a curved toothed figure, all in white.
Both black varnish and white paint have perished on 3. (Fig. 113.)
A 552. FRAGMENT from base of bowl. Very wide open shape, gently sloping sides. L. 2^ in.
Similar ware of fine brown clay, but blacked only outside ; on this are stalks or sprays in white
rising from the base. Inside are large black and small whi(;e splashes, and under the base a
narrow edging band and the tips of two pointed petals (Fig. 113J. Kahun, ibid., 10.
A 553. FRAGMENT from base of cup. Ht. if in., diam of base about 3 in. Similar ware but
heavier fabric, and not blacked inside. The sides rise vertically from the base. This piece is
divided into two zones by broad red bands on edge of base and on the body. The lower zone was
filled with a row of circles each with two filled vertical segments ; there are remains of three
such circles ; in the upper zone are remains of short vertical strokes, all in white on black. On
the base are remains of a curved cruciform figure in black and perhaps white on the brown clay.
(Fig. 113-)
[For the 'segmental disc,' see the E.M. m fragments A448, and note.]
A 548-67. Fragments of Kamares ware and imitative fabrics, from Egypt. These
pieces were excavated at Kahun in the Fayum by W. M. Flinders Petrie, and
presented by Jesse Haworth, T890. They occurred in rubbish heaps of very
early deposit, dated by Professor Petrie to the Twelfth Dynasty. The Middle
Helladic II. fragments, A 278-9, were found with them.
Petrie, Illahicn, Kahun and Gurob, p. 9, pi. I (in colours) ; J.H.S., xi (1890), p. 276,
pi. XIV (in colours); J. L. Myres in Proceedings Soc. Ant. Loud., xv (1895), p. 356; A. J.
Evans, Palace of Minos, i, p. 266.
A 548l-3. HANDLE and fragments of jar. L. 2 in., 2I- in., 4 in. The vase was apparently a
bridged-spout jar, as A 519, with two upright flat loop handles and plain cut rim. Very fine
brown clay, covered outside with black varnish, on which are patterns in dull white and red
paint. The shoulder is divided by thin horizontal lines into a series of five equal zones, in
which are alternate groups of vertical bars and blank spaces ; below these, a band of dark
orange-red paint edged above with purple, and on the lower part of the body a foliate spray
pattern in white. On the handle are plain white bars. Kahun, pi. I, 14, 15 ; J. H. S., xi, pi.
XIV, 5 (both incomplete, the join showing the pointed petals not having been made) ; so also
Palace of Minos, i, p. 266, where the linear pattern is described as textile and derived from
Neolithic tradition. (Fig. 113.)
A 549. FRAGMENT from jar, similar. L. 3 in. Fine Kamares ware, as last ; the fragment
shows a handle and part of rim. Both sides are blacked, and outside is a pattern of radiating
petals, in white, one group on each side of the handle. On the handle oblique bars (Fig. 113).
Kahun, ibid., 12 ; Palace of Minos, i, fig. 198 c. Design as A 533 from Knossos.
A 550i-2. HANDLES of bridged-spout jars. L. 2J in., 2 in. As last, flat loops with prominent
edges, painted with white bars. (Fig. 113.)
A 551l-3. SPOUTS. L. ii in., \\ in., 2-J in. Similar ware. No. 1 is apparently a bridged spout,
much broken, painted outside with parallel curved lines on each side and a single pointed petal
underneath, and inside with small circles in white. Kahun, ibid., 7. Nos. 2 and 3 both taper
sharply to a small orifice, the lip of which in 2 is broken away. No. 2 has a fringe of blunt
petals round its mouth, and towards the body a disc within a ring of dots and a plain circle,
part of a finely cross-hatched semicircle, and part of a curved toothed figure, all in white.
Both black varnish and white paint have perished on 3. (Fig. 113.)
A 552. FRAGMENT from base of bowl. Very wide open shape, gently sloping sides. L. 2^ in.
Similar ware of fine brown clay, but blacked only outside ; on this are stalks or sprays in white
rising from the base. Inside are large black and small whi(;e splashes, and under the base a
narrow edging band and the tips of two pointed petals (Fig. 113J. Kahun, ibid., 10.
A 553. FRAGMENT from base of cup. Ht. if in., diam of base about 3 in. Similar ware but
heavier fabric, and not blacked inside. The sides rise vertically from the base. This piece is
divided into two zones by broad red bands on edge of base and on the body. The lower zone was
filled with a row of circles each with two filled vertical segments ; there are remains of three
such circles ; in the upper zone are remains of short vertical strokes, all in white on black. On
the base are remains of a curved cruciform figure in black and perhaps white on the brown clay.
(Fig. 113-)
[For the 'segmental disc,' see the E.M. m fragments A448, and note.]