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388 TEMENOS OF DEMETER, PERSEPHONE,
rislcos, several small saucers, and rases of plain
unvarnished red ware, and a saucer of red Saurian
ware were found, intermixed with hair-pins and
bodkins of ivory and bone, and with a number of
fragments of small rods of transparent glass, twisted
and inlaid with spiral threads of opaque glass.
The transparent glass was principally white and
blue.
In the same stratum were a number of frag-
ments of small marble tablets or labels, from 2" to
4" in length, and from l-^" to 2^" deep.
Some of these tablets were rectangular in
form; others were notched. (See Plate LVIII.,
flgg. 10, 11, 13, 15.)
Each of these latter was pierced in the upper
part for attachment to a wall or to some other
object. The surfaces of all these tablets had been
polished, and bore traces of colour. They had,
probably, been used as labels, on which, in the
case of the smaller votive objects, were inscribed
the forms of dedication.
The lowest stratum in the chamber consisted of
small glass bottles, intermixed with bones.
These bottles or phials ranged in length from
7" to 3".
Nearly all had long narrow necks, the bodies
being mostly shaped like the half of an hour-glass.
Some few were globular or bulbous in form. The
glass was green, and of very ordinary quality.
It appeared to be of the Roman period.
These bottles were lying in a stratum of sand
packed in rows.
rislcos, several small saucers, and rases of plain
unvarnished red ware, and a saucer of red Saurian
ware were found, intermixed with hair-pins and
bodkins of ivory and bone, and with a number of
fragments of small rods of transparent glass, twisted
and inlaid with spiral threads of opaque glass.
The transparent glass was principally white and
blue.
In the same stratum were a number of frag-
ments of small marble tablets or labels, from 2" to
4" in length, and from l-^" to 2^" deep.
Some of these tablets were rectangular in
form; others were notched. (See Plate LVIII.,
flgg. 10, 11, 13, 15.)
Each of these latter was pierced in the upper
part for attachment to a wall or to some other
object. The surfaces of all these tablets had been
polished, and bore traces of colour. They had,
probably, been used as labels, on which, in the
case of the smaller votive objects, were inscribed
the forms of dedication.
The lowest stratum in the chamber consisted of
small glass bottles, intermixed with bones.
These bottles or phials ranged in length from
7" to 3".
Nearly all had long narrow necks, the bodies
being mostly shaped like the half of an hour-glass.
Some few were globular or bulbous in form. The
glass was green, and of very ordinary quality.
It appeared to be of the Roman period.
These bottles were lying in a stratum of sand
packed in rows.