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LATE MYCENAEAN.
17;
A 950. • CONICAL BOWL, with statuettes on rim. Ht. of bowl, 3! in. ; of figures, 2i- in. Tomb Plate
12. Presented, 1870. M. V., pi. vi., 35 ; p. 11. Part of lip with (probably) one figure wanting. XIV.
Shape as last ; the ring-foot is broad and flat.
On the rim were originally four figures, of which
three remain. Two of these have their arms bent
inwards, the hands resting on the breast. The third
figure is distinguished as female by the breasts ; she
holds both arms over her shoulders, hands resting
behind the neck. The dress in each case is sug-
gested by broad horizontal stripes of paint; the
handles and lip of the vase are similarly barred, and
the rest of the body inside and outside is decorated
with equidistant bands. Reddish brown clay, dull
red-black varnish. (Fig. 235.)
A 951. CONICAL BOWL, with modelled handles. Ht. 5£ in. Tomb .13. Presented, 1872.
M.V., p. 11, no. 36c. Top of one handle wanting.
Shape as A 949, but the base is flat and
the handles are set vertically, terminating over
the lip in the head of an animal, as if it were
intended to suggest a cat or dog climbing up
and looking into the vase. Coarse ware,
badly worn ; brown clay with dull black
varnish. On the lip is a linked pattern of
discs and double hooks ; the handles are
barred, and the inside appears to have been covered with colour. (Fig. 236).
A 952. BOX. Ht. 5-J in. Tomb 13. Presented, 1872. M.V., pi. vii., 36; p. II.
Cylindrical body, as in the Cretan example, A 70S ; but this is taller.
There is a shoulder rising slightly to the mouth, which is made to receive a lid
now lost. On the lower edge of the shoulder are two pierced knobs through
which the cord holding the lid was fastened ; and, between these, two vertical
loop handles, each made of a flat strip of clay with a round rib pressed on to
the middle. Brown clay and dull brown-black varnish. At the top is a broad
band filled with overlapping groups of concentric semicircles ; below, and on
the shoulder, thin lines between broad bands. The flat parts of the handles are
painted black, the rolls dotted.
[The cylindrical box is a typical E.C. form A 311-5) and is common in L.M. Ilia
(A708-10). This example appears to be related to the bowls A 815-21 ; its fabric and decoration
set it in the class Late Mycenaean B, like most of the preceding bowls and A 932, etc.]
A 953-7. Open Bowls.
These have globular bodies with upright sides, the rims sometimes splayed
outwards. They usually have a ring-foot and two round loop handles which are
Plate
XIV.
17;
A 950. • CONICAL BOWL, with statuettes on rim. Ht. of bowl, 3! in. ; of figures, 2i- in. Tomb Plate
12. Presented, 1870. M. V., pi. vi., 35 ; p. 11. Part of lip with (probably) one figure wanting. XIV.
Shape as last ; the ring-foot is broad and flat.
On the rim were originally four figures, of which
three remain. Two of these have their arms bent
inwards, the hands resting on the breast. The third
figure is distinguished as female by the breasts ; she
holds both arms over her shoulders, hands resting
behind the neck. The dress in each case is sug-
gested by broad horizontal stripes of paint; the
handles and lip of the vase are similarly barred, and
the rest of the body inside and outside is decorated
with equidistant bands. Reddish brown clay, dull
red-black varnish. (Fig. 235.)
A 951. CONICAL BOWL, with modelled handles. Ht. 5£ in. Tomb .13. Presented, 1872.
M.V., p. 11, no. 36c. Top of one handle wanting.
Shape as A 949, but the base is flat and
the handles are set vertically, terminating over
the lip in the head of an animal, as if it were
intended to suggest a cat or dog climbing up
and looking into the vase. Coarse ware,
badly worn ; brown clay with dull black
varnish. On the lip is a linked pattern of
discs and double hooks ; the handles are
barred, and the inside appears to have been covered with colour. (Fig. 236).
A 952. BOX. Ht. 5-J in. Tomb 13. Presented, 1872. M.V., pi. vii., 36; p. II.
Cylindrical body, as in the Cretan example, A 70S ; but this is taller.
There is a shoulder rising slightly to the mouth, which is made to receive a lid
now lost. On the lower edge of the shoulder are two pierced knobs through
which the cord holding the lid was fastened ; and, between these, two vertical
loop handles, each made of a flat strip of clay with a round rib pressed on to
the middle. Brown clay and dull brown-black varnish. At the top is a broad
band filled with overlapping groups of concentric semicircles ; below, and on
the shoulder, thin lines between broad bands. The flat parts of the handles are
painted black, the rolls dotted.
[The cylindrical box is a typical E.C. form A 311-5) and is common in L.M. Ilia
(A708-10). This example appears to be related to the bowls A 815-21 ; its fabric and decoration
set it in the class Late Mycenaean B, like most of the preceding bowls and A 932, etc.]
A 953-7. Open Bowls.
These have globular bodies with upright sides, the rims sometimes splayed
outwards. They usually have a ring-foot and two round loop handles which are
Plate
XIV.