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ANCIENT
UNEDITED MONUMENTS.
PAINTED GREEK VASES.
PLATES I, II, III.
The vase of which the paintings and form are given in these plates (i), has
been selected to appear the first in the present collection, as entitled to such
a distinction, from the feeling of veneration its remote antiquity inspires, its
importance in illustrating various points of history and mythology, and the
peculiar interest arising from the knowledge of its original destination.
This singular monument of early Grecian art, was discovered in an excava-
tion made by Mr Burgon in 1813 near Athens, on the left side of the road
leading from that city to Thebes, about 70 yards from the ancient gate (Porta?
Acharnicae) (2), or 170 yards from the modern gate called Gribos Kapesi. The
vase was merely deposited in the earth, about three feet deep, without any ap-
pearance of a tomb near it; however, some remains of burnt bones were found
in it, that proved it had served funereal purposes : it contained also six small
earthen vessels of various forms, and its mouth was covered with a square
piece of stone.
(1) This interesting monument is in the col-
lection of Thomas Burgon, Esq. Height of
the vase, 2 feet. Greatest circumference, L\ feet
4 '/, inches. The figure of Minerva, reduced
in the engraving, is 9 '/i inches high in the
original: the other figures are in the same
proportion.
(2) This gate derived its name from its lead-
ing to Acharna?. See Topography of Athens,
by Lieut.-Col. Leake, page 371.
UNEDITED MONUMENTS.
PAINTED GREEK VASES.
PLATES I, II, III.
The vase of which the paintings and form are given in these plates (i), has
been selected to appear the first in the present collection, as entitled to such
a distinction, from the feeling of veneration its remote antiquity inspires, its
importance in illustrating various points of history and mythology, and the
peculiar interest arising from the knowledge of its original destination.
This singular monument of early Grecian art, was discovered in an excava-
tion made by Mr Burgon in 1813 near Athens, on the left side of the road
leading from that city to Thebes, about 70 yards from the ancient gate (Porta?
Acharnicae) (2), or 170 yards from the modern gate called Gribos Kapesi. The
vase was merely deposited in the earth, about three feet deep, without any ap-
pearance of a tomb near it; however, some remains of burnt bones were found
in it, that proved it had served funereal purposes : it contained also six small
earthen vessels of various forms, and its mouth was covered with a square
piece of stone.
(1) This interesting monument is in the col-
lection of Thomas Burgon, Esq. Height of
the vase, 2 feet. Greatest circumference, L\ feet
4 '/, inches. The figure of Minerva, reduced
in the engraving, is 9 '/i inches high in the
original: the other figures are in the same
proportion.
(2) This gate derived its name from its lead-
ing to Acharna?. See Topography of Athens,
by Lieut.-Col. Leake, page 371.