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Excavations at Naukratis.
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which case the above lines (which presumably are intended for verse) commemorate a mutual attach-
ment between Gorgias and an Egyptian youth. Or Ta/ivvis may be the feminine of the ethnic
Tafiuvei'is (cf. f3aai\fvs—$aai\ts), although the form that is actually found is Ta/jtvvr)is. Cf. the
couplet inscribed on the base of a Rhodian kylix (J.H.S. 1885 p. 372):—
4>/Atojs TifJ.1 rus KaAiis
a icuAi£ a noilctKa.
116. .. os elfi\ l$a>Ke Be fx€'A. . Not given in facsimile. From a fragment, now lost, of the
same class as Nos. 30-38. The form of the dedication is unusual.
I have only to add that the dedications in the above list cover a period
of about a hundred years, as may be concluded from the character of the
writing and the character of the pottery. The practice of dedicating vases
in the temples appears to have almost died out at Naukratis before the
middle of the fifth century.
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The find of painted pottery in the recent brief excavation, although it
includes some interesting pieces, was very much poorer than on the two
former occasions. The early local pottery was disappointingly scarce.
But it is remarkable how representative a. collection of vase-fragments can
be obtained at Naukratis in the course of a few days' work. Perhaps no
other site covering a similar period of years has yielded specimens of so
many different fabrics.
Of the early kinds of pottery that are not found, the most conspicuous
by its absence is the proto-Corinthian. Considering how widely it was
exported, and particularly how common it is at Kameiros, its absence here
cannot be accidental ; it must certainly have been a forgotten fabric by
the time the Greeks came to Naukratis.
PI. VI, Nos. 1-6 are specimens (somewhat second-rate, unfortunately)
of the typical Naukratite ware (Naukr. ii. chap. 5 A). The clay is covered
inside and outside with a thick white coat. On the inside, however, the
white covering is concealed by a black glaze on which various devices,
chiefly floral, are painted in white and red. This technique is an old one,
and had probably been in constant use in the Aegean from a very early
date. It is exactly the same as that of the prehistoric pottery of Kamarais,
and the two wares are remarkably alike in their general effect.
In spite of certain resemblances, I think it is going too far to assume
that this technique must be an imitation of inlaid metal-work. (Boehlau
Ion. 11. It. Nekr. pp. 95 ff.) The black glaze probably originated as an
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which case the above lines (which presumably are intended for verse) commemorate a mutual attach-
ment between Gorgias and an Egyptian youth. Or Ta/ivvis may be the feminine of the ethnic
Tafiuvei'is (cf. f3aai\fvs—$aai\ts), although the form that is actually found is Ta/jtvvr)is. Cf. the
couplet inscribed on the base of a Rhodian kylix (J.H.S. 1885 p. 372):—
4>/Atojs TifJ.1 rus KaAiis
a icuAi£ a noilctKa.
116. .. os elfi\ l$a>Ke Be fx€'A. . Not given in facsimile. From a fragment, now lost, of the
same class as Nos. 30-38. The form of the dedication is unusual.
I have only to add that the dedications in the above list cover a period
of about a hundred years, as may be concluded from the character of the
writing and the character of the pottery. The practice of dedicating vases
in the temples appears to have almost died out at Naukratis before the
middle of the fifth century.
3-
The find of painted pottery in the recent brief excavation, although it
includes some interesting pieces, was very much poorer than on the two
former occasions. The early local pottery was disappointingly scarce.
But it is remarkable how representative a. collection of vase-fragments can
be obtained at Naukratis in the course of a few days' work. Perhaps no
other site covering a similar period of years has yielded specimens of so
many different fabrics.
Of the early kinds of pottery that are not found, the most conspicuous
by its absence is the proto-Corinthian. Considering how widely it was
exported, and particularly how common it is at Kameiros, its absence here
cannot be accidental ; it must certainly have been a forgotten fabric by
the time the Greeks came to Naukratis.
PI. VI, Nos. 1-6 are specimens (somewhat second-rate, unfortunately)
of the typical Naukratite ware (Naukr. ii. chap. 5 A). The clay is covered
inside and outside with a thick white coat. On the inside, however, the
white covering is concealed by a black glaze on which various devices,
chiefly floral, are painted in white and red. This technique is an old one,
and had probably been in constant use in the Aegean from a very early
date. It is exactly the same as that of the prehistoric pottery of Kamarais,
and the two wares are remarkably alike in their general effect.
In spite of certain resemblances, I think it is going too far to assume
that this technique must be an imitation of inlaid metal-work. (Boehlau
Ion. 11. It. Nekr. pp. 95 ff.) The black glaze probably originated as an