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shaft of the spear, which the hunter holds in his right hand, has ribbon-like
attachments, as is more clearly seen on a Boeotian ring in the Ashmolean
Museum representing two warriors 70S (Fig. 30). This detail as well as the
fringed shorts occurs on the signet representing a scene of combat between
warriors found in the Fourth Shaft Grave at Mycenae. This latter corre-
spondence in men's fashions has a distinct chronological value, since the

Fig, 29.—Huntsman Spearing Lion

latest elements in the Fourth Grave do not come down lower than the latter
part of the First Late Minoan Period.

Unlike the lion attacking the bull on No. 3 (Fig. 8 above), with the
rings about its fore-feet and ankles, the animal here is clearly depicted in his
wild condition, tracked by the hunter to his den, indicated by the canopy of
rocks above. These features give the design a certain analogy with the scene

Fig. 30.—Combat between Two Warriors
on Gold Signet-ring from Boeotia. (t)

on a chalcedony lentoid from the Vapheio tomb,71 where a huntsman drives
his spear into a huge wild boar who is charging at him. In that case, however,
the overhanging rocks are more conventionally rendered.

Beneath the design runs a double line following the lower edge of the

70& Presented to the Museum by Professor p. 166 : Perrot et Chipiez, vi. p. 843, Fig.
R. C. Bosanquet. 426, 17; Furtwangler, Ant. Gemmm, i.

« Tsountas, 'E<p. 'APX., 1889, PI. X. 2, PI. II. 11.