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The Ivory Statuettes. 165
in diam. and about i cm. deep has been drilled out at the back. Around
this section, but interrupted by the mane, is a raised band, engraved with two
rows of dots separated by lines. Below the horse is a thin plinth, the upper
surface of which is grooved from front to back with five deep lines, giving at
the front edge a wavy section which may be intended to indicate the wavy
surface of water : if so, the horse may be one of the horses of Helios rising out
of the waves. The feet rested on this wavy surface, but of the legs only
the stump at the shoulder and part of the 1. foot are preserved : the face is
also broken away. Around the neck is hung a necklace of beads (apparently
cylindrical) with a heart-shaped pendant.
[The sinking at back shows clearly the use of a drill with a diam. of about
5 millim. and giving a central deeper hole of 2 millim.—possibly a kind of
centre-bit. Six such drill-holes have been employed (one in the centre and
five around it) for this sinking. S.W. part of W. area, see p. 43].
xxvi. 10. 28. Head of a horse. L. -04 m. Broken away, so that it cannot now
be shown whether it was designed as a separate head, like Nos. 29-32, or part
of a complete statuette. The mane is indicated by a series of parallel curving
lines drawn back and downward from the central parting.
The ivory is greyish black in colour, and may possibly have been originally
stained.
[Found with No. 3.]
xxvi. 8. 29. Head of a ram. H. "02 m. by '027 m. It has large horns, which
curve round the back of the ears, so that the points are beside the eyes. The
fleece is indicated by parallel zigzag lines. The head is cut sharp off vertically
behind the ears, and in the centre of this surface is drilled a circular hole '09 m.
in diam. and '015 m. deep, for attachment. [W. area.]
xxv. 30. Head and ncek of a duck, with dowel for attachment. H. "055. A
a' " small piece of the 1. side of the beak is missing, otherwise it is in perfect
preservation. The modelling is exceedingly careful and minute, and very
naturalistic, except in the case of the eyes, which have the same form as the eye
in early black-figure vase paintings. The whole surface is punctured with
minute dots, except the beak, and a narrow ring engraved around the neck.
The dowel (at present 'OiS m. long) is circular in section in the upper,
square in the lower half. The lower half has been pierced with a circular hole
from front to back, probably for a pin to secure the attachment.
[Found in an isolated pocket within the S.W. corner. See p. 43.]
xxv. 31- Heeui of duck (?). H. -038 m. Front half of beak broken away,
7a,b. l0Wer part cut away so as to form a circular peg for insertion. Carefully
in diam. and about i cm. deep has been drilled out at the back. Around
this section, but interrupted by the mane, is a raised band, engraved with two
rows of dots separated by lines. Below the horse is a thin plinth, the upper
surface of which is grooved from front to back with five deep lines, giving at
the front edge a wavy section which may be intended to indicate the wavy
surface of water : if so, the horse may be one of the horses of Helios rising out
of the waves. The feet rested on this wavy surface, but of the legs only
the stump at the shoulder and part of the 1. foot are preserved : the face is
also broken away. Around the neck is hung a necklace of beads (apparently
cylindrical) with a heart-shaped pendant.
[The sinking at back shows clearly the use of a drill with a diam. of about
5 millim. and giving a central deeper hole of 2 millim.—possibly a kind of
centre-bit. Six such drill-holes have been employed (one in the centre and
five around it) for this sinking. S.W. part of W. area, see p. 43].
xxvi. 10. 28. Head of a horse. L. -04 m. Broken away, so that it cannot now
be shown whether it was designed as a separate head, like Nos. 29-32, or part
of a complete statuette. The mane is indicated by a series of parallel curving
lines drawn back and downward from the central parting.
The ivory is greyish black in colour, and may possibly have been originally
stained.
[Found with No. 3.]
xxvi. 8. 29. Head of a ram. H. "02 m. by '027 m. It has large horns, which
curve round the back of the ears, so that the points are beside the eyes. The
fleece is indicated by parallel zigzag lines. The head is cut sharp off vertically
behind the ears, and in the centre of this surface is drilled a circular hole '09 m.
in diam. and '015 m. deep, for attachment. [W. area.]
xxv. 30. Head and ncek of a duck, with dowel for attachment. H. "055. A
a' " small piece of the 1. side of the beak is missing, otherwise it is in perfect
preservation. The modelling is exceedingly careful and minute, and very
naturalistic, except in the case of the eyes, which have the same form as the eye
in early black-figure vase paintings. The whole surface is punctured with
minute dots, except the beak, and a narrow ring engraved around the neck.
The dowel (at present 'OiS m. long) is circular in section in the upper,
square in the lower half. The lower half has been pierced with a circular hole
from front to back, probably for a pin to secure the attachment.
[Found in an isolated pocket within the S.W. corner. See p. 43.]
xxv. 31- Heeui of duck (?). H. -038 m. Front half of beak broken away,
7a,b. l0Wer part cut away so as to form a circular peg for insertion. Carefully