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ITALIC TOMB-GROUPS: NARCE 4F
Tomb; MS. 1902, p. 323 and MonAnt. IV, PL VIII, 14
from Tomb I, Mazzano Romano; MonAnt. IV, col. 224,
Fig. 100 from Barnabei’s Tomb VIII, Narce; id. XV,
col. 313, h and col. 601 from Tomb CLXXXII, the
Argiletum; MAAR. V, PI. 37, 2 from the Barberini Tomb,
Montelius, PI. 336, 14 from the Regolini-Galassi Tomb;
MS. 1938, p. 119, Fig. 5 from Chiusi; Olympia IV, PI.
XXXV, 646 and p. 94.
12. Cf. MS. 1902, p. 324, Fig. 2 from Tomb 2, Maz-
zano Romano.
18. For distaffs, see MonAnt. IV, cols. 388 and 389,
and PI. XII, 7-12. The example from Tomb XVIII,
Montarano, PI. XII, 7 (cf. col. 222, Fig. 99n), and that
from Barnabei’s Tomb XXVII, Narce, PI. XII, 11, seem
both to have had staves of wood wound spirally with
bronze strips (although the same fragment of wood and
bronze seems to have been used for the illustrations of
both specimens). The top of the distaff from Barnabei’s
Tomb XXVI, PI. XII, 11 is very like ours. In the
Warrior’s Tomb, Tarquinii, Monlned. X, PI. Xd, 11
were found pieces of wood which bear the impression of a
spirally wound piece of bronze with pattern like that on
our bronze strips. They seem to come from a similar
distaff. If so a woman must have been buried with the
warrior in this tomb.
19. A beautifully preserved but unpublished spear
from Veii in Room 12 of the Villa Giulia presents a good
parallel. It has an iron point; some sections of the
wooden shaft are wound with bronze wire; some are
studded with bronze nails; and between them are bush-
ings of bronze. From the same tomb comes the helmet
with high crest cited on p. 9 as a parallel to our helmet
from Narce 43.
22. With the short interlocking longitudinal lines, cf.
the pattern on No. 20 from Narce 27 M, PL XIV and the
comparanda cited under this number.
25. The curved outline of this fragment suggests that
of the fragments of a wooden vase from the Warrior’s
Tomb, Tarquinii, Monlned. PI. X, Xd 3 and 7. The
size, as indicated by the curve of the outer margin of our
fragment, is approximately the same.
26. Cf. the bronze heads from the Circolo degli Ac-
quastrini, Vetulonia, Montelius, PI. 192, 15 and about a
dozen more preserved in the Museo Topografico,
Florence.
27. Cf. No. 18 from Narce 2 F, PI. XXXIV; MAAR.
Ill, PI. 33, 17-19, from the Bernardini Tomb.
28. Cf. Nos. 29-35 from Narce 19 M, PL XIX, and
the comparanda cited under these numbers.
31. Cf. No. 23 from Narce 2 F, PL XXXIV; No. 32
from Narce 7 F. Pl. XXXVII; MS. 1909, p. 255, Fig. 15
from Norma; a ‘bracelet’ in the Metropolitan Museum,
Richter, Bronzes, p. 340, No. 1135. Rings of approxi-
mately this size seem to have been used for suspending
implements, cf. Montelius, PI. 179, 11, from Vetulonia.
37. Cf. No. 23 from Narce 71 M, PL VI, and the
comparanda cited under this number.
NARCE 4 F
The contents of this tomb
like those of the preceding
were acquired through
Ficola but were probably
excavated by Mancinelli
whose notes, it seems,
were the basis of the fol-
lowing description pre-
served in Frothingham’s
writing:
Trench Tomb, found
among the group of
trench tombs on Monte lo Greco. It appears to be that
of a child or youth. The votive loculus was closed by a
slab of tufa and contained the funeral deposit. In the
trench, which was full of stones and earth—like the rest—■
there rested on the bottom a sarcophagus of lithoid tufa
with a gabled cover which contained the skeleton and
the personal ornaments of the deceased. The trench
was oriented East to West and was at a depth of 1.60 M.
Frothingham’s sketch of the tomb is shown in Fig. 73.
Pottery
1. Vase-carrier. PI. XII. M.S.1199, H. 0.271 m.
D. 0.19 m. The upper surface of the ridge above the
bulb has been pared so that the flaring top which, on the
evidence of the clay and polish belongs to the piece, does
not fit. Fabric of medium fine texture. Core black,
outer surface red. Central bulb handmade; the rest
wheel-made. Good polish.
2. Vase-carrier. Pl. XII. M.S.1197, H. 0.288 m.,
D. 0.157 m. Fabric precisely like that of the foregoing
but covered with a cream slip over which the design is
painted in red. The two bulbs handmade, the rest
wheel-made. The base is built in two tiers; a horizontal
ridge on the exterior, intended to conceal the join, is
placed too high. The decoration consists of triangular
perforations in the two tiers of the base; painted rectan-
gles filled with diagonals and parallel chevrons on the
base and flaring top; checkered rectangles on the lower
bulb; waved lines on the upper bulb; a zigzag line on the
margin of the base; a double zigzag below the lip; red
bands on the upper surface of the flaring top, which is
grooved.
3. Bowl. Pl. XII. M.S.1198, H. 0.158 m., D.
0.194 m. Intact. Fabric as in the foregoing. Wheel-
Fig. 13
ITALIC TOMB-GROUPS: NARCE 4F
Tomb; MS. 1902, p. 323 and MonAnt. IV, PL VIII, 14
from Tomb I, Mazzano Romano; MonAnt. IV, col. 224,
Fig. 100 from Barnabei’s Tomb VIII, Narce; id. XV,
col. 313, h and col. 601 from Tomb CLXXXII, the
Argiletum; MAAR. V, PI. 37, 2 from the Barberini Tomb,
Montelius, PI. 336, 14 from the Regolini-Galassi Tomb;
MS. 1938, p. 119, Fig. 5 from Chiusi; Olympia IV, PI.
XXXV, 646 and p. 94.
12. Cf. MS. 1902, p. 324, Fig. 2 from Tomb 2, Maz-
zano Romano.
18. For distaffs, see MonAnt. IV, cols. 388 and 389,
and PI. XII, 7-12. The example from Tomb XVIII,
Montarano, PI. XII, 7 (cf. col. 222, Fig. 99n), and that
from Barnabei’s Tomb XXVII, Narce, PI. XII, 11, seem
both to have had staves of wood wound spirally with
bronze strips (although the same fragment of wood and
bronze seems to have been used for the illustrations of
both specimens). The top of the distaff from Barnabei’s
Tomb XXVI, PI. XII, 11 is very like ours. In the
Warrior’s Tomb, Tarquinii, Monlned. X, PI. Xd, 11
were found pieces of wood which bear the impression of a
spirally wound piece of bronze with pattern like that on
our bronze strips. They seem to come from a similar
distaff. If so a woman must have been buried with the
warrior in this tomb.
19. A beautifully preserved but unpublished spear
from Veii in Room 12 of the Villa Giulia presents a good
parallel. It has an iron point; some sections of the
wooden shaft are wound with bronze wire; some are
studded with bronze nails; and between them are bush-
ings of bronze. From the same tomb comes the helmet
with high crest cited on p. 9 as a parallel to our helmet
from Narce 43.
22. With the short interlocking longitudinal lines, cf.
the pattern on No. 20 from Narce 27 M, PL XIV and the
comparanda cited under this number.
25. The curved outline of this fragment suggests that
of the fragments of a wooden vase from the Warrior’s
Tomb, Tarquinii, Monlned. PI. X, Xd 3 and 7. The
size, as indicated by the curve of the outer margin of our
fragment, is approximately the same.
26. Cf. the bronze heads from the Circolo degli Ac-
quastrini, Vetulonia, Montelius, PI. 192, 15 and about a
dozen more preserved in the Museo Topografico,
Florence.
27. Cf. No. 18 from Narce 2 F, PI. XXXIV; MAAR.
Ill, PI. 33, 17-19, from the Bernardini Tomb.
28. Cf. Nos. 29-35 from Narce 19 M, PL XIX, and
the comparanda cited under these numbers.
31. Cf. No. 23 from Narce 2 F, PL XXXIV; No. 32
from Narce 7 F. Pl. XXXVII; MS. 1909, p. 255, Fig. 15
from Norma; a ‘bracelet’ in the Metropolitan Museum,
Richter, Bronzes, p. 340, No. 1135. Rings of approxi-
mately this size seem to have been used for suspending
implements, cf. Montelius, PI. 179, 11, from Vetulonia.
37. Cf. No. 23 from Narce 71 M, PL VI, and the
comparanda cited under this number.
NARCE 4 F
The contents of this tomb
like those of the preceding
were acquired through
Ficola but were probably
excavated by Mancinelli
whose notes, it seems,
were the basis of the fol-
lowing description pre-
served in Frothingham’s
writing:
Trench Tomb, found
among the group of
trench tombs on Monte lo Greco. It appears to be that
of a child or youth. The votive loculus was closed by a
slab of tufa and contained the funeral deposit. In the
trench, which was full of stones and earth—like the rest—■
there rested on the bottom a sarcophagus of lithoid tufa
with a gabled cover which contained the skeleton and
the personal ornaments of the deceased. The trench
was oriented East to West and was at a depth of 1.60 M.
Frothingham’s sketch of the tomb is shown in Fig. 73.
Pottery
1. Vase-carrier. PI. XII. M.S.1199, H. 0.271 m.
D. 0.19 m. The upper surface of the ridge above the
bulb has been pared so that the flaring top which, on the
evidence of the clay and polish belongs to the piece, does
not fit. Fabric of medium fine texture. Core black,
outer surface red. Central bulb handmade; the rest
wheel-made. Good polish.
2. Vase-carrier. Pl. XII. M.S.1197, H. 0.288 m.,
D. 0.157 m. Fabric precisely like that of the foregoing
but covered with a cream slip over which the design is
painted in red. The two bulbs handmade, the rest
wheel-made. The base is built in two tiers; a horizontal
ridge on the exterior, intended to conceal the join, is
placed too high. The decoration consists of triangular
perforations in the two tiers of the base; painted rectan-
gles filled with diagonals and parallel chevrons on the
base and flaring top; checkered rectangles on the lower
bulb; waved lines on the upper bulb; a zigzag line on the
margin of the base; a double zigzag below the lip; red
bands on the upper surface of the flaring top, which is
grooved.
3. Bowl. Pl. XII. M.S.1198, H. 0.158 m., D.
0.194 m. Intact. Fabric as in the foregoing. Wheel-
Fig. 13