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HORSES
199
Type d.
Plate LXXIII.
13. Horse with base. Provenience unknown.
Tail broken. Solid. Height, 0.066 m. Length of
base, 0.0485 m. Width (front), 0.024 m. Width
(back), 0.026 in. Body short. Slightly almond-
shaped. High crupper. Neck attached angularly,
but not as sharply as in No. 12. Shoulders not
sharply differentiated from body. (Cf. No. 11.)
Left hind quarter distinguished a little more
carefully than right. Knees shown by sudden
narrowing in front, as though part of leg were
cut out. Hocks given in same way. No feet.
Undercut between fore legs up to line of body,
square across. Partially undercut at back,
especially between legs, which are wide apart,
and under tail. Uncertain whether sex was indi-
cated. Tail attached to end of base. On right
side of neck a little back of centre, two concen-
tric circles. Between this and head, traces of
double line of dots across side of neck. Close
to head similar line running across neck. Be-
low circles a line of dots which does not at
either end come to edge of neck. Beneath it,
three other parallel rows. In front, the ends
connected by irregular convex line of dots. At
the back, first and second lines are connected
square across. Connection between other lines
doubtful. At right of rings there seems to be a
broad zigzag connecting the lines at top and lower
part of neck. On left side of neck, double row
of dots just below ears. At bottom of neck an-
other double row. Above second row, a wavy
row. Across middle of neck, an indistinct pat-
tern, perhaps a zigzag, in middle of which and
of neck, a punch-mark, around which a small
ring. Between right side of this zigzag and
lines at top of neck apparently a similar irregu-
lar zigzag. No indication of mane.1 Nose long
and cylindrical. Mouth indicated. Right eye
shown by dot and circle. No certain trace
of left eye. Right ear has engraved line down
centre. Left ear has two such lines. Crest
between ears. Base appears to have line of dots
down both sides on top, near edge. Between
front and back legs, cross of a double line of dots.
At back, between tail and left side, double row
of dots about 0.0015 m. apart. Bottom of base
divided by raised line into two rectangular fields,
surrounded on front and side's by a double
1 For body, neck, and legs, cf. Olympia, No. 200 a.
2 No clear stylistic parallel from Olympia. The near-
est, Olympia, No. 163, having flat neck and other charac-
raised frame. At back, single frame, from tail
to bottom ; none above. In left field under hind
feet, horse standing to right with neck, head,
and ears fairly natural. Above horse, in field,
indistinct animal, showing head, four legs, and
short tail. In right field, a lion to left walking,
with tail curled over back ; mouth open. Eye re-
presented by knob in relief. End of tail bushy.
This horse unites severe and milder types (a
and b) before described. More advanced in
technique, but in spite of certain softnesses,
clings tenaciously to style as against nature.
Type e. Early naturalistic and transi-
tional.
14. Horse. Pound under Cyclopean wall
above the east end of Stoa, 1893. Condition
very poor. Base broken off in cleaning. Legs
and tail gone. Solid. Height with base, 0.041
m. Length of base, 0.044 m. Width of base,
0.02 m. Body long; nearly cylindrical, though
slightly narrower in upper part. Crupper fairly
high. Hock shown in left hind leg, marked
by bend, and clearly defined exterior angle.
Left knee indicated by bend and slight swelling.
Body roughly undercut between legs. No indi-
cation of sex ; probably female. Neck attached
to body at obtuse angle with easy curve; about
cylindrical. No mane. Top of head and face a
triangle. No trace of eyes, mouth, or ears, due
probably to bad preservation. Base plain on
top. Bottom ornamented with parallel rows of
arrowheads in relief running toward back, the
whole inclosed by raised frame which forms
outer edge of base. This animal is of geometric
style, as base and undercutting between legs
show. Body, shoulders, hips, and legs are of
Type b. The neck is devoid of style and con-
vention and more naturalistic. The bead ex-
cessively rude and clumsy. The piece is prob-
ably as early as Nos. 8 and 9, and earlier than
Nos. 10 or 11. In view of the radical stylistic
characteristics of even the earliest and rudest
geometric work, it is better to regard it not as
preparatory to the geometric period but as the
outgrowth of coexistent naturalistic tendencies.2
15. Horse with base.3 Provenience unknown.
Preservation fair. Solid. Height, 0.028 m.
Length, 0.042 m. Length of base, 0.0805 m.
Width of base, 0.015 m. Body somewhat ovoid
in profile : rather long. Slopes from neck to tail.
i
teristics of geometric style clearly indicated,
of base, cf. Olympia, No. 217 a.
» Base, Plate CXXXY1I.
For style
199
Type d.
Plate LXXIII.
13. Horse with base. Provenience unknown.
Tail broken. Solid. Height, 0.066 m. Length of
base, 0.0485 m. Width (front), 0.024 m. Width
(back), 0.026 in. Body short. Slightly almond-
shaped. High crupper. Neck attached angularly,
but not as sharply as in No. 12. Shoulders not
sharply differentiated from body. (Cf. No. 11.)
Left hind quarter distinguished a little more
carefully than right. Knees shown by sudden
narrowing in front, as though part of leg were
cut out. Hocks given in same way. No feet.
Undercut between fore legs up to line of body,
square across. Partially undercut at back,
especially between legs, which are wide apart,
and under tail. Uncertain whether sex was indi-
cated. Tail attached to end of base. On right
side of neck a little back of centre, two concen-
tric circles. Between this and head, traces of
double line of dots across side of neck. Close
to head similar line running across neck. Be-
low circles a line of dots which does not at
either end come to edge of neck. Beneath it,
three other parallel rows. In front, the ends
connected by irregular convex line of dots. At
the back, first and second lines are connected
square across. Connection between other lines
doubtful. At right of rings there seems to be a
broad zigzag connecting the lines at top and lower
part of neck. On left side of neck, double row
of dots just below ears. At bottom of neck an-
other double row. Above second row, a wavy
row. Across middle of neck, an indistinct pat-
tern, perhaps a zigzag, in middle of which and
of neck, a punch-mark, around which a small
ring. Between right side of this zigzag and
lines at top of neck apparently a similar irregu-
lar zigzag. No indication of mane.1 Nose long
and cylindrical. Mouth indicated. Right eye
shown by dot and circle. No certain trace
of left eye. Right ear has engraved line down
centre. Left ear has two such lines. Crest
between ears. Base appears to have line of dots
down both sides on top, near edge. Between
front and back legs, cross of a double line of dots.
At back, between tail and left side, double row
of dots about 0.0015 m. apart. Bottom of base
divided by raised line into two rectangular fields,
surrounded on front and side's by a double
1 For body, neck, and legs, cf. Olympia, No. 200 a.
2 No clear stylistic parallel from Olympia. The near-
est, Olympia, No. 163, having flat neck and other charac-
raised frame. At back, single frame, from tail
to bottom ; none above. In left field under hind
feet, horse standing to right with neck, head,
and ears fairly natural. Above horse, in field,
indistinct animal, showing head, four legs, and
short tail. In right field, a lion to left walking,
with tail curled over back ; mouth open. Eye re-
presented by knob in relief. End of tail bushy.
This horse unites severe and milder types (a
and b) before described. More advanced in
technique, but in spite of certain softnesses,
clings tenaciously to style as against nature.
Type e. Early naturalistic and transi-
tional.
14. Horse. Pound under Cyclopean wall
above the east end of Stoa, 1893. Condition
very poor. Base broken off in cleaning. Legs
and tail gone. Solid. Height with base, 0.041
m. Length of base, 0.044 m. Width of base,
0.02 m. Body long; nearly cylindrical, though
slightly narrower in upper part. Crupper fairly
high. Hock shown in left hind leg, marked
by bend, and clearly defined exterior angle.
Left knee indicated by bend and slight swelling.
Body roughly undercut between legs. No indi-
cation of sex ; probably female. Neck attached
to body at obtuse angle with easy curve; about
cylindrical. No mane. Top of head and face a
triangle. No trace of eyes, mouth, or ears, due
probably to bad preservation. Base plain on
top. Bottom ornamented with parallel rows of
arrowheads in relief running toward back, the
whole inclosed by raised frame which forms
outer edge of base. This animal is of geometric
style, as base and undercutting between legs
show. Body, shoulders, hips, and legs are of
Type b. The neck is devoid of style and con-
vention and more naturalistic. The bead ex-
cessively rude and clumsy. The piece is prob-
ably as early as Nos. 8 and 9, and earlier than
Nos. 10 or 11. In view of the radical stylistic
characteristics of even the earliest and rudest
geometric work, it is better to regard it not as
preparatory to the geometric period but as the
outgrowth of coexistent naturalistic tendencies.2
15. Horse with base.3 Provenience unknown.
Preservation fair. Solid. Height, 0.028 m.
Length, 0.042 m. Length of base, 0.0805 m.
Width of base, 0.015 m. Body somewhat ovoid
in profile : rather long. Slopes from neck to tail.
i
teristics of geometric style clearly indicated,
of base, cf. Olympia, No. 217 a.
» Base, Plate CXXXY1I.
For style