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PLATES CIV., CV. CONTINUED.
partment, seen on the left in Plate CIV. (which is the most elaborate of all), the deer not suckling
is an antlered male (and perhaps this is the case in all the others ; but not certainly so except in
that one shown on the right in Plate CIV.) ; the recumbent fawn on the left has above him a
number of lines with pinnate strokes (like that hanging in each of the side compartments, but
finer), looking much like twigs of weeping willow, and before him another, partially coiled. This
decoration occurs in none of the other compartments. There are ten dot-rosettes ; in the next
(left on PL CIV), five rosettes and an eleven-rayed star; the diamond filled in by lines parallel
to all their sides. The next central compartment to the left (the right on Plate CV.) has six
rosettes; the next (the left on Plate CV.) has seven rosettes, a compound diamond divided into
four parts by central lines parallel to the sides, and the parts filled in like lattice by smaller lines
in like directions ; the next (the right on Plate CIV.) has five rosettes and one eleven-rayed star,
a diamond with diagonals, and in each triangle thus formed a stroke parallel to the adjacent side.
The reclining fawns in the corners are in various attitudes. In the side compartments, many-
rayed stars replace the dot-rosettes over the mallet or bipennis in some instances ; but in that
one shown at the extreme left on Plate CIV., they are replaced by a leafy circular or hoop-wreath,
which extends from the upper end of the handle of the bipennis to its head. Some of the horses
have a visible mane ; others lack it. The lower animal zone has a division mark, seen nearly in
the centre of Plate CIV., consisting of a single pinnate hanging. The zone comprises twenty-
five feeding horses, with a dot-rosette between each two, at the top. On the left of the division
mark, the first six horses have beneath them the figure often called the swastika, in nearly diamond
shape, and a varying number of dot-rosettes (four with the first, three with the second, two each
with the third, fourth, and fifth, and one with the sixth). The remaining nineteen horses have
beneath them each a bird, of the sort already mentioned ; the attitudes of the birds varying greatly ;
some standing erect, some arranging their plumage, some feeding, and one standing with his
neck bent back and his head up. With each bird (except where pretty certainly obliterated)
there are at least two rosettes, one above and one below. Found broken in many pieces, and reset.
partment, seen on the left in Plate CIV. (which is the most elaborate of all), the deer not suckling
is an antlered male (and perhaps this is the case in all the others ; but not certainly so except in
that one shown on the right in Plate CIV.) ; the recumbent fawn on the left has above him a
number of lines with pinnate strokes (like that hanging in each of the side compartments, but
finer), looking much like twigs of weeping willow, and before him another, partially coiled. This
decoration occurs in none of the other compartments. There are ten dot-rosettes ; in the next
(left on PL CIV), five rosettes and an eleven-rayed star; the diamond filled in by lines parallel
to all their sides. The next central compartment to the left (the right on Plate CV.) has six
rosettes; the next (the left on Plate CV.) has seven rosettes, a compound diamond divided into
four parts by central lines parallel to the sides, and the parts filled in like lattice by smaller lines
in like directions ; the next (the right on Plate CIV.) has five rosettes and one eleven-rayed star,
a diamond with diagonals, and in each triangle thus formed a stroke parallel to the adjacent side.
The reclining fawns in the corners are in various attitudes. In the side compartments, many-
rayed stars replace the dot-rosettes over the mallet or bipennis in some instances ; but in that
one shown at the extreme left on Plate CIV., they are replaced by a leafy circular or hoop-wreath,
which extends from the upper end of the handle of the bipennis to its head. Some of the horses
have a visible mane ; others lack it. The lower animal zone has a division mark, seen nearly in
the centre of Plate CIV., consisting of a single pinnate hanging. The zone comprises twenty-
five feeding horses, with a dot-rosette between each two, at the top. On the left of the division
mark, the first six horses have beneath them the figure often called the swastika, in nearly diamond
shape, and a varying number of dot-rosettes (four with the first, three with the second, two each
with the third, fourth, and fifth, and one with the sixth). The remaining nineteen horses have
beneath them each a bird, of the sort already mentioned ; the attitudes of the birds varying greatly ;
some standing erect, some arranging their plumage, some feeding, and one standing with his
neck bent back and his head up. With each bird (except where pretty certainly obliterated)
there are at least two rosettes, one above and one below. Found broken in many pieces, and reset.