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26 THE LATE PROTOCORINTHIAN ORIENTALIZING STYLE
Finally we have the evidence of the graves. I know of no single instance in
which Corinthian incised-rosette vases have been found in graves with Proto-
corinthian exceot where the grave contained more than one burial.1 The
vases which I have classified as Transitional, and which I believe to occupy the
intermediate phase between the late Protocorinthian and early Corinthian
periods, are occasionally found with late Protocorinthian on the one hand and
with early Corinthian on the other; this is only natural, as the Transitional
period is very short. But Protocorinthian and early Corinthian vases are
never found together in single-burial graves. Taken in isolation this fact
might justly be regarded as fortuitous. But it is supported by the evidence
from Selinus, by that from Naukratis, and by the entirely independent
evidence of the stylistic differences between the Protocorinthian and early
Corinthian groups, so that it may reasonably be regarded as a point of some
importance.
The graves of the late Protocorinthian, Transitional, and early Corinthian
periods are, however, characterized by one common element: the linear
and subgeometric vases of the type already mentioned in connexion with
the material from Selinus. Typical examples of these vases are shown in
figs. 8, 9.
The cup, as already stated, and the kotyle with coursing hounds (see no.
191) go back beyond the middle of the seventh century. The aryballoi first
appear in the late Protocorinthian period. It is certain from the evidence of
the graves that these types persisted after the Protocorinthian black-figure
style had given way to the Transitional, and the Transitional to the early
Corinthian. But, as we have seen, these vases do not afford evidence of the
contemporaneity of the late Protocorinthian and early Corinthian styles.
When they occur in Corinthian graves, they represent a survival, after the
Protocorinthian style proper had passed away.
We can now review the graves in which some of the vases here classified
as late Protocorinthian were found. In the list which follows I mention only
single-burial graves, or groups of vases found by one burial, save in two cases
which I have marked by an asterisk; details of other graves will be found
in the catalogue.
Syracuse, tomb 430 (N.S. 1895, 171). Alabastron no. 25; pointed aryballos
with scale pattern as fig. 8 A; crater of local fabric.
Syracuse, tomb 276 (N.S. 1895, i43~4)- pyxis no. 52 b; pointed aryballos as
m last tomb; cup as fig. 9 b ; faience vase and fibulae.
Syracuse, tomb 29 (N.S. 1893, 457). Aryballos no. 17; kotyle as fig. 9c;
1 Graves which have been used more than once used several times. Professor Gabrici kindly in-
are, of course exceedingly numerous in many ceme- formed me that this is also true of most of the graves
ten*; particularly so at Megara Hyblaea. Nearly all at Selinus; their contents are certainly more than
the graves in the small cemetery at Vroulia had been usually confused.
Finally we have the evidence of the graves. I know of no single instance in
which Corinthian incised-rosette vases have been found in graves with Proto-
corinthian exceot where the grave contained more than one burial.1 The
vases which I have classified as Transitional, and which I believe to occupy the
intermediate phase between the late Protocorinthian and early Corinthian
periods, are occasionally found with late Protocorinthian on the one hand and
with early Corinthian on the other; this is only natural, as the Transitional
period is very short. But Protocorinthian and early Corinthian vases are
never found together in single-burial graves. Taken in isolation this fact
might justly be regarded as fortuitous. But it is supported by the evidence
from Selinus, by that from Naukratis, and by the entirely independent
evidence of the stylistic differences between the Protocorinthian and early
Corinthian groups, so that it may reasonably be regarded as a point of some
importance.
The graves of the late Protocorinthian, Transitional, and early Corinthian
periods are, however, characterized by one common element: the linear
and subgeometric vases of the type already mentioned in connexion with
the material from Selinus. Typical examples of these vases are shown in
figs. 8, 9.
The cup, as already stated, and the kotyle with coursing hounds (see no.
191) go back beyond the middle of the seventh century. The aryballoi first
appear in the late Protocorinthian period. It is certain from the evidence of
the graves that these types persisted after the Protocorinthian black-figure
style had given way to the Transitional, and the Transitional to the early
Corinthian. But, as we have seen, these vases do not afford evidence of the
contemporaneity of the late Protocorinthian and early Corinthian styles.
When they occur in Corinthian graves, they represent a survival, after the
Protocorinthian style proper had passed away.
We can now review the graves in which some of the vases here classified
as late Protocorinthian were found. In the list which follows I mention only
single-burial graves, or groups of vases found by one burial, save in two cases
which I have marked by an asterisk; details of other graves will be found
in the catalogue.
Syracuse, tomb 430 (N.S. 1895, 171). Alabastron no. 25; pointed aryballos
with scale pattern as fig. 8 A; crater of local fabric.
Syracuse, tomb 276 (N.S. 1895, i43~4)- pyxis no. 52 b; pointed aryballos as
m last tomb; cup as fig. 9 b ; faience vase and fibulae.
Syracuse, tomb 29 (N.S. 1893, 457). Aryballos no. 17; kotyle as fig. 9c;
1 Graves which have been used more than once used several times. Professor Gabrici kindly in-
are, of course exceedingly numerous in many ceme- formed me that this is also true of most of the graves
ten*; particularly so at Megara Hyblaea. Nearly all at Selinus; their contents are certainly more than
the graves in the small cemetery at Vroulia had been usually confused.