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to tree- or plant-forms
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of the sky-god in the winter, the latter his marriage with the earth-
goddess in the spring1. Petersen-remarks that of the two leaf-clad
pillars one is noticeably larger than the other, and that its axe-head
has the same diagonals as the axe-head of the leafless pillar—a
hint that the paired pillars are those of god and goddess respective!}' -.
YVe may, then, assume provisionally that the worshippers of the
double axe as depicted on the sarcophagus are performing rites
intended to call down the vernal showers and so bring about the
revival of vegetation.
But what of the second scene represented in immediate con-
tiguity with this? Three bearers of offerings pass towards the right.
Each has short hair and no clothing beyond a belt and a baggy
white skirt tailed and tagged as before. The tags of these peculiar
garments vary in colour, those of the first and last men being black,
those of the second man red. All three have necklaces, and two have
bracelets. Number one carries the model of a boat; number two,
that of a white calf spotted with black; number three, that of a
yellowish calf with spots of deeper yellow3. The}' are approaching
a flight of three steps, coloured a dull red, beyond which is a tree of
some doubtful species4. By it stands a man of shorter stature, with
a fore-lock of black curly hair. He is swathed in a white robe with
red tags and yellow border, which covers and conceals his arms.
Behind him a polychrome building, enriched with spirals, completes
- the design. Egyptian parallels, adduced by R. Paribeni5, have made
it highly probable that the erect figure is that of a dead man, and
that the building at his back is his tomb or tomb-chapel. His
dwarfish height implies that he died young'5.
1 E. Petersen in the Jahrb. d. kais. deutsch. arch. Inst. 1909 xxiv. 163 ff.
2 Id. ib. p. 165 n. 11.
3 R. Paribeni in the M011. d. lincei 1908 xix. 26 ff. is disposed to view the offerings
as an actual boat and live calves, not mere models. Later critics, without discussing the
matter, appear to agree with him. They may be right. But size and position alike point
rather to the use of models, such as are common in the tombs of Egypt and other lands.
4 So R. Paribeni in the Rendiconti d. Lincei 1903 xii. 346 suggests the jicns Indica.
But in the Mon. d. Lincei 190S xix. 20 he is less explicit. F. M. J. Lagrange in the
Revue Biblique internationale Nouvelle Serie 1907 iv. 342 : ' un arbre..., semblable a une
plante grasse a trois panaches.' A.J. Reinach in the Rev. Arch. 1908 ii. 280 f.: ' l'arbre—
une sorte de palmier,' 'le palmier funeraire.' F. von Duhn in the Archiv f. Rel. 1909 xii.
180 : ' Palme.'
5 R. Paribeni in the Mon. d. Lincei 1908 xix. 15ft0. fig. 3. M. Meurer ' Zu den
Sarkophagen von Klazomenai' in the Jahrb. d. kais. deutsch. arch. List. 1900 xvii. 65 —
68 with figs. 1—3 argues that the trapezoidal, as distinct from the rectangular, sarcophagi
of Klazomenai were designed to be set up on end uncovered and so hold the body upright,
probably during the funeral ceremony,-—a usage apparently derived from Egypt via
Phoinike.
6 R. Paribeni in the Mon, d. Lincei 1908 xix. 19 f. F. von Duhn in the Archiv f. Rel.
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of the sky-god in the winter, the latter his marriage with the earth-
goddess in the spring1. Petersen-remarks that of the two leaf-clad
pillars one is noticeably larger than the other, and that its axe-head
has the same diagonals as the axe-head of the leafless pillar—a
hint that the paired pillars are those of god and goddess respective!}' -.
YVe may, then, assume provisionally that the worshippers of the
double axe as depicted on the sarcophagus are performing rites
intended to call down the vernal showers and so bring about the
revival of vegetation.
But what of the second scene represented in immediate con-
tiguity with this? Three bearers of offerings pass towards the right.
Each has short hair and no clothing beyond a belt and a baggy
white skirt tailed and tagged as before. The tags of these peculiar
garments vary in colour, those of the first and last men being black,
those of the second man red. All three have necklaces, and two have
bracelets. Number one carries the model of a boat; number two,
that of a white calf spotted with black; number three, that of a
yellowish calf with spots of deeper yellow3. The}' are approaching
a flight of three steps, coloured a dull red, beyond which is a tree of
some doubtful species4. By it stands a man of shorter stature, with
a fore-lock of black curly hair. He is swathed in a white robe with
red tags and yellow border, which covers and conceals his arms.
Behind him a polychrome building, enriched with spirals, completes
- the design. Egyptian parallels, adduced by R. Paribeni5, have made
it highly probable that the erect figure is that of a dead man, and
that the building at his back is his tomb or tomb-chapel. His
dwarfish height implies that he died young'5.
1 E. Petersen in the Jahrb. d. kais. deutsch. arch. Inst. 1909 xxiv. 163 ff.
2 Id. ib. p. 165 n. 11.
3 R. Paribeni in the M011. d. lincei 1908 xix. 26 ff. is disposed to view the offerings
as an actual boat and live calves, not mere models. Later critics, without discussing the
matter, appear to agree with him. They may be right. But size and position alike point
rather to the use of models, such as are common in the tombs of Egypt and other lands.
4 So R. Paribeni in the Rendiconti d. Lincei 1903 xii. 346 suggests the jicns Indica.
But in the Mon. d. Lincei 190S xix. 20 he is less explicit. F. M. J. Lagrange in the
Revue Biblique internationale Nouvelle Serie 1907 iv. 342 : ' un arbre..., semblable a une
plante grasse a trois panaches.' A.J. Reinach in the Rev. Arch. 1908 ii. 280 f.: ' l'arbre—
une sorte de palmier,' 'le palmier funeraire.' F. von Duhn in the Archiv f. Rel. 1909 xii.
180 : ' Palme.'
5 R. Paribeni in the Mon. d. Lincei 1908 xix. 15ft0. fig. 3. M. Meurer ' Zu den
Sarkophagen von Klazomenai' in the Jahrb. d. kais. deutsch. arch. List. 1900 xvii. 65 —
68 with figs. 1—3 argues that the trapezoidal, as distinct from the rectangular, sarcophagi
of Klazomenai were designed to be set up on end uncovered and so hold the body upright,
probably during the funeral ceremony,-—a usage apparently derived from Egypt via
Phoinike.
6 R. Paribeni in the Mon, d. Lincei 1908 xix. 19 f. F. von Duhn in the Archiv f. Rel.