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PREHISTORIC AEGEAN POTTERY.
shaft-graves of Mycenae (Myk. Thongef., pi. Ill, n), and elsewhere {Korakou, fig. 52;
B.S.A., xvii, p. 15, fig. 2, Phylakopi). In Crete the axe shows its earlier, unabbreviated
form : Gourma, pi. VIII, 26 ; Pscira, pi. VII ; Palaikastro, pll. XII, XX, etc.]
A 755. JAR. Ht. 3J- in. From Enkomi ; excavated under the Turner Bequest, 1896. Tomb 50.
Shape as A 635 : slightly flattened globular body with small fiat base and
narrow mouth, lip turned outwards. The body and
foot are distorted, but the fabric is good : pale pinkish-
brown clay with very smooth surface and lustrous
brown-black varnish. Foot and lip are edged with a
broad band of varnish, and the whole of the body
is closely ringed with narrow bands irregularly drawn.
(Fig. 173.)
[This is a companion piece to the stippled 'eggshell'
jar from Maroni, A 635, and doubtless belongs to the same
period. But while the Maroni vase appears to have a Central
Cretan origin, the peculiar fabric of this jar has not yet been
identified. It was included in Part 2 of this volume of the Catalogue of Vases under the
number C 499. The other contents of Tomb 50 were the vases C 476 (Late Mycenaean or
Transitional, Middle to Late), C 119, C 131, C 149.]
A 7561-3. FRAGMENTS with ripple pattern. L. 3 in. to ij in. From Mycenae. Nos. 1 and 3
are a brilliant fabric with red-black varnish, as A 662 (Palaikastro) : 1, from side of a cup, has
close thin ripples with a broad band above and below (Fig. 174) ; 2 is a dull fabric with wide
ripples.
A 757l-4. FRAGMENTS with stippled decoration. L. 2i in. to \\ in. From Mycenae (1-3) and
Korakou (4). Nos. 1 and 2, from globular cups with flat loop handles and wi.de splayed lips,
have fine stippling on body, rims and handle blacked ; 3, from base of a shallow cup, and
4 have similar stippling flecked with larger splashes. (Fig. 174.)
[For this decoration see A 634 (Knossos), A 635, A 788-9, and Korakou, p. 47. The
flecked patterns can hardly imitate eggshells ; they are probably reproductions of stone surfaces,
in the Middle Minoan tradition, as A 577, A 515.]
A 758. FRAGMENT with crescent-band. L. 3v in. From Mycenae. Very thick ware, coarse
clay with lustrous yellow slip : parts of four thin crescents standing in a horizontal band, as in
A 640 (Mirabello) and A 669, etc. (Palaikastro). On a broad wave springing- from the base of
the crescents are lines of thin white paint. (Fig. I74-)
A 759l-9. FRAGMENTS with spiral coils. L. i\ in. to ij in. From Mycenae. All belonged, to
globular bowls with wide rims bearing broad bands of linked spiral coils on the shoulder,
precisely as A 637 (Mirabello), A 653 (Knossos), A 672 (Palaikastro), A 686 (Zakro), A 693
(Petras). No. 5 has a band of thin white paint on the red-black varnished rim, 6 has white
dots on the broad rim of the coil, 7, 8, 9 have white dots on the linking lines ; 4, 6, 7 are
entirely blacked inside, the rest inside the rim only. (Fig. 174.)
A 760i-2. FRAGMENTS from bases. L. 3! in., i'J in. From Mycenae. Similar shape, but
shallower ; the bases are blacked, with double bordering bands ; frieze of spiral coils above.
PREHISTORIC AEGEAN POTTERY.
shaft-graves of Mycenae (Myk. Thongef., pi. Ill, n), and elsewhere {Korakou, fig. 52;
B.S.A., xvii, p. 15, fig. 2, Phylakopi). In Crete the axe shows its earlier, unabbreviated
form : Gourma, pi. VIII, 26 ; Pscira, pi. VII ; Palaikastro, pll. XII, XX, etc.]
A 755. JAR. Ht. 3J- in. From Enkomi ; excavated under the Turner Bequest, 1896. Tomb 50.
Shape as A 635 : slightly flattened globular body with small fiat base and
narrow mouth, lip turned outwards. The body and
foot are distorted, but the fabric is good : pale pinkish-
brown clay with very smooth surface and lustrous
brown-black varnish. Foot and lip are edged with a
broad band of varnish, and the whole of the body
is closely ringed with narrow bands irregularly drawn.
(Fig. 173.)
[This is a companion piece to the stippled 'eggshell'
jar from Maroni, A 635, and doubtless belongs to the same
period. But while the Maroni vase appears to have a Central
Cretan origin, the peculiar fabric of this jar has not yet been
identified. It was included in Part 2 of this volume of the Catalogue of Vases under the
number C 499. The other contents of Tomb 50 were the vases C 476 (Late Mycenaean or
Transitional, Middle to Late), C 119, C 131, C 149.]
A 7561-3. FRAGMENTS with ripple pattern. L. 3 in. to ij in. From Mycenae. Nos. 1 and 3
are a brilliant fabric with red-black varnish, as A 662 (Palaikastro) : 1, from side of a cup, has
close thin ripples with a broad band above and below (Fig. 174) ; 2 is a dull fabric with wide
ripples.
A 757l-4. FRAGMENTS with stippled decoration. L. 2i in. to \\ in. From Mycenae (1-3) and
Korakou (4). Nos. 1 and 2, from globular cups with flat loop handles and wi.de splayed lips,
have fine stippling on body, rims and handle blacked ; 3, from base of a shallow cup, and
4 have similar stippling flecked with larger splashes. (Fig. 174.)
[For this decoration see A 634 (Knossos), A 635, A 788-9, and Korakou, p. 47. The
flecked patterns can hardly imitate eggshells ; they are probably reproductions of stone surfaces,
in the Middle Minoan tradition, as A 577, A 515.]
A 758. FRAGMENT with crescent-band. L. 3v in. From Mycenae. Very thick ware, coarse
clay with lustrous yellow slip : parts of four thin crescents standing in a horizontal band, as in
A 640 (Mirabello) and A 669, etc. (Palaikastro). On a broad wave springing- from the base of
the crescents are lines of thin white paint. (Fig. I74-)
A 759l-9. FRAGMENTS with spiral coils. L. i\ in. to ij in. From Mycenae. All belonged, to
globular bowls with wide rims bearing broad bands of linked spiral coils on the shoulder,
precisely as A 637 (Mirabello), A 653 (Knossos), A 672 (Palaikastro), A 686 (Zakro), A 693
(Petras). No. 5 has a band of thin white paint on the red-black varnished rim, 6 has white
dots on the broad rim of the coil, 7, 8, 9 have white dots on the linking lines ; 4, 6, 7 are
entirely blacked inside, the rest inside the rim only. (Fig. 174.)
A 760i-2. FRAGMENTS from bases. L. 3! in., i'J in. From Mycenae. Similar shape, but
shallower ; the bases are blacked, with double bordering bands ; frieze of spiral coils above.