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ITALIC TOMB-GROUPS: VULCI 22
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31. Fragments of Silver Coils. Pl. XLVIII.
M.S.625, D. 0.035 m. On one is preserved a small bezel
and on three others the coiled wire divides to admit a
fine filigree.
32. Amber Bead. PL XLVIII. M.S.628, L. 0.019
m. Broken. Diameter slightly larger at the center.
The perforation is filled with a stout bronze wire.
33. Amber Bead. PI. XLVIII. M.S.628, L. 0.022
m. Zigzag striations.
34. Glass Beads. PI. XLVIII. M.S.632. In this
group are 26 perforated disks of white or green frit with
slightly rounded edges. Average D. 0.004 m. Three
slightly larger are more rounded; five similar to the
latter are of black glass.
COMPARANDA
1 and 2. Cf. four similar jars now in the Berlin
Museum which were excavated by Riccardo Mancinelli
in two trench-tombs, Nos. XVI and XII at Pitigliano,
Jdl. 1900, p. 158, 1 and 2 and p. 175, Fig. 18, 2 and 5
(Montelius, PI. 206, 23). Other vases of this type, also
from Pitigliano, are in the Museo Topografico, Florence,
NS. 1898, p. 443, Fig. 8. It has been shown already,
p. 29, that Tomb XII, Pitigliano, is contemporary with
our tomb Narce (?) 27 M. Later versions of this type
with reduced ribbing are found in chamber-tombs at
Pitigliano, NS. 1896, p. 270, Fig. 4, and Jdl. 1900, p. 181.
The latter tomb No. XXIII contained no pottery which
can well be dated before the second half of the seventh
century; several pieces can be dated to the last quarter
of that century; the alabastron, id., p. 184, Fig. 24 (cf.
Payne, CVA. Oxford 2, IIIc, PL IV, 36), a cup, id., p.
182, 6, similar to our No. 7 from Narce 65 M, PI. XLI, a
cantharus of the type of four canthari from Tomb 55,
Selinous (cf. Atkinson, BSP. 1938, pp. 114-116, and Pis.
XIII and XIV). A bucchero version of this type of jar
in the Faina collection, Orvieto, confirms the conclusion
that the shape remained in use well into the seventh
century.
3. Cf. NS. 1936, p. 404, Fig. 3, from Pitigliano and a
very similar vase in the Berlin Museum from a chamber-
tomb excavated on the Polledrara estate near Vulci,
Bdl. 1882, p. 100 (Montelius, PI. 260, 2).
4. Cf. No. 28 from Tomb XII, Pitigliano, Jdl. 1900,
p. 180, No. 28, and Nos. 12 and 13 from Tomb XVI, id.,
p. 168, Fig. 10.
5. I can find no exact parallel for this amphora.
Sturdier Italic amphorae with wider necks but similarly
shaped bodies are: MonAnt. XVI, col. 431, Fig. 45, from
the Ager Capenatus, decorated with interlocking double
curves, like those below the rim of our amphora and on
No. 7 from this tomb; an amphora from Veii, NS. 1935,
p. 54, No. 22, and p. 53, Fig. 5; an amphora in Siena,
with angular handles and comparable decoration on the
shoulders, StMat. I, p. 317, No. 247. A later type of
Italic amphora on a flaring foot, StEtr. Ill, PI. XXII
a and b, has a similar bulge in the neck (in this case above
the handles) which indicates that this feature remained in
vogue well into the seventh century. Handles attached
to a bulging ring as on our amphora occur on seventh
century vases in Greece: a hydria from Tomb XV,
Rhodes, CLR. VI and VII, p. 44, Fig. 37, and p. 45,
Fig. 38; a hydria from Skouriasmenos, Crete, An. X-XII,
pp. 605-607, Fig. 644, a, b and c, as well as on late geo-
metric vases from Athens, AM. 1918, PI. IV, 1 and PI. VI,
5. The tripartite handles suggest at least a subgeometric
date.
Of the patterns, the interlocking double curves below
the lip are comparable to those on No. 7 from this tomb,
Pl. XLVII and on No. 32 from Narce 64 B, Pl. XXXIX,
the lip are comparable to those on No. 7 from this tomb,
and the comparanda cited under this number. The
zigzag on the neck is high and compressed, a character-
istic of the late geometric period, Young, HespSup. II,
p. 214; the hatching of the meander is careless, some of
the strokes being perpendicular to the outlines, id., p. 213.
The running ovals occur on late geometric vases from
Attica, CVA. Copenhagen II, Pl. 71, 4a and HespSup. II,
p. 38^ Fig. 24, IX 7 and IX 8 (and, slightly rounder,
on Protoattic ware, Hesp. II, p. 588, Fig. 50, 206); from
the Cyclades, AM. 1929, p. 154, Fig. 7, and Beilage LIII,
lower right; from Boeotia, CVA. Belgium I, IHg, Pl. I f,
and Jdl. 1899, p. 81, Fig. 36, etc. and on an Italic oino-
choe from a trench-tomb, Tarquinii, NS. 1930, p. 132,
Fig. 17, tomb-fellow of two ribbed jars like Nos. 1 and 2
from this tomb, except that they are set on high feet,
which probably indicates a date slightly later than that
of our jars. The broad upright waved lines on the lower
part of our amphora are derived from vertical zigzags
such as occur on the necks of two conical oinochoai from
Syracuse, NS. 1925, Pl. XXI. On the fragment to the
left, dated by Payne to the second quarter of the seventh
century, PV., Pl. 15, 4, it is neatly drawn; on the other
fragment which cannot be far removed in date, it is
carelessly painted with a broader brush much as on our
amphora. Cf. also Protoattic vases, CVA. Berlin Anti-
quarium I, Pis. 6, 3 and 4; 14, 2; and 27, 3; Island vases,
AM. 1929, p. 155, Fig. 8; and Boeotian Vases, CVA.
Scheurleer 1, 111G, Pl. 1, 4 and 5. The pattern remained
in use until the early Corinthian period, AJA. 1930, p.
419, Fig. 13. Running ovals combined with broad ver-
tical lines are found on one of the three amphorae from a
tomb on the Polledrara estate, Vulci, which has already
furnished a parallel to No. 3 from this tomb, Furtwaen-
gler, Beschreibung, pp. 22 and 23, Nos. 192-194 (= Mon-
telius, Pl. 260, 5 and 6). Both Furtwaengler and Mon-
telius call this Polledrara tomb a chamber-tomb, but
Helbig expressly states, Bdl. 1882, pp. 100 and 101, that
it was a. fossa and contained but one burial. It seems
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31. Fragments of Silver Coils. Pl. XLVIII.
M.S.625, D. 0.035 m. On one is preserved a small bezel
and on three others the coiled wire divides to admit a
fine filigree.
32. Amber Bead. PL XLVIII. M.S.628, L. 0.019
m. Broken. Diameter slightly larger at the center.
The perforation is filled with a stout bronze wire.
33. Amber Bead. PI. XLVIII. M.S.628, L. 0.022
m. Zigzag striations.
34. Glass Beads. PI. XLVIII. M.S.632. In this
group are 26 perforated disks of white or green frit with
slightly rounded edges. Average D. 0.004 m. Three
slightly larger are more rounded; five similar to the
latter are of black glass.
COMPARANDA
1 and 2. Cf. four similar jars now in the Berlin
Museum which were excavated by Riccardo Mancinelli
in two trench-tombs, Nos. XVI and XII at Pitigliano,
Jdl. 1900, p. 158, 1 and 2 and p. 175, Fig. 18, 2 and 5
(Montelius, PI. 206, 23). Other vases of this type, also
from Pitigliano, are in the Museo Topografico, Florence,
NS. 1898, p. 443, Fig. 8. It has been shown already,
p. 29, that Tomb XII, Pitigliano, is contemporary with
our tomb Narce (?) 27 M. Later versions of this type
with reduced ribbing are found in chamber-tombs at
Pitigliano, NS. 1896, p. 270, Fig. 4, and Jdl. 1900, p. 181.
The latter tomb No. XXIII contained no pottery which
can well be dated before the second half of the seventh
century; several pieces can be dated to the last quarter
of that century; the alabastron, id., p. 184, Fig. 24 (cf.
Payne, CVA. Oxford 2, IIIc, PL IV, 36), a cup, id., p.
182, 6, similar to our No. 7 from Narce 65 M, PI. XLI, a
cantharus of the type of four canthari from Tomb 55,
Selinous (cf. Atkinson, BSP. 1938, pp. 114-116, and Pis.
XIII and XIV). A bucchero version of this type of jar
in the Faina collection, Orvieto, confirms the conclusion
that the shape remained in use well into the seventh
century.
3. Cf. NS. 1936, p. 404, Fig. 3, from Pitigliano and a
very similar vase in the Berlin Museum from a chamber-
tomb excavated on the Polledrara estate near Vulci,
Bdl. 1882, p. 100 (Montelius, PI. 260, 2).
4. Cf. No. 28 from Tomb XII, Pitigliano, Jdl. 1900,
p. 180, No. 28, and Nos. 12 and 13 from Tomb XVI, id.,
p. 168, Fig. 10.
5. I can find no exact parallel for this amphora.
Sturdier Italic amphorae with wider necks but similarly
shaped bodies are: MonAnt. XVI, col. 431, Fig. 45, from
the Ager Capenatus, decorated with interlocking double
curves, like those below the rim of our amphora and on
No. 7 from this tomb; an amphora from Veii, NS. 1935,
p. 54, No. 22, and p. 53, Fig. 5; an amphora in Siena,
with angular handles and comparable decoration on the
shoulders, StMat. I, p. 317, No. 247. A later type of
Italic amphora on a flaring foot, StEtr. Ill, PI. XXII
a and b, has a similar bulge in the neck (in this case above
the handles) which indicates that this feature remained in
vogue well into the seventh century. Handles attached
to a bulging ring as on our amphora occur on seventh
century vases in Greece: a hydria from Tomb XV,
Rhodes, CLR. VI and VII, p. 44, Fig. 37, and p. 45,
Fig. 38; a hydria from Skouriasmenos, Crete, An. X-XII,
pp. 605-607, Fig. 644, a, b and c, as well as on late geo-
metric vases from Athens, AM. 1918, PI. IV, 1 and PI. VI,
5. The tripartite handles suggest at least a subgeometric
date.
Of the patterns, the interlocking double curves below
the lip are comparable to those on No. 7 from this tomb,
Pl. XLVII and on No. 32 from Narce 64 B, Pl. XXXIX,
the lip are comparable to those on No. 7 from this tomb,
and the comparanda cited under this number. The
zigzag on the neck is high and compressed, a character-
istic of the late geometric period, Young, HespSup. II,
p. 214; the hatching of the meander is careless, some of
the strokes being perpendicular to the outlines, id., p. 213.
The running ovals occur on late geometric vases from
Attica, CVA. Copenhagen II, Pl. 71, 4a and HespSup. II,
p. 38^ Fig. 24, IX 7 and IX 8 (and, slightly rounder,
on Protoattic ware, Hesp. II, p. 588, Fig. 50, 206); from
the Cyclades, AM. 1929, p. 154, Fig. 7, and Beilage LIII,
lower right; from Boeotia, CVA. Belgium I, IHg, Pl. I f,
and Jdl. 1899, p. 81, Fig. 36, etc. and on an Italic oino-
choe from a trench-tomb, Tarquinii, NS. 1930, p. 132,
Fig. 17, tomb-fellow of two ribbed jars like Nos. 1 and 2
from this tomb, except that they are set on high feet,
which probably indicates a date slightly later than that
of our jars. The broad upright waved lines on the lower
part of our amphora are derived from vertical zigzags
such as occur on the necks of two conical oinochoai from
Syracuse, NS. 1925, Pl. XXI. On the fragment to the
left, dated by Payne to the second quarter of the seventh
century, PV., Pl. 15, 4, it is neatly drawn; on the other
fragment which cannot be far removed in date, it is
carelessly painted with a broader brush much as on our
amphora. Cf. also Protoattic vases, CVA. Berlin Anti-
quarium I, Pis. 6, 3 and 4; 14, 2; and 27, 3; Island vases,
AM. 1929, p. 155, Fig. 8; and Boeotian Vases, CVA.
Scheurleer 1, 111G, Pl. 1, 4 and 5. The pattern remained
in use until the early Corinthian period, AJA. 1930, p.
419, Fig. 13. Running ovals combined with broad ver-
tical lines are found on one of the three amphorae from a
tomb on the Polledrara estate, Vulci, which has already
furnished a parallel to No. 3 from this tomb, Furtwaen-
gler, Beschreibung, pp. 22 and 23, Nos. 192-194 (= Mon-
telius, Pl. 260, 5 and 6). Both Furtwaengler and Mon-
telius call this Polledrara tomb a chamber-tomb, but
Helbig expressly states, Bdl. 1882, pp. 100 and 101, that
it was a. fossa and contained but one burial. It seems