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168 The Archaic Artemisia of Ephesus.
level of D. This object was not given up by the workman who found
it till some hours after its discovery, and the exact spot where it was found
is, therefore, not certain.]
xxvii. 40. Head of panther in relief, forming a seal. H. 'oi m. The seal is of
' 'T irregular oval form, measuring about 1 cm. x 1*2 cm. Between the head and
the seal is pierced a small hole, probably for the metal ring on which the seal
was mounted. The panther's head is roughly carved, the eyes each repre-
sented by two concentric engraved circles ; an engraved band passes across
the forehead below the ears ; it is cut off short behind the skull, and stands out
from a thin oval which forms the back of the intaglio. This represents a
horseman to 1. within a cable border, which again is in a slightly raised fillet.
In the field on 1. is a circle ; style rough and archaic. [\Y. area.]
xxvii. 41. Seal, roughly lentoid in form, with slightly convex back. Diam.
■014 m. ; pierced transversely in thickness from top to bottom of the intaglio
design, probably for mounting in a ring. Figure with high recurved wings,
short hair, drapery to ankles, and girt at waist, walking to r. ; the arms,
perhaps from a misunderstanding of the engraver, are treated like spirals, with
recurved ends ; on r. is a twisting snake, head downward ; on 1. a bird, and
above it a A-shaped object. Probably the subject is a misunderstood rendering
of the YloTvia ®Y]pu>i> type. In the centre of the back of the seal is a
circular sinking (made apparently with a centre-bit of the same principle as
that used for No. 27, but slightly smaller); this seems to have been filled
with some other material, and the surface is scored to give a hold to
the cement. It is surrounded with five equidistant groups of concentric
circles. [Basis.]
xxvii. 2. 42. Wheel of a chariot. Diam. "05 m. A portion of the felloe and of
two spokes is missing (restored in wax). As is usually the case with the
wheels of Asia Minor, it has eight spokes ; at the point where each spoke
begins to taper is a carefully moulded collar, decorated with vertical pairs of
engraved lines ; on one side (presumably the ext.) each spoke has a central rib
which extends into the felloe ; the outer half of the felloe is slightly raised, and
this raised part and the rim around the axle have an engraved pattern of squares
separated by pairs of vertical lines (fig. 30) ; in the pattern on the ext. of the
felloe, each alternate square is occupied by an H (fig. 30). The tyre is convex
in section between two minute fillets, and the convex surface has an engraved
pattern like that of the axles. The entire wheel seems to be carved out of one
piece of ivory.
[Found with no. 22. Presumably this wheel formed part of a complete
level of D. This object was not given up by the workman who found
it till some hours after its discovery, and the exact spot where it was found
is, therefore, not certain.]
xxvii. 40. Head of panther in relief, forming a seal. H. 'oi m. The seal is of
' 'T irregular oval form, measuring about 1 cm. x 1*2 cm. Between the head and
the seal is pierced a small hole, probably for the metal ring on which the seal
was mounted. The panther's head is roughly carved, the eyes each repre-
sented by two concentric engraved circles ; an engraved band passes across
the forehead below the ears ; it is cut off short behind the skull, and stands out
from a thin oval which forms the back of the intaglio. This represents a
horseman to 1. within a cable border, which again is in a slightly raised fillet.
In the field on 1. is a circle ; style rough and archaic. [\Y. area.]
xxvii. 41. Seal, roughly lentoid in form, with slightly convex back. Diam.
■014 m. ; pierced transversely in thickness from top to bottom of the intaglio
design, probably for mounting in a ring. Figure with high recurved wings,
short hair, drapery to ankles, and girt at waist, walking to r. ; the arms,
perhaps from a misunderstanding of the engraver, are treated like spirals, with
recurved ends ; on r. is a twisting snake, head downward ; on 1. a bird, and
above it a A-shaped object. Probably the subject is a misunderstood rendering
of the YloTvia ®Y]pu>i> type. In the centre of the back of the seal is a
circular sinking (made apparently with a centre-bit of the same principle as
that used for No. 27, but slightly smaller); this seems to have been filled
with some other material, and the surface is scored to give a hold to
the cement. It is surrounded with five equidistant groups of concentric
circles. [Basis.]
xxvii. 2. 42. Wheel of a chariot. Diam. "05 m. A portion of the felloe and of
two spokes is missing (restored in wax). As is usually the case with the
wheels of Asia Minor, it has eight spokes ; at the point where each spoke
begins to taper is a carefully moulded collar, decorated with vertical pairs of
engraved lines ; on one side (presumably the ext.) each spoke has a central rib
which extends into the felloe ; the outer half of the felloe is slightly raised, and
this raised part and the rim around the axle have an engraved pattern of squares
separated by pairs of vertical lines (fig. 30) ; in the pattern on the ext. of the
felloe, each alternate square is occupied by an H (fig. 30). The tyre is convex
in section between two minute fillets, and the convex surface has an engraved
pattern like that of the axles. The entire wheel seems to be carved out of one
piece of ivory.
[Found with no. 22. Presumably this wheel formed part of a complete