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THE SMALL OBJECTS
reaching the centre. The idea of the square labyrinth
in classical times is essentially Cretan ; and it is so
similar to this example that if this appeared on a coin
it would never be suspected of any origin outside of
Crete. We have then a strong link here between the
geometric button-seals and the Cretan civilisation.
(Univ. Coll.)
(3) A large coarse stamp, of rough paste which has
been glazed, bears some unusual signs. The pentacle
and the looped cord are neither of them Egyptian.
The circles, with lines between, seem like a clumsy
copy of a Mykenaean wave pattern, while the nofer
and the serpent of Rannut with the title neb ka s is
a group well known. This shews then a mixture of
Egyptian and foreign design. (Univ. Coll.)
4, 5. These belong to Qurneh, but the inscription
being too small in Qurneh XXXIII they are here
republished, enlarged from the originals. The rectan-
gular plaque is of the " high priest of Amen Nebunnef,"
and the cartouche of Ramessu II with the unusual
early spelling of the user on legs. From Memphis: 6 is
a button-seal of limestone; the figure wears a tunic
and holds a stick across the shoulders, a European
not an Egyptian attitude. (Univ. Coll.) 7 is a
button-seal with a bird flying, not of Egyptian work.
(Univ. Coll.) 8 is a clay impress of a Greek gem.
9 is a silver ring with a galloping winged bull of
Persian work, found in the palace. (Oxford.)
47. No. 10 is a leaden sling-bullet, also from the
palace, with a demotic name read by Mr. Griffith as
Khabbash, the Egyptian pretender in 486-484 B.C. of
whom scarcely any remains are known. (Univ. Coll.)
11 is an impression from a remarkable pottery mould.
Beneath a cornice, supported at each end by large
heads of Bes wearing feathers, is a king driving a
chariot. He wears the crown of Lower Egypt, and
holds a bow. Before him is a bound captive kneeling
and two others sitting with raised hands. The
elements of this are all Egyptian ; but the combination
of these, and the workmanship, are un-Egyptian, and
probably due to a Phoenician in Egypt, like the silver
bowls with mock-Egyptian subjects. (Univ. Coll.)
12, 13 are two figures of green stone ware, of the
dwarf Ptah-Sokar type ; but both are female. (Univ.
Coll.) 12 has a garment over the shoulders and
back with fringed edge, and holds apparently a pine
cone. 13 holds the two ends of a cord which passed
over the shoulders.
48. Nos. 14, 15 are bronze beaks of hawks ; 16, 17
bronze eye-sockets from statues of birds ; 18 a bronze
ear from a statuette ; 19 a bronze nail; 20 a bronze
ram's-head amulet, all from the palace. 21 is an un-
usual amulet in bronze, of a child being carried off by
a crocodile. (Univ. Coll.) 22 is a bronze ichneumon.
23 is a pottery head of Bes of fine work, made as a
die for impressing moulds. (Univ. Coll.) 24 are two
hollow bronze tubes with projections, use unknown.
The two pieces of 25 were originally all one length,
probably representing a spiral curl attached to a life-
size bronze head. (Manchester, Univ. Coll.) 26 is a
quaint terra-cotta figure of an infant, shewing how the
loose garment was caught up front and back by a
loop, so as to be out of the way when crawling about.
(Univ. Coll.) 27, a Victory (?) with the arms stretched
back, of base Roman work. 28 is a clay lion modelled.
29, a lotus-flower ornament of late design. (South
Kensington.) 30, a bronze crown of the head (?) from
a figure. 31 is a slug hieroglyph/formerly attached
to wood as part of an inscription. (South Kensington.)
These last three bronzes are from the palace.
49. PI. XXVII. Scattered in various places were
fragments of fine glazed bowls, 32-39. (Oxford.) 33
shews the bottom rosette to the cup and two divisions
of the side ; it was evidently intended to rest mouth
down. 40 is a well-modelled head of Sekhmet, and
41 the same goddess holding an aegis. 42 is a small
glazed vase with hawks around it. The body was
probably blue and the hawks inlaid in green.
At Memphis a large number of stamped Rhodian
wine-jar handles are found. The names have all been
copied ; but, on comparison with the publication of
the Lindos and other series by Nilsson, so many new
names appear that a full verification is needed. The
types therefore appear in this plate I-20, and the list
of names will be given in the next volume.
CHAPTER VII
THE TERRA-COTTA HEADS. PLS. XXVIII-XXXIV.
SO. AGAIN a large number of the modelled heads
have been obtained from Memphis. The absence of
any collection of ancient portraiture of races, beyond
that which I made in Egypt twenty-two years ago,
leaves the identification of these very varied types to
depend entirely upon chance observation. If any
of the classical students would deal with this branch
of Greek art, and collect a uniform series of photo-
graphs of every representation of racial types from
sculpture and coins, a very necessary and important
branch of study would take its proper place. Un-
fortunately archaeology, like literary scholarship, too
THE SMALL OBJECTS
reaching the centre. The idea of the square labyrinth
in classical times is essentially Cretan ; and it is so
similar to this example that if this appeared on a coin
it would never be suspected of any origin outside of
Crete. We have then a strong link here between the
geometric button-seals and the Cretan civilisation.
(Univ. Coll.)
(3) A large coarse stamp, of rough paste which has
been glazed, bears some unusual signs. The pentacle
and the looped cord are neither of them Egyptian.
The circles, with lines between, seem like a clumsy
copy of a Mykenaean wave pattern, while the nofer
and the serpent of Rannut with the title neb ka s is
a group well known. This shews then a mixture of
Egyptian and foreign design. (Univ. Coll.)
4, 5. These belong to Qurneh, but the inscription
being too small in Qurneh XXXIII they are here
republished, enlarged from the originals. The rectan-
gular plaque is of the " high priest of Amen Nebunnef,"
and the cartouche of Ramessu II with the unusual
early spelling of the user on legs. From Memphis: 6 is
a button-seal of limestone; the figure wears a tunic
and holds a stick across the shoulders, a European
not an Egyptian attitude. (Univ. Coll.) 7 is a
button-seal with a bird flying, not of Egyptian work.
(Univ. Coll.) 8 is a clay impress of a Greek gem.
9 is a silver ring with a galloping winged bull of
Persian work, found in the palace. (Oxford.)
47. No. 10 is a leaden sling-bullet, also from the
palace, with a demotic name read by Mr. Griffith as
Khabbash, the Egyptian pretender in 486-484 B.C. of
whom scarcely any remains are known. (Univ. Coll.)
11 is an impression from a remarkable pottery mould.
Beneath a cornice, supported at each end by large
heads of Bes wearing feathers, is a king driving a
chariot. He wears the crown of Lower Egypt, and
holds a bow. Before him is a bound captive kneeling
and two others sitting with raised hands. The
elements of this are all Egyptian ; but the combination
of these, and the workmanship, are un-Egyptian, and
probably due to a Phoenician in Egypt, like the silver
bowls with mock-Egyptian subjects. (Univ. Coll.)
12, 13 are two figures of green stone ware, of the
dwarf Ptah-Sokar type ; but both are female. (Univ.
Coll.) 12 has a garment over the shoulders and
back with fringed edge, and holds apparently a pine
cone. 13 holds the two ends of a cord which passed
over the shoulders.
48. Nos. 14, 15 are bronze beaks of hawks ; 16, 17
bronze eye-sockets from statues of birds ; 18 a bronze
ear from a statuette ; 19 a bronze nail; 20 a bronze
ram's-head amulet, all from the palace. 21 is an un-
usual amulet in bronze, of a child being carried off by
a crocodile. (Univ. Coll.) 22 is a bronze ichneumon.
23 is a pottery head of Bes of fine work, made as a
die for impressing moulds. (Univ. Coll.) 24 are two
hollow bronze tubes with projections, use unknown.
The two pieces of 25 were originally all one length,
probably representing a spiral curl attached to a life-
size bronze head. (Manchester, Univ. Coll.) 26 is a
quaint terra-cotta figure of an infant, shewing how the
loose garment was caught up front and back by a
loop, so as to be out of the way when crawling about.
(Univ. Coll.) 27, a Victory (?) with the arms stretched
back, of base Roman work. 28 is a clay lion modelled.
29, a lotus-flower ornament of late design. (South
Kensington.) 30, a bronze crown of the head (?) from
a figure. 31 is a slug hieroglyph/formerly attached
to wood as part of an inscription. (South Kensington.)
These last three bronzes are from the palace.
49. PI. XXVII. Scattered in various places were
fragments of fine glazed bowls, 32-39. (Oxford.) 33
shews the bottom rosette to the cup and two divisions
of the side ; it was evidently intended to rest mouth
down. 40 is a well-modelled head of Sekhmet, and
41 the same goddess holding an aegis. 42 is a small
glazed vase with hawks around it. The body was
probably blue and the hawks inlaid in green.
At Memphis a large number of stamped Rhodian
wine-jar handles are found. The names have all been
copied ; but, on comparison with the publication of
the Lindos and other series by Nilsson, so many new
names appear that a full verification is needed. The
types therefore appear in this plate I-20, and the list
of names will be given in the next volume.
CHAPTER VII
THE TERRA-COTTA HEADS. PLS. XXVIII-XXXIV.
SO. AGAIN a large number of the modelled heads
have been obtained from Memphis. The absence of
any collection of ancient portraiture of races, beyond
that which I made in Egypt twenty-two years ago,
leaves the identification of these very varied types to
depend entirely upon chance observation. If any
of the classical students would deal with this branch
of Greek art, and collect a uniform series of photo-
graphs of every representation of racial types from
sculpture and coins, a very necessary and important
branch of study would take its proper place. Un-
fortunately archaeology, like literary scholarship, too