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ITALIC TOMB-GROUPS: NARCE 19M
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12. Cf. No. 25 from Narce 42 M, PL XVI, and the
comparanda cited under this number.
14. Cf. the bronze fibula, No. 31 from Narce 42 M
PL XVI; the silver fibula, MonAnt. XXI, col. 430, Fig. 16,
from Tomb 3, Visentium, tomb-fellow of the subgeo-
metric krater cited on p. 26, and of figurines of Bes.
16. Cf. No. 18 from Narce 23 M, PL XXII; MonAnt.
IV, PI. IX, 59 and col. 419, No. 13 from Barna-
bei’s Tomb XXV; NS. 1911, p. 435, Fig. 3c, from
Nazzano.
18 and 19. Cf. No. 21 from Narce 19 M, PI. XX;
MonAnt. IV, PI. IX, 46, and col. 411, Nos. 6 and 7, from
Barnabei’s Tomb XXIV, Narce, which contained also
a faience figurine, col. 412, id. 12 and PI. IX, 51, similar
to No. 30 from this tomb.
20. Cf. MonAnt. XXXV, PI. VI, IIIo and col. 29,
from fossa III, Massa Marittima; Montelius, PI. 131, 3
(from Perugia ?); MonAnt. XV, PI. XIII, 3 from Rome;
id. col. 571, Fig. 168a from the necropolis of Praeneste:
id. col. 575, fig. 170a, and col. 577, Fig. 171a, also from
Praeneste.
21 and 22. With the s-shaped motives, cf. the plaque
from the Warrior’s Tomb, Tarquinii, Montelius, PI. 288,
13; silver plaques from the Barberini Tomb, MAAR. V,
PI. 8; and a bronze table from Chiusi, AJA. 1935, p. 199,
Fig. 3 and p. 205, Fig. 9.
23 and 24. Cf. MonAnt. IV, PI. IX, 1 and col. 351
from Tomb XVII, Falerii.
25. Cf. No. 25 from Narce 19 M, Pl. XX; No. 30 from
Narce 23 M, Pl. XXII; No. 18 from Narce 102 F, PL
XXIII; No. 49 from Narce 1, Pl. XXXII. Similar coils,
some of them heavier, were found by Barnabei in his
Tomb XXX at Narce, MonAnt. IV, col. 439, Nos. 8 and
9 and Pl. X, 28, and by Galli in his Tomb 3, Bucacce,
Visentium, id. XXI, col. 430, Fig. 15, the tomb which
has furnished a parallel for No. 14. It has been noted
that these spiral coils have frequently been found in pairs,
close to the skulls of the dead, as if they had been worn
as earrings. Moreover bronze coils are suspended from
the ears of clay canopic heads, e.g. Montelius, Pl. 222,
6 and Studniczka, Jdl. 1896, p. 286, Fig. 18. In the
former case a smaller ring pierces the lobe of the ear and
from this the coil is hung; in the latter case the coil itself,
as Studniczka noted, passes through the lobe of the ear, a
method limited, let us hope, to sculpture. Such spirals
may also have been used to confine tresses of hair. In
Greece they were so used as early as the time of Homer,
cf. II. 17, 52 and Doerpfeld, Troia und Won I, p. 358 and
Beilage 43. In the classical period they can be recognized
in sculptured representations of hair; on the long tresses
of Cleobis (or Biton) Fouilles de Delphes IV, 1, Pl. 1, or on
the back hair of the Discobolos relief, Jdl. 1896, p. 289,
Fig. 24. Studniczka, loc. cit., also calls attention to the
fact that in the Baltic area there was unearthed a skull in
the hair of which were metal coils. A third use for spiral
coils as pendants from fibulae has already been pointed
out, p. 13. For spiral coils with waved ends cf. No. 29
from Narce 18 B, Pl. IV and the comparanda cited under
this number.
26. Pendants of similar shape were found in the
Regolini-Galassi Tomb, Montelius, Pl. 339, 6; and in
Tomb XLI, Falerii, StMat. II, p. 130, Fig. 119, NS. 1887,
p. 311. Both these examples measure less than two
centimeters in length, the computed length of ours. A
necklace composed entirely of such balsamaria (57-459)
is in the Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. It seems
probable that they are all approximately contemporary.
For a shape only slightly different, cf. MonAnt. XXII,
col. 243, Fig. 80 from Tomb XXIII, Cumae.
28. Cf. MonAnt. XVI, cols. 100-106, Figs. 122-125
from Timmari in Apulia; NS. 1933, p. 97, Fig. 78 from
Cetona.
29. Cf. StEtr. IV, Pl. XXX, 4-7, and pp. 373, 375
and 376 from Poggio alia Guardia, Gircolo di Bes and
Costiaccia Bambagini, Vetulonia; a similar figurine from
Barnabei’s Tomb XXXII, Narce, one of several from
that site, MonAnt. IV, col. 379, has already been cited
as has also one from a trench-tomb, No. 3, Visentium.
Cf. also MonAnt. XV, col. 451 and Pl. XVI, 42 and 45.
Figurines of Egyptian deities were popular in Greece as
well as in Italy, in approximately this period; cf. the
faience figurine of Isis from Eleusis, ’E0. ’Apx-, 1898,
pp. 76 ff. and Pl. 6; CVA. Athens, p. 4, Pis. 3-6; Young,
HespSup. II, pp. 234-236, who dates this tomb to shortly
before 700 B.C. in contrast to von Bissing, Der Anteil,
pp. 67 and 68, who assigns to it a date somewhere
around 750.
30. Cf. MonAnt. IV, Pl. IX, 51 col. 379, also from
Tomb XXXII Narce.
NARCE 19 M
Frothingham’s note on this tomb states merely that it was
dug by Mancinelli at Narce not far from Tomb 43. Six
of the smaller objects which according to the record
photograph probably belong in this tomb were cata-
logued with the objects from Narce 23 M. These are
now included in the following lists.
Pottery
1. Biconical Urn. Pl. XVIII. M.S.758. H. 0.33
m., D. 0.282 m. Break on rim. Fabric of medium fine
texture, grey at core, outer surface red. Handmade.
The fabric is covered with a cream slip fired at a lower
temperature than the vase itself. Over this are painted
red designs: on the lower part of the base bands of varying
width; the main pattern on the upper part of the vase,
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12. Cf. No. 25 from Narce 42 M, PL XVI, and the
comparanda cited under this number.
14. Cf. the bronze fibula, No. 31 from Narce 42 M
PL XVI; the silver fibula, MonAnt. XXI, col. 430, Fig. 16,
from Tomb 3, Visentium, tomb-fellow of the subgeo-
metric krater cited on p. 26, and of figurines of Bes.
16. Cf. No. 18 from Narce 23 M, PL XXII; MonAnt.
IV, PI. IX, 59 and col. 419, No. 13 from Barna-
bei’s Tomb XXV; NS. 1911, p. 435, Fig. 3c, from
Nazzano.
18 and 19. Cf. No. 21 from Narce 19 M, PI. XX;
MonAnt. IV, PI. IX, 46, and col. 411, Nos. 6 and 7, from
Barnabei’s Tomb XXIV, Narce, which contained also
a faience figurine, col. 412, id. 12 and PI. IX, 51, similar
to No. 30 from this tomb.
20. Cf. MonAnt. XXXV, PI. VI, IIIo and col. 29,
from fossa III, Massa Marittima; Montelius, PI. 131, 3
(from Perugia ?); MonAnt. XV, PI. XIII, 3 from Rome;
id. col. 571, Fig. 168a from the necropolis of Praeneste:
id. col. 575, fig. 170a, and col. 577, Fig. 171a, also from
Praeneste.
21 and 22. With the s-shaped motives, cf. the plaque
from the Warrior’s Tomb, Tarquinii, Montelius, PI. 288,
13; silver plaques from the Barberini Tomb, MAAR. V,
PI. 8; and a bronze table from Chiusi, AJA. 1935, p. 199,
Fig. 3 and p. 205, Fig. 9.
23 and 24. Cf. MonAnt. IV, PI. IX, 1 and col. 351
from Tomb XVII, Falerii.
25. Cf. No. 25 from Narce 19 M, Pl. XX; No. 30 from
Narce 23 M, Pl. XXII; No. 18 from Narce 102 F, PL
XXIII; No. 49 from Narce 1, Pl. XXXII. Similar coils,
some of them heavier, were found by Barnabei in his
Tomb XXX at Narce, MonAnt. IV, col. 439, Nos. 8 and
9 and Pl. X, 28, and by Galli in his Tomb 3, Bucacce,
Visentium, id. XXI, col. 430, Fig. 15, the tomb which
has furnished a parallel for No. 14. It has been noted
that these spiral coils have frequently been found in pairs,
close to the skulls of the dead, as if they had been worn
as earrings. Moreover bronze coils are suspended from
the ears of clay canopic heads, e.g. Montelius, Pl. 222,
6 and Studniczka, Jdl. 1896, p. 286, Fig. 18. In the
former case a smaller ring pierces the lobe of the ear and
from this the coil is hung; in the latter case the coil itself,
as Studniczka noted, passes through the lobe of the ear, a
method limited, let us hope, to sculpture. Such spirals
may also have been used to confine tresses of hair. In
Greece they were so used as early as the time of Homer,
cf. II. 17, 52 and Doerpfeld, Troia und Won I, p. 358 and
Beilage 43. In the classical period they can be recognized
in sculptured representations of hair; on the long tresses
of Cleobis (or Biton) Fouilles de Delphes IV, 1, Pl. 1, or on
the back hair of the Discobolos relief, Jdl. 1896, p. 289,
Fig. 24. Studniczka, loc. cit., also calls attention to the
fact that in the Baltic area there was unearthed a skull in
the hair of which were metal coils. A third use for spiral
coils as pendants from fibulae has already been pointed
out, p. 13. For spiral coils with waved ends cf. No. 29
from Narce 18 B, Pl. IV and the comparanda cited under
this number.
26. Pendants of similar shape were found in the
Regolini-Galassi Tomb, Montelius, Pl. 339, 6; and in
Tomb XLI, Falerii, StMat. II, p. 130, Fig. 119, NS. 1887,
p. 311. Both these examples measure less than two
centimeters in length, the computed length of ours. A
necklace composed entirely of such balsamaria (57-459)
is in the Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. It seems
probable that they are all approximately contemporary.
For a shape only slightly different, cf. MonAnt. XXII,
col. 243, Fig. 80 from Tomb XXIII, Cumae.
28. Cf. MonAnt. XVI, cols. 100-106, Figs. 122-125
from Timmari in Apulia; NS. 1933, p. 97, Fig. 78 from
Cetona.
29. Cf. StEtr. IV, Pl. XXX, 4-7, and pp. 373, 375
and 376 from Poggio alia Guardia, Gircolo di Bes and
Costiaccia Bambagini, Vetulonia; a similar figurine from
Barnabei’s Tomb XXXII, Narce, one of several from
that site, MonAnt. IV, col. 379, has already been cited
as has also one from a trench-tomb, No. 3, Visentium.
Cf. also MonAnt. XV, col. 451 and Pl. XVI, 42 and 45.
Figurines of Egyptian deities were popular in Greece as
well as in Italy, in approximately this period; cf. the
faience figurine of Isis from Eleusis, ’E0. ’Apx-, 1898,
pp. 76 ff. and Pl. 6; CVA. Athens, p. 4, Pis. 3-6; Young,
HespSup. II, pp. 234-236, who dates this tomb to shortly
before 700 B.C. in contrast to von Bissing, Der Anteil,
pp. 67 and 68, who assigns to it a date somewhere
around 750.
30. Cf. MonAnt. IV, Pl. IX, 51 col. 379, also from
Tomb XXXII Narce.
NARCE 19 M
Frothingham’s note on this tomb states merely that it was
dug by Mancinelli at Narce not far from Tomb 43. Six
of the smaller objects which according to the record
photograph probably belong in this tomb were cata-
logued with the objects from Narce 23 M. These are
now included in the following lists.
Pottery
1. Biconical Urn. Pl. XVIII. M.S.758. H. 0.33
m., D. 0.282 m. Break on rim. Fabric of medium fine
texture, grey at core, outer surface red. Handmade.
The fabric is covered with a cream slip fired at a lower
temperature than the vase itself. Over this are painted
red designs: on the lower part of the base bands of varying
width; the main pattern on the upper part of the vase,