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ITALIC TOMB-GROUPS: NARGE (?) 27M
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omphalos, concave on exterior, so that it could be used in
holding the vase. White painted decoration, a hori-
zontal line below the rim, a line about each godroon and
on each godroon a loop.
15. Bowl on Bulbed Foot. Pl. XIV. M.S.829,
H. 0.234 m., D. 0.196 m. Mended. Fabric of fine tex-
ture, light buff throughout with some mica; dull red
paint. Wheel-made. Competent craftmanship strik-
ingly different from that of the preceding vases from this
tomb. The shape seems to be a combination of a stand
and of a bowl set within it. The inside of the bowl is
decorated with broad bands, the lip with transverse lines;
the shoulder with a row of cross hatched lozenges sepa-
rated by six perpendicular lines; the bulb with a zigzag;
the flaring foot with a row of hatched triangles. Between
these patterns horizontal lines.
16. Footed Bowl. PL XIV. M.S.842, H. 0.161 m.,
D. 0.169 m. Unbroken, but surface damaged. Similar
fabric and technique. The inside of the bowl and of the
lip are painted as in the foregoing; below the lip chevrons
between groups of eight perpendiculars. Broad bands at
bottom of flaring base and at junction of bowl and foot.
Between these, narrow bands.
17. Bowl with Offset Rim. Pl. XIV. M.S.836, H.
0.084 m., D. 0.164 m. Mended and pieces missing.
Similar fabric and technique. The clay is deeper in tone
than in the foregoing examples and slightly more lustrous.
The design in the shoulder zone as in the foregoing. On
the handles transverse bands.
18. Similar Bowl. Pl. XIV. M.S.843, H. 0.071 m.,
D. 0.134 m. Intact. Fabric, technique and decoration
as in the foregoing except that the inside, the lower part of
the outside and the handles are solidly red.
19. Shallow Bowl. Pl. XIV. M.S.2581, H. 0.048
m., D. 0.151 m. Restored. Catalogued with ‘miscel-
laneous vases’ but plainly visible in the record photograph
of this tomb. Similar fabric and technique. The flat
rim is like the rims of Nos. 15 and 16, and is ornamented
with groups of transverse lines. On the base two con-
centric circles connected with cross lines.
20. Oinoghoe. Pl. XIV. M.S.830, H. 0.213 m., D.
0.136 m. Mended and small restorations. Similar fab-
ric and technique. Perpendicular lines on the sides and
outer face of the handle which is bifid. Irregular hori-
zontal bands on the neck interrupted once by a broad
waved line. On the shoulder broad interlocking verti-
cals. Above the foot solid red.
21. Skyphos. Pl. XIV. M.S.3293, H. 0.079 m., D.
0.103 m. Restored. One handle and half of the other
modern. Catalogued with ‘miscellaneous vases’ but
clearly visible in the record photograph of this tomb.
Similar fabric, but the tone is redder than that of the
foregoing vases. Wheel-made of exceedingly light ware.
The outside of the vase is covered with white slip over
which the design is painted in red; on the preserved
handle a horizontal band between transverse lines; be-
tween the roots of the handle a cross; on the shoulder a
band of lattice ornament; on the lower part of vase nar-
row horizontal bands; on the bottom a hatched motive.
COMPARANDA
1-10. Cf. similar vases from Tomb XII, a trench-
tomb, Pitigliano, Jell. 1900, pp. 175-177, Figs. 19 and 20,
and Nos. 5-8. Bohlau is doubtless right, p. 177, in
maintaining that the shape derives from a metal proto-
type, cf. a bronze vase of this shape from Tarquinii,
Montelius, Pl. 283, Fig. 9. But Nos. 1-3 with fluted
shoulders probably owe something to phialai as well.
With Nos. 4-8 with rippled shoulders, cf. Nos. 5 and 7
from Narce 71 M, Pl. VIP, No. 13 from Narce 7 F,
PL XXXVII; Nos. 15 and 16 from Vulci 25, Pl. XLIII;
Nos. 7 and 8 from Vulci 51, PL XLIV; No. 14 from Vulci
66, Pl. XLV; Montelius, Pl. 258, 14, from a well-tomb on
the Polledrara estate, Vulci.
11. This shape also occurs in Tomb XII, Pitigliano,
Jdl. 1900, p. 175, Fig. 18, 7 and p. 179, Nos. 16-20.
Cf. also Nos. 5 and 6, from Narce 2, Pl. XXVII.
14. Cf. Jdl. 1900, p. 178, Fig. 21, 4, again from Tomb
XII, Pitigliano; id. p. 167, No. 9 from Tomb XVI,
another trench-tomb on the same site; and No. 76325, in
the Museo Topografico, Florence, made of a thin red
fabric, apparently covered with a white slip, also from
Riccardo Mancinelli’s excavations at Pitigliano.
16. Cf. Jdl. 1900, p. 178, Fig. 21, 3 from Grave XII,
Pitigliano; Gsell, Pl. I, 5 (= Montelius, Pl. 259, 12),
from Vulci; MonAnt. IV, col. 284, Fig. 139 and col. 499,
No. 16, from Barnabei’s Tomb XLI, Narce; id. col. 250,
Fig. 113 and col. 435, 7, from Tomb XXXV; id. Pl. VII,
23 from Tomb XXI of the Faliscan necropolis; id. col.
495, 34, from Barnabei’s Tomb XLIX; Montelius, Pl.
293, 12 from Tarquinii; Richter, Etruscan Handbook, Fig.
12, said to come from Castelnuovo di Porto; Sieveking and
Hackl, p. 71, Fig. 78. For unpainted vases of nearly
the same shape, cf. No. 4 from Narce 42 M, Pl. XV and
No. 4 from Narce 109 F, Pl. VIII.
17 and 18. Cf. No. 8 from Vulci 22, Pl. XLVII; No.
22 from Vulci 42 F, Pl. XLIX; Jdl. 1900, p. 168, No. 16
from Grave XVI, and p. 178, Fig. 21, 5 from Grave XII,
Pitigliano. This type of bowl lasted well into the seventh
century as Dugas, Delos XV, p. 52, noted. An example
from the Agora, HespSup. II, p. 28, Fig. 15, V3, was dated
by R. S. Young to the first quarter of the seventh cen-
tury, and one from Cyprus, SwedCypEx. II, Pl. CXXXIX,
No. 7, the tomb-fellow of Egyptian scarabs of the XXVI
dynasty, dated to 663 B. C. and later. Several bowls of
this type are cited by Blakeway, BSA. XXXIII, Pl. 31,
p. 177, Fig. 3 and p. 194, Fig. 16; the suspicion arises
that these are not geometric but late subgeometric.
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omphalos, concave on exterior, so that it could be used in
holding the vase. White painted decoration, a hori-
zontal line below the rim, a line about each godroon and
on each godroon a loop.
15. Bowl on Bulbed Foot. Pl. XIV. M.S.829,
H. 0.234 m., D. 0.196 m. Mended. Fabric of fine tex-
ture, light buff throughout with some mica; dull red
paint. Wheel-made. Competent craftmanship strik-
ingly different from that of the preceding vases from this
tomb. The shape seems to be a combination of a stand
and of a bowl set within it. The inside of the bowl is
decorated with broad bands, the lip with transverse lines;
the shoulder with a row of cross hatched lozenges sepa-
rated by six perpendicular lines; the bulb with a zigzag;
the flaring foot with a row of hatched triangles. Between
these patterns horizontal lines.
16. Footed Bowl. PL XIV. M.S.842, H. 0.161 m.,
D. 0.169 m. Unbroken, but surface damaged. Similar
fabric and technique. The inside of the bowl and of the
lip are painted as in the foregoing; below the lip chevrons
between groups of eight perpendiculars. Broad bands at
bottom of flaring base and at junction of bowl and foot.
Between these, narrow bands.
17. Bowl with Offset Rim. Pl. XIV. M.S.836, H.
0.084 m., D. 0.164 m. Mended and pieces missing.
Similar fabric and technique. The clay is deeper in tone
than in the foregoing examples and slightly more lustrous.
The design in the shoulder zone as in the foregoing. On
the handles transverse bands.
18. Similar Bowl. Pl. XIV. M.S.843, H. 0.071 m.,
D. 0.134 m. Intact. Fabric, technique and decoration
as in the foregoing except that the inside, the lower part of
the outside and the handles are solidly red.
19. Shallow Bowl. Pl. XIV. M.S.2581, H. 0.048
m., D. 0.151 m. Restored. Catalogued with ‘miscel-
laneous vases’ but plainly visible in the record photograph
of this tomb. Similar fabric and technique. The flat
rim is like the rims of Nos. 15 and 16, and is ornamented
with groups of transverse lines. On the base two con-
centric circles connected with cross lines.
20. Oinoghoe. Pl. XIV. M.S.830, H. 0.213 m., D.
0.136 m. Mended and small restorations. Similar fab-
ric and technique. Perpendicular lines on the sides and
outer face of the handle which is bifid. Irregular hori-
zontal bands on the neck interrupted once by a broad
waved line. On the shoulder broad interlocking verti-
cals. Above the foot solid red.
21. Skyphos. Pl. XIV. M.S.3293, H. 0.079 m., D.
0.103 m. Restored. One handle and half of the other
modern. Catalogued with ‘miscellaneous vases’ but
clearly visible in the record photograph of this tomb.
Similar fabric, but the tone is redder than that of the
foregoing vases. Wheel-made of exceedingly light ware.
The outside of the vase is covered with white slip over
which the design is painted in red; on the preserved
handle a horizontal band between transverse lines; be-
tween the roots of the handle a cross; on the shoulder a
band of lattice ornament; on the lower part of vase nar-
row horizontal bands; on the bottom a hatched motive.
COMPARANDA
1-10. Cf. similar vases from Tomb XII, a trench-
tomb, Pitigliano, Jell. 1900, pp. 175-177, Figs. 19 and 20,
and Nos. 5-8. Bohlau is doubtless right, p. 177, in
maintaining that the shape derives from a metal proto-
type, cf. a bronze vase of this shape from Tarquinii,
Montelius, Pl. 283, Fig. 9. But Nos. 1-3 with fluted
shoulders probably owe something to phialai as well.
With Nos. 4-8 with rippled shoulders, cf. Nos. 5 and 7
from Narce 71 M, Pl. VIP, No. 13 from Narce 7 F,
PL XXXVII; Nos. 15 and 16 from Vulci 25, Pl. XLIII;
Nos. 7 and 8 from Vulci 51, PL XLIV; No. 14 from Vulci
66, Pl. XLV; Montelius, Pl. 258, 14, from a well-tomb on
the Polledrara estate, Vulci.
11. This shape also occurs in Tomb XII, Pitigliano,
Jdl. 1900, p. 175, Fig. 18, 7 and p. 179, Nos. 16-20.
Cf. also Nos. 5 and 6, from Narce 2, Pl. XXVII.
14. Cf. Jdl. 1900, p. 178, Fig. 21, 4, again from Tomb
XII, Pitigliano; id. p. 167, No. 9 from Tomb XVI,
another trench-tomb on the same site; and No. 76325, in
the Museo Topografico, Florence, made of a thin red
fabric, apparently covered with a white slip, also from
Riccardo Mancinelli’s excavations at Pitigliano.
16. Cf. Jdl. 1900, p. 178, Fig. 21, 3 from Grave XII,
Pitigliano; Gsell, Pl. I, 5 (= Montelius, Pl. 259, 12),
from Vulci; MonAnt. IV, col. 284, Fig. 139 and col. 499,
No. 16, from Barnabei’s Tomb XLI, Narce; id. col. 250,
Fig. 113 and col. 435, 7, from Tomb XXXV; id. Pl. VII,
23 from Tomb XXI of the Faliscan necropolis; id. col.
495, 34, from Barnabei’s Tomb XLIX; Montelius, Pl.
293, 12 from Tarquinii; Richter, Etruscan Handbook, Fig.
12, said to come from Castelnuovo di Porto; Sieveking and
Hackl, p. 71, Fig. 78. For unpainted vases of nearly
the same shape, cf. No. 4 from Narce 42 M, Pl. XV and
No. 4 from Narce 109 F, Pl. VIII.
17 and 18. Cf. No. 8 from Vulci 22, Pl. XLVII; No.
22 from Vulci 42 F, Pl. XLIX; Jdl. 1900, p. 168, No. 16
from Grave XVI, and p. 178, Fig. 21, 5 from Grave XII,
Pitigliano. This type of bowl lasted well into the seventh
century as Dugas, Delos XV, p. 52, noted. An example
from the Agora, HespSup. II, p. 28, Fig. 15, V3, was dated
by R. S. Young to the first quarter of the seventh cen-
tury, and one from Cyprus, SwedCypEx. II, Pl. CXXXIX,
No. 7, the tomb-fellow of Egyptian scarabs of the XXVI
dynasty, dated to 663 B. C. and later. Several bowls of
this type are cited by Blakeway, BSA. XXXIII, Pl. 31,
p. 177, Fig. 3 and p. 194, Fig. 16; the suspicion arises
that these are not geometric but late subgeometric.