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ITALIC TOMB-GROUPS: NARCE (?) 27M
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24. Cf. No. 50 from Narce 7 F, Pl. XXXVII; Nos. 36
and 37 from Narce 19 M, PL XIX.
25. Cf. Nos. 29-35 from Narce 19 M, PI. XIX, and
the comparanda cited under these numbers.
26. Cf. Nos. 16-18 from Narce 71 M, PL VI; and the
comparanda cited under these numbers.
27. Cf. No. 31 from Narce 18 B, Pl. IV; and the com-
paranda cited under this number.
28. Cf. MonAnt. IV, PI. VIII, 6 and col. 404, No. 10
from Barnabei’s Tomb XXXIV, Narce, a well-tomb
containing a footed bowl with plastic ornament of a man
between horses, cited as comparable to No. 1 from Narce
43; and id. col. 202, Fig. 88 and col. 423, No. 13, from
Barnabei’s Tomb XXVII, Narce.
NARCE (?) 27 M
Frothingham’s note on this tomb states merely that it was
a trench-tomb excavated at Narce by Mancinelli. The
very close correspondence of the vases from this tomb
with those found at Pitigliano (as well as the absence of
bronzes which characterized the tombs excavated by
Riccardo Mancinelli at Pitigliano), Jdl. 1900, pp. 155—
195, give rise to the suspicion that the contents of this
tomb were actually found at that site. A question mark
has for this reason been put after the word ‘Narce.’
Fig. 18
Pottery
1. Fluted Bowl with One Handle. Pl. XIII and
Fig. 78. M.S.846, H. 0.098 m., D. 0.224 m. Mended,
and restored. Fabric of medium fine texture, buff at
core, outer surface brown to red. The same fundamental
color is noted in the succeeding thirteen bowls more or
less obscured by mottling in various shades of grey, such
as may be attributed to fluctuations in the atmosphere
of the kiln. Handmade. The entire exterior surface
and interior of rim polished. The handle is flat near
the shoulder but becomes concave as it approaches the
rim where it is pierced by a narrow triangular perfora-
tion. Above the deeply fluted shoulder is a raised band,
0.009 m. broad. The white pigment used for the decora-
tion is thick and accurately applied apparently after
firing. The pattern, now largely effaced, was elaborate;
the handle is bordered by white lines between which
on its outer face are several transverse zones of ornament,
one of which is filled with a lattice pattern. On the
inner face of the handle are triangles running parallel
with the triangular perforation. On the interior face
of the lip a fine zigzag between horizontal lines and below
this remains of more pattern now too indistinct to trace.
On the outside, below two horizontal bands of white, are
better preserved zones of ornament restored with ap-
proximate certainty in Fig. 78. Along the edges of the
godroons are traces of white; on the floor of the bowl
traces of a cruciform design with large swastikas between
the arms, apparently similar to that shown in Fig. 47
from Vulci 51.
2. Similar Bowl. Pl. XIII. M.S.834, H. 0.087 m.,
D. 0.184 m. Rim chipped. Fabric and technique as in
the foregoing. Two lines of impressed rope pattern just
above the fluted shoulder; under the handle the pattern
overlaps and one end bends stiffly upward which shows
that this pattern was actually achieved by impressing a
piece of twisted wire into the clay while soft. There was
also painted white decoration but all that now remains is:
bands on the rim; between the rows of rope pattern a fine
zigzag; and a cross on the floor of the base, with small
swastikas between the arms.
3. Similar Bowl. Pl. XIII. M.S.845, H. 0.084 m.,
D. 0.187 m. Badly broken. Fabric and technique as
in No. 1 but outer surface black with red mottling. Fine
parallel cross striations on unpolished interior, made,
perhaps, by wiping with a cloth. Two lines of rope pat-
tern above the fluted shoulder as in the foregoing. White
lines on handle and rim and on the floor of the vase a
cross like that of Fig. 47, from Vulci 51, and four swastikas.
4. Similar Bowl but with Rippled Shoulder. Pl.
XIII. M.S.841, H.0.097 m., D.0.233m. Intact. Fabric
and technique as in No. 1. Color of outer surface maroon
to brown. The flutings of the shoulder are replaced in
this and the four succeeding vases by a rippling of the
surface. Above the shoulder is a shallow horizontal
groove and further up on the rim is a similar groove in
which is impressed a band of rope pattern. Over the
rippled shoulder is painted a zigzag in thick white pig-
ment between horizontal bands of the same. On the
rim and outer surface of the handle, white bands.
5. Similar Bowl. Pl. XIII. M.S.831, H. 0.078 m.,
D. 0.167 m. Intact. Fabric and technique as in No. 1.
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24. Cf. No. 50 from Narce 7 F, Pl. XXXVII; Nos. 36
and 37 from Narce 19 M, PL XIX.
25. Cf. Nos. 29-35 from Narce 19 M, PI. XIX, and
the comparanda cited under these numbers.
26. Cf. Nos. 16-18 from Narce 71 M, PL VI; and the
comparanda cited under these numbers.
27. Cf. No. 31 from Narce 18 B, Pl. IV; and the com-
paranda cited under this number.
28. Cf. MonAnt. IV, PI. VIII, 6 and col. 404, No. 10
from Barnabei’s Tomb XXXIV, Narce, a well-tomb
containing a footed bowl with plastic ornament of a man
between horses, cited as comparable to No. 1 from Narce
43; and id. col. 202, Fig. 88 and col. 423, No. 13, from
Barnabei’s Tomb XXVII, Narce.
NARCE (?) 27 M
Frothingham’s note on this tomb states merely that it was
a trench-tomb excavated at Narce by Mancinelli. The
very close correspondence of the vases from this tomb
with those found at Pitigliano (as well as the absence of
bronzes which characterized the tombs excavated by
Riccardo Mancinelli at Pitigliano), Jdl. 1900, pp. 155—
195, give rise to the suspicion that the contents of this
tomb were actually found at that site. A question mark
has for this reason been put after the word ‘Narce.’
Fig. 18
Pottery
1. Fluted Bowl with One Handle. Pl. XIII and
Fig. 78. M.S.846, H. 0.098 m., D. 0.224 m. Mended,
and restored. Fabric of medium fine texture, buff at
core, outer surface brown to red. The same fundamental
color is noted in the succeeding thirteen bowls more or
less obscured by mottling in various shades of grey, such
as may be attributed to fluctuations in the atmosphere
of the kiln. Handmade. The entire exterior surface
and interior of rim polished. The handle is flat near
the shoulder but becomes concave as it approaches the
rim where it is pierced by a narrow triangular perfora-
tion. Above the deeply fluted shoulder is a raised band,
0.009 m. broad. The white pigment used for the decora-
tion is thick and accurately applied apparently after
firing. The pattern, now largely effaced, was elaborate;
the handle is bordered by white lines between which
on its outer face are several transverse zones of ornament,
one of which is filled with a lattice pattern. On the
inner face of the handle are triangles running parallel
with the triangular perforation. On the interior face
of the lip a fine zigzag between horizontal lines and below
this remains of more pattern now too indistinct to trace.
On the outside, below two horizontal bands of white, are
better preserved zones of ornament restored with ap-
proximate certainty in Fig. 78. Along the edges of the
godroons are traces of white; on the floor of the bowl
traces of a cruciform design with large swastikas between
the arms, apparently similar to that shown in Fig. 47
from Vulci 51.
2. Similar Bowl. Pl. XIII. M.S.834, H. 0.087 m.,
D. 0.184 m. Rim chipped. Fabric and technique as in
the foregoing. Two lines of impressed rope pattern just
above the fluted shoulder; under the handle the pattern
overlaps and one end bends stiffly upward which shows
that this pattern was actually achieved by impressing a
piece of twisted wire into the clay while soft. There was
also painted white decoration but all that now remains is:
bands on the rim; between the rows of rope pattern a fine
zigzag; and a cross on the floor of the base, with small
swastikas between the arms.
3. Similar Bowl. Pl. XIII. M.S.845, H. 0.084 m.,
D. 0.187 m. Badly broken. Fabric and technique as
in No. 1 but outer surface black with red mottling. Fine
parallel cross striations on unpolished interior, made,
perhaps, by wiping with a cloth. Two lines of rope pat-
tern above the fluted shoulder as in the foregoing. White
lines on handle and rim and on the floor of the vase a
cross like that of Fig. 47, from Vulci 51, and four swastikas.
4. Similar Bowl but with Rippled Shoulder. Pl.
XIII. M.S.841, H.0.097 m., D.0.233m. Intact. Fabric
and technique as in No. 1. Color of outer surface maroon
to brown. The flutings of the shoulder are replaced in
this and the four succeeding vases by a rippling of the
surface. Above the shoulder is a shallow horizontal
groove and further up on the rim is a similar groove in
which is impressed a band of rope pattern. Over the
rippled shoulder is painted a zigzag in thick white pig-
ment between horizontal bands of the same. On the
rim and outer surface of the handle, white bands.
5. Similar Bowl. Pl. XIII. M.S.831, H. 0.078 m.,
D. 0.167 m. Intact. Fabric and technique as in No. 1.