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https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.4921#0122
Plate XXXI,
257. Gray terra cotta. Height, 4% inches. Found at Ormidia.
Rude figure of a warrior, with short, slightly tapering cylindrical body and conical base ;
somewhat in the style of No. 259. Top of helmet broken away ; the remaining portion colored,
and the nose and ear-pieces indicated, with red color. Right arm raised as in act to hurl a
weapon, but the hand is too much defaced to show any trace of a weapon there. On the left
arm, a round shield, or targe, held almost horizontal, ornamented with brown lines crossing
at the centre, which alternate with shorter red rays. Eyes and beard indicated in brown ; bands
of brown and red on the right arm ; brown band at junction of body with base ; on the base,
alternate stripes of brown and red from top to bottom. Surface somewhat defaced. Broken
across the body, and reset.
258. Gray terra cotta. Height, 6% inches. Found at Dali.
Rude figure of a warrior; cylindro-conical body not turned on a wheel; helmet, pointed
conical, with ear-pieces. On the left arm, ancient form of elliptical shield, with indentations on
opposite sides of the narrower part; right arm upraised, but broken away at a little distance from
the shoulder. Eyes, mouth and beard indicated in brown color; helmet-tip colored red ; traces
of red and brown color throughout on the body and shield.
259. Gray terra cotta. Height, 554 inches. Found at Ormidia.
Rude figure of a warrior, with cylindrical body and conical base turned on a wheel ; right
arm raised in act to hurl a spear—the latter now broken away ; on the left arm a round shield or
targe. Helmet with long point, or crest, curved and hanging forward ; the face upturned so that
the chin and long beard extend almost horizontally. Helmet-crest and nose-piece, and the
shoulder-straps, colored red ; shield colored in alternate sectors of red and brown, separated
by brown stripes ; eyes, eyebrows and beard indicated in brown ; right arm with bands of
red and brown ; shoulder-straps red ; conical base decorated with a band of brown at top and
257. Gray terra cotta. Height, 4% inches. Found at Ormidia.
Rude figure of a warrior, with short, slightly tapering cylindrical body and conical base ;
somewhat in the style of No. 259. Top of helmet broken away ; the remaining portion colored,
and the nose and ear-pieces indicated, with red color. Right arm raised as in act to hurl a
weapon, but the hand is too much defaced to show any trace of a weapon there. On the left
arm, a round shield, or targe, held almost horizontal, ornamented with brown lines crossing
at the centre, which alternate with shorter red rays. Eyes and beard indicated in brown ; bands
of brown and red on the right arm ; brown band at junction of body with base ; on the base,
alternate stripes of brown and red from top to bottom. Surface somewhat defaced. Broken
across the body, and reset.
258. Gray terra cotta. Height, 6% inches. Found at Dali.
Rude figure of a warrior; cylindro-conical body not turned on a wheel; helmet, pointed
conical, with ear-pieces. On the left arm, ancient form of elliptical shield, with indentations on
opposite sides of the narrower part; right arm upraised, but broken away at a little distance from
the shoulder. Eyes, mouth and beard indicated in brown color; helmet-tip colored red ; traces
of red and brown color throughout on the body and shield.
259. Gray terra cotta. Height, 554 inches. Found at Ormidia.
Rude figure of a warrior, with cylindrical body and conical base turned on a wheel ; right
arm raised in act to hurl a spear—the latter now broken away ; on the left arm a round shield or
targe. Helmet with long point, or crest, curved and hanging forward ; the face upturned so that
the chin and long beard extend almost horizontally. Helmet-crest and nose-piece, and the
shoulder-straps, colored red ; shield colored in alternate sectors of red and brown, separated
by brown stripes ; eyes, eyebrows and beard indicated in brown ; right arm with bands of
red and brown ; shoulder-straps red ; conical base decorated with a band of brown at top and