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stone, surface facets, projecting bands and bosses—are seen again
in an axe-hammer from the second city of Troy1 and serve to
confirm the suggested date. Even the tin-inlay, though not itself
discovered at Troy, is at least postulated by the Homeric descrip-
tion of Achilles' shield2 and Asteropaios' corselet3. However, the
really remarkable thing about our pounder is the arrangement of
its decoration, which transforms the neolithic tool into a quasi-
human shape4. The head is surmounted by a conical tin cap,
secured by three tags or tenons of tin, any one of which might
suggest a nose. The shoulders are covered by a broad tin cape.
The waist is represented by a deep groove. Below this is a double
belt of tin. Lower down, the facetted surface looks like folds of
drapery encircled by a tin band, from which hang four pairs of tin
pendants symmetrically placed. Finally, at the foot, opposite each
pendant is a hole for the insertion of a stud, perhaps of amber or
vitreous paste. In short, we may venture to recognise a primitive
idol comparable with the bottle-shaped goddesses figured on coins
of Asia M inor (figs. 732—737)s- Now neolithic implements are

and r95. 13. 45 with '93. 2> 58. 63- 68,-87, 96 with fig. 193, 4 and 5, 102, 529,
A. de Mortillet ' La decoration des poteries au moyen de lamelles d'etain dans les temps
Prehistoriques et modernes' in the Congrh prthistorique de France 30 session Autun 1907
P- 796, G. Goury VHomme des Cites lacustres Paris 1931 i. 297 n. 1.

1 W. Dorpfeld Troja und Won Athens 1902 i. 374 f. fig. 323, supra ii. 635 f.

2 //. 18. 564 f., 574. 3 //• 23. 560 ff.

4 On Sviorris the 'pestle' in relation to Qviar^ the storm-god (?) see supra ii. 1022.
" In ascending order of anthropomorphism we have e.g. Aphrodite Paphla on coins
°f Kypros, Sardeis, and Pergamon {supra ii. 424 with figs. 325 f., 327, 328), Artemis (?)
n coins of Pogla in Pisidia {supra ii. 363 with figs. 259 f.), Artemis Ephesia on coins of
Ephesos etc. {supra ii. 408 n. o figs. 309—313, 566 f. fig. 462), Hera on coins of Samos
'*> >• 444 f- figs. 3'3 f-. 645 fig- 446)-

The additional examples here given are : (1) A bronze coin of Aspendos in Pamphylia,
^uck by Gallienus, showing two images of Artemis (?) side by side under roofs
' Babelon Inventaire sommalre de la collection Waddington Paris 1898 p. 180 no. 3263
P1- 7, 17 ( = my fig. 732) ACTT € NA[I] HN). (2) A bronze coin of Myra in Lykia,
^''uck by Gordianus iii Pius, showing Artemis Eleuthira {supra ii. 681 n. 1) with her veil
' . Babelon op. clt. p. 172 no. 3124 pi. 7, 5 ( = my fig. 733) MYP 6C0N). (3) A bronze
c°in of Hypaipa in Lydia, struck by Trajan Decius, showing Artemis Anattis with long
°Uble chitSn and veil (Brit. Mus. Cat. Coins Lydia p. 119 no. 62 pi. 12, 13 (=my

fi2- 734) YTTAITTH NflN€TTI CTP*A£PMOAAOV and N 6IK flN I).

Similar types seated, not standing, are: (4) Kore between corn-stalk and poppy on a
ronze coin of Sardeis in Lydia, struck by Caracalla (fig. 735 from a specimen of mine

^Tl ■ r-CAAKA[A]VA IANO[VA]P[XATB] • CAP and AIANHNB • N6fl-
OPllN). (5) Kore between poppy and corn-stalk, with a corn-ear in her right hand,

°n a bronze coin of Daldis in Lydia, struck by Tranquillina (Brit. Mus. Cat. Coins

Mia P. -2 no< ,4 pl 8j 6 ( = my fig_ n6) gTTAAVPH4>AI CTIHNOCAPX and
' T • B • AA AAIANHN). (6) Kore, closely draped, between corn-stalk and poppy,
°n a bronze coin of Maionia in Lydia, issued in the time of Trajan Decius (fig. 737 from
a sPecimen of mine £171 AVPATT4>I ANOVAPXAMAI and ON flN).

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