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128 PREHISTORIC AEGEAN POTTERY.
MYCENAEAN POTTERY.
EARLY MYCENAEAN (A751-A776).
[LATE HELLADIC I.]
The pottery from Mycenae, Tiryns and Argos was presented by the
Hellenic Government in 1912 and 1923. It is derived from various excavations,
beginning with H. Schliemann's in 1876, but there are no records of the actual
discovery of these pieces.
For the excavations see (Mycenae) Schliemann, Mycenae ; Furtwangler and Loeschcke,
Mykenische Thongefasse (Shaft-graves) and Mykenische Vasen, pll. XXIII-XLIII ; Tsountas in
'Apx 'E0., 1887, p. 155, 188S, p. 121, 1891, p. 2, 1896, p. I, 1897, p. 97, 1902, p. 1 (no pottery) ;
Bosanquct in J.U.S., xxiv (1904), p. 322; Wace in B.S.A., xxiv (1920-1), p. 185. (Tiryns)
Schliemann, Tiryns. (Argos) Vollgraf in B.C.H., xxviii (1904), p. 364 ; J. C. Hoppin in
The Argive Heraeum, ii, p 71 ; H. Stamatakis in Ath. Mitt., iii (1878), p. 271 ; Myk.
Thongefasse, pi. XII.
A 7511-7. FRAGMENTS with white painting on black ground. L. 4 in. to 3 in. From Mycenae
(1) and Tiryns (2-7). No. 1 is made of fairly fine light red clay, the rest of coarse dark red
shading to black ; all are fired very hard, and are coated with the thin red-black wash which is
characteristic of M.M. Ill o ware in Crete. No. 1 bears part of a closely-wound spiral coil with
double link and remains of two dot-rosettes, above and below the link, in transparent white
pigment. The rest are pieces of rougher fabric from large jugs and jars : 2 is part of a heavy
round loop handle painted white over the black wash except in a narrow reserved stripe ; 3 and
4 are pieces of handles with white rings round the base and oblique bars above, as on the jug
A 587 from Knossos ; 5-7 are fragments from bodies of similar vessels bearing plain white
bands, single or grouped.
A 752. FRAGMENT with white and red painting on black ground. L. 4I in. From Attica.
Similar ware, but thin fabric ; light brown clay. From neck and shoulder of a large vase, lip
broken away. Around the neck is a purple-red band with white edging ; at top of shoulder a
band of white loops standing on a white line on which are some purple spots. Inside the lip
is a band of red-black varnish.
[These pieces of late ' Kamares' style strictly belong to the end of the preceding period
(Late Helladic III), but since they begin the series of Cretan importations or Minoan fabrics
on the mainland of Greece, it is convenient to place them here as being the first examples of
Mycenaean pottery. Similar ware was contained in the earliest shaft-graves at Mycenae :
Furtwangler and Loeschcke, Mykenische Thongefasse, pll. VI, VII ; Evans, Palace of Minos, i
pp. 599, 600, fig. 440.J
MYCENAEAN POTTERY.
EARLY MYCENAEAN (A751-A776).
[LATE HELLADIC I.]
The pottery from Mycenae, Tiryns and Argos was presented by the
Hellenic Government in 1912 and 1923. It is derived from various excavations,
beginning with H. Schliemann's in 1876, but there are no records of the actual
discovery of these pieces.
For the excavations see (Mycenae) Schliemann, Mycenae ; Furtwangler and Loeschcke,
Mykenische Thongefasse (Shaft-graves) and Mykenische Vasen, pll. XXIII-XLIII ; Tsountas in
'Apx 'E0., 1887, p. 155, 188S, p. 121, 1891, p. 2, 1896, p. I, 1897, p. 97, 1902, p. 1 (no pottery) ;
Bosanquct in J.U.S., xxiv (1904), p. 322; Wace in B.S.A., xxiv (1920-1), p. 185. (Tiryns)
Schliemann, Tiryns. (Argos) Vollgraf in B.C.H., xxviii (1904), p. 364 ; J. C. Hoppin in
The Argive Heraeum, ii, p 71 ; H. Stamatakis in Ath. Mitt., iii (1878), p. 271 ; Myk.
Thongefasse, pi. XII.
A 7511-7. FRAGMENTS with white painting on black ground. L. 4 in. to 3 in. From Mycenae
(1) and Tiryns (2-7). No. 1 is made of fairly fine light red clay, the rest of coarse dark red
shading to black ; all are fired very hard, and are coated with the thin red-black wash which is
characteristic of M.M. Ill o ware in Crete. No. 1 bears part of a closely-wound spiral coil with
double link and remains of two dot-rosettes, above and below the link, in transparent white
pigment. The rest are pieces of rougher fabric from large jugs and jars : 2 is part of a heavy
round loop handle painted white over the black wash except in a narrow reserved stripe ; 3 and
4 are pieces of handles with white rings round the base and oblique bars above, as on the jug
A 587 from Knossos ; 5-7 are fragments from bodies of similar vessels bearing plain white
bands, single or grouped.
A 752. FRAGMENT with white and red painting on black ground. L. 4I in. From Attica.
Similar ware, but thin fabric ; light brown clay. From neck and shoulder of a large vase, lip
broken away. Around the neck is a purple-red band with white edging ; at top of shoulder a
band of white loops standing on a white line on which are some purple spots. Inside the lip
is a band of red-black varnish.
[These pieces of late ' Kamares' style strictly belong to the end of the preceding period
(Late Helladic III), but since they begin the series of Cretan importations or Minoan fabrics
on the mainland of Greece, it is convenient to place them here as being the first examples of
Mycenaean pottery. Similar ware was contained in the earliest shaft-graves at Mycenae :
Furtwangler and Loeschcke, Mykenische Thongefasse, pll. VI, VII ; Evans, Palace of Minos, i
pp. 599, 600, fig. 440.J