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286 FIELD OF HADJI CAPTAN.
was Summer,—0E[P]OC. She was also represented
with long flowing hair, hound with ears of corn.
The south-east angle must have contained Au-
tumn, all vestige of which had disappeared.
At the south-west angle (No. 6) was Winter, in-
scribed [X]EIMHN. Her garment was a green tunic,
fastened on the shoulder with a circular brooch;
her hair, flowing down her neck, was covered behind
with a veil: on each side of her head was a reed.
All these figures were represented with long wings;
their bodies were cut off at the waists. The relative
position of Spring and Autumn seems to correspond
with the direction from which the wind, character-
istic of either season, blows.1'
The outer circumference of the circle at the other
end of the room, was a plain black ring, within which
was a concentric indented ring, both black on white.
Within this border was a broad plait, the curves of
which contained eight smaller circles. The plait was
composed of concentric rings and indented bands.
The smaller circles, each, probably, contained some
animal or flower. Three only of these circles re-
mained, one of which (b of the Plan) contained the
hinder half of a goat galloping from south to north;
the other two (a and c of the Plan), a bird perched
on a tree. In these the colours employed in the
plait were blue, red, crimson, and black, on a white
ground. Only a very small portion of the great
b Similar heads of the Seasons decorate the angles of a large
tessellated pavement discovered by Mr. Davis at Carthage, and
published by Mr. Franks, Archaedlogia, xxxviii. pp. 228-30.
Plates XI. XII.
was Summer,—0E[P]OC. She was also represented
with long flowing hair, hound with ears of corn.
The south-east angle must have contained Au-
tumn, all vestige of which had disappeared.
At the south-west angle (No. 6) was Winter, in-
scribed [X]EIMHN. Her garment was a green tunic,
fastened on the shoulder with a circular brooch;
her hair, flowing down her neck, was covered behind
with a veil: on each side of her head was a reed.
All these figures were represented with long wings;
their bodies were cut off at the waists. The relative
position of Spring and Autumn seems to correspond
with the direction from which the wind, character-
istic of either season, blows.1'
The outer circumference of the circle at the other
end of the room, was a plain black ring, within which
was a concentric indented ring, both black on white.
Within this border was a broad plait, the curves of
which contained eight smaller circles. The plait was
composed of concentric rings and indented bands.
The smaller circles, each, probably, contained some
animal or flower. Three only of these circles re-
mained, one of which (b of the Plan) contained the
hinder half of a goat galloping from south to north;
the other two (a and c of the Plan), a bird perched
on a tree. In these the colours employed in the
plait were blue, red, crimson, and black, on a white
ground. Only a very small portion of the great
b Similar heads of the Seasons decorate the angles of a large
tessellated pavement discovered by Mr. Davis at Carthage, and
published by Mr. Franks, Archaedlogia, xxxviii. pp. 228-30.
Plates XI. XII.