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CHAPTER X.
OTHER IVORY AND BONE OBJECTS.
By D. G. Hogarth.
(Plates XXXIL-XLII.)
Although the Ivories described in the preceding section were almost all found
in the W. Area, a small number of objects in the same material and in Bone
occurred in the filling of the Basis, and must be credited with the same lower
limit of date as the objects in gold, etc., found under the same circumstances.
These objects in Ivory and Bone from the Basis are almost all to be classified
as personal ornaments. There remains to be added a larger number of minor
objects in Ivory and Bone found outside the Basis, mainly in the West Area,
under the same conditions as most of the Ivories of the preceding section.
These are predominantly, though not exclusively, to be classified as objects of
utility rather than ornament, and many are evidently broken parts of larger
objects in the nature of furniture, caskets, etc. A great many of these objects
are stained green, in some cases probably through the accidental proximity of
oxidized bronze. This colouring is particularly noticeable in the fibula plates
and many of the pins and cylindrical pieces. It is probable that some of the
latter were ornaments of fibula-bows. But in certain cases the green colour is
obviously due to intentional tinting. Compare, e.g., inlay strips, pi. xl., 22, 26.
Other pieces, again, are stained brown or black. On the staining of ivory, see
Mr. Cecil Smith's remarks in the preceding chapter, p. 171.
Ornaments.
/. Fibula-plates.
These are discs, single and double, with oxidized remains of bronze pins
and catch-plates adhering to their backs, which are not ornamented.
a. Single :
xxxii. Two circular discs of thin ivory, polished and ornamented with concentric
10' n' rings and " bullseye " circlets with central points (degraded guilloche). Both
have remains of bronze at the back, and one has the catch-hook fully
preserved. [YY. Area.]
CHAPTER X.
OTHER IVORY AND BONE OBJECTS.
By D. G. Hogarth.
(Plates XXXIL-XLII.)
Although the Ivories described in the preceding section were almost all found
in the W. Area, a small number of objects in the same material and in Bone
occurred in the filling of the Basis, and must be credited with the same lower
limit of date as the objects in gold, etc., found under the same circumstances.
These objects in Ivory and Bone from the Basis are almost all to be classified
as personal ornaments. There remains to be added a larger number of minor
objects in Ivory and Bone found outside the Basis, mainly in the West Area,
under the same conditions as most of the Ivories of the preceding section.
These are predominantly, though not exclusively, to be classified as objects of
utility rather than ornament, and many are evidently broken parts of larger
objects in the nature of furniture, caskets, etc. A great many of these objects
are stained green, in some cases probably through the accidental proximity of
oxidized bronze. This colouring is particularly noticeable in the fibula plates
and many of the pins and cylindrical pieces. It is probable that some of the
latter were ornaments of fibula-bows. But in certain cases the green colour is
obviously due to intentional tinting. Compare, e.g., inlay strips, pi. xl., 22, 26.
Other pieces, again, are stained brown or black. On the staining of ivory, see
Mr. Cecil Smith's remarks in the preceding chapter, p. 171.
Ornaments.
/. Fibula-plates.
These are discs, single and double, with oxidized remains of bronze pins
and catch-plates adhering to their backs, which are not ornamented.
a. Single :
xxxii. Two circular discs of thin ivory, polished and ornamented with concentric
10' n' rings and " bullseye " circlets with central points (degraded guilloche). Both
have remains of bronze at the back, and one has the catch-hook fully
preserved. [YY. Area.]