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NAITKKATIS.
lettering and form of dedication on pi. vi. 1, is exactly
the same as on the inscription of Phanes, which would
place them to about 540 to 530 B.C. Hence we see the
three data—of general stratum levels, of the Amasis
style, and of the Phanes inscription—all agreeing
quite as closely as the date of any of them are known,
within ten years.
L 1. This, which is the commonest of all Naukratian
pottery (pi. x. 4, 5, 6), is found at all levels, from
230 to 310. The earlier varieties (about 620 B.C.) are,
however, rougher on the face, and browner, not quite
so clear a buff; just above this they are rather soft,
but from about 285 to 310 level, they are fine and
abundant. The greater part of the dedications are cut
on these bowls, and there is a curious difference in the
general formula, according as the fashion prevailed of
incising on the black body, on the buff band, or on the
buff rim.
L 2 is the same, with two or three very narrow red
lines, inside or outside. One case occurs at the same
level (290) of a bowl with applied figures (a knuckle-
bone) and red spots.
L 3 is only known in one case—the large bowl
(pis. viii., ix.)
M is late in the series, not occurring till the top
level of 330.
N occurs at 285 and 290.
O 2. Polemarchos vase, was found lying on the bed
of sand at 230, and that style does not occur higher
than 250.
O 3. The softer kind, however, goes as far as 320.
O 5. The redder variety is the earliest, 220 and 225.
P. The massive drab pottery, both dishes and
amphorae, is early in general, occurring at 230, and
the bowls being always dedicated with very coarse
large letters, and often retrograde. The amphorae are
often, perhaps usually, scraped down the outside; the
large loop handles (pi. xvii.) are found from 230 to
as late as 320 level. They are never stamped with
potters' marks, but often have cuts across them to
mark ownership.
Q 1 to 4. The light drab ware is generally rather
late, being nearly all from 270 to 290 level.
£s 2. The figured drab ware (pi. vi. 6, example
from temenos of Dioskouroi), is found at 290 to 330,
which would place it about the end of the reign of
Amasis.
T. The pinakes (stem-dishes) of the Kamiros style
are very commonly found in the town; those fragments
levelled in the temple are from 230 to 290.
U 1. The " Phoenician-Greek " figured pottery, as
it has been called for lack of an accurate name, is found
in just the same range of level as the pinakes
corresponding to the earlier half of the sixth cen-
tury B.C. One of the finest examples (pi. vi. 3),
which is painted inside (pi. vii. 8) with red and thick
white on a black ground, was found at the Polemarchos
level 240, about 600 B.C. We have so little pottery
from the small deposits of older levels in the Apollo
temple, that we cannot conclude that such pottery is
not earlier ; in fact, being thrown away at this period,
would not prevent our supposing it to have been made
well into the seventh century.
U 2. The coarser and greyer variety is found later
at 285 level, and hence we should consider this ware
as tending to degrade. And further we have no
example of this pottery varying in degree into the
later painted ware.
V. The grey-drab ware is soft; it is common in the
form of small bowls, generally painted with red or
brown lines. They range from 230 to 290 level. The
usual form is pi. x. 12.
W 3. The thick grey ware is also found from 230
to 310 level.
X. The brown bowls (type pi. x. 10) have been
found at 250 level, which would place the Melian
inscriptions, which occur on such, and on no other
pottery, to the earlier part of the sixth century.
We may hope that in clearing other sites of
temples, where we shall start on undisturbed
ground, with a clear idea of what is likely to be
found, and how to maintain the continuous record
of all that is discovered, we may be able to obtain
a more thorough and complete classification of
the age of archaic pottery. The above will at
least give some fresh and useful data for this
subject.
23. Turning now to the levels of the pottery
found in the town, these must not be correlated
with the pottery of the Apollo temple, since that
was deposited in a trench dug on purpose, and
accumulated quicker than the general rubbish of
the town. The levels in the town are also some-
what varying in age, since certain parts of the
town were earlier inhabited than others, and
different parts had different rates of growth.
Where, however, no specific cause of variation
(such as the banks of potters' waste) can be
observed, the levels appear to be remarkably
NAITKKATIS.
lettering and form of dedication on pi. vi. 1, is exactly
the same as on the inscription of Phanes, which would
place them to about 540 to 530 B.C. Hence we see the
three data—of general stratum levels, of the Amasis
style, and of the Phanes inscription—all agreeing
quite as closely as the date of any of them are known,
within ten years.
L 1. This, which is the commonest of all Naukratian
pottery (pi. x. 4, 5, 6), is found at all levels, from
230 to 310. The earlier varieties (about 620 B.C.) are,
however, rougher on the face, and browner, not quite
so clear a buff; just above this they are rather soft,
but from about 285 to 310 level, they are fine and
abundant. The greater part of the dedications are cut
on these bowls, and there is a curious difference in the
general formula, according as the fashion prevailed of
incising on the black body, on the buff band, or on the
buff rim.
L 2 is the same, with two or three very narrow red
lines, inside or outside. One case occurs at the same
level (290) of a bowl with applied figures (a knuckle-
bone) and red spots.
L 3 is only known in one case—the large bowl
(pis. viii., ix.)
M is late in the series, not occurring till the top
level of 330.
N occurs at 285 and 290.
O 2. Polemarchos vase, was found lying on the bed
of sand at 230, and that style does not occur higher
than 250.
O 3. The softer kind, however, goes as far as 320.
O 5. The redder variety is the earliest, 220 and 225.
P. The massive drab pottery, both dishes and
amphorae, is early in general, occurring at 230, and
the bowls being always dedicated with very coarse
large letters, and often retrograde. The amphorae are
often, perhaps usually, scraped down the outside; the
large loop handles (pi. xvii.) are found from 230 to
as late as 320 level. They are never stamped with
potters' marks, but often have cuts across them to
mark ownership.
Q 1 to 4. The light drab ware is generally rather
late, being nearly all from 270 to 290 level.
£s 2. The figured drab ware (pi. vi. 6, example
from temenos of Dioskouroi), is found at 290 to 330,
which would place it about the end of the reign of
Amasis.
T. The pinakes (stem-dishes) of the Kamiros style
are very commonly found in the town; those fragments
levelled in the temple are from 230 to 290.
U 1. The " Phoenician-Greek " figured pottery, as
it has been called for lack of an accurate name, is found
in just the same range of level as the pinakes
corresponding to the earlier half of the sixth cen-
tury B.C. One of the finest examples (pi. vi. 3),
which is painted inside (pi. vii. 8) with red and thick
white on a black ground, was found at the Polemarchos
level 240, about 600 B.C. We have so little pottery
from the small deposits of older levels in the Apollo
temple, that we cannot conclude that such pottery is
not earlier ; in fact, being thrown away at this period,
would not prevent our supposing it to have been made
well into the seventh century.
U 2. The coarser and greyer variety is found later
at 285 level, and hence we should consider this ware
as tending to degrade. And further we have no
example of this pottery varying in degree into the
later painted ware.
V. The grey-drab ware is soft; it is common in the
form of small bowls, generally painted with red or
brown lines. They range from 230 to 290 level. The
usual form is pi. x. 12.
W 3. The thick grey ware is also found from 230
to 310 level.
X. The brown bowls (type pi. x. 10) have been
found at 250 level, which would place the Melian
inscriptions, which occur on such, and on no other
pottery, to the earlier part of the sixth century.
We may hope that in clearing other sites of
temples, where we shall start on undisturbed
ground, with a clear idea of what is likely to be
found, and how to maintain the continuous record
of all that is discovered, we may be able to obtain
a more thorough and complete classification of
the age of archaic pottery. The above will at
least give some fresh and useful data for this
subject.
23. Turning now to the levels of the pottery
found in the town, these must not be correlated
with the pottery of the Apollo temple, since that
was deposited in a trench dug on purpose, and
accumulated quicker than the general rubbish of
the town. The levels in the town are also some-
what varying in age, since certain parts of the
town were earlier inhabited than others, and
different parts had different rates of growth.
Where, however, no specific cause of variation
(such as the banks of potters' waste) can be
observed, the levels appear to be remarkably