Waldstein, Charles: The Argive Heraeum (Band 2): Terra-cotta figurines, terra-cotta reliefs, vases, vase fragments, bronzes, engraved stones, gems and ivories, coins, Egyptian or Graeco-Egyptian objects (Boston [u.a.], 1905)

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tangle. Traces of engraved lines on sides of
rectangle.

Group ii. Both necks rectangular. Be-
neath lower ball, rectangle.

Extension with base, link, and cap.

790. End gone. Length, 0.22 m. Exten-
sion, 0.0075 m. Upper neck, length, 0.0235 m.
Tapers for short distance from bottom. Lower
neck, 0.0145 m. Ring on each side of balls.
Rectangle below lower ball tapers. Traces of
zigzag on one side of upper neck, and of frame
and zigzag on lower neck. Material chiefly
copper.

791. Pinmainlygone. Condition poor. Length,
0.11 m. Extension has link also above ring;
length, 0.012 m. Upper neck, length, 0.034 m.
Lower neck, 0.012 m. Rectangle tapers down-
ward. No trace of ornament left on necks;
trace of zigzag on rectangle.

Addenda to Type k (Nos. 792-807).

i. The following cleaned fragments are inter-
esting chiefly because the provenience of
many is known,
(a'.) Disk preserved.

792. From south slope. Extension, disk, and
neck. Length, 0.04 m. Length of extension,
0.0065 m. No certain traces of ornament.

793. Broken at bottom of ball. Length,
0.045 m. Length of extension, 0.0065 m. Length
of neck, 0.023 m. Traces of zigzag on neck.

794. From back of South Building. Broken
at neck. Length, 0.024 m. Length of exten-
sion, 0.0115 m.

795. From West Building. Broken at neck.
Condition poor. Length, 0.026 m. Length of
extension, 0.0105 m.

(6'.) One ball with piece at each side. —
While a doubt is possible whether these
pieces belong here rather than under
spits, they are, mainly, quite certainly
pins, because of the relative smallness of
the necks as compared with the rectangle.

796. Fragment of neck, ball, and rectangle.
Length, 0.086 m. Elongated ball. Rectangle
has groove at lower end, and zigzag on sides.
Material largely copper.

797. Fragment as No. 796. Length, 0.074 m.
Oblong ball with ring at each side. Rectangle
tapers down, and has traces of zigzag on all sides.

798. From south slope. Fragment as No. 796.
Length, 0.088 m. Ball elongated. Rectangle
tapers down, and has traces of zigzag. Material
largely copper.

799. Fragment as No. 796.

Length, 0.104 m.
Ball has ring at each side. Rectangle tapers
for short distance down. Zigzag on rectangle;
probably also on neck.

800. From first chamber at east end of ter-
race below Cyclopean wall, 1893. Fragment
as No. 796. Condition bad. Length, 0.043 m.
Ball has ring at either side. Rectangle has three
grooves at end. No trace of ornament remains.

801. From back of South Building. Frag-
ment as No. 796. Condition poor. Length,
0.061 m. Ring above ball. Probable traces of
zigzag on neck.

802. From south slope. Fragment as No.
796. Length, 0.054 m. Ball elongated with
ring at either end. Two grooves at lower end
of rectangle. Traces of zigzag within frame on
neck and rectangle.

803. Fragment as No. 796. Condition poor.
Length, circ. 0.185 m. Slightly oblate ball
with ring at either side. Rectangle ended by
groove and tapers slightly downward. No cer-
tain traces of ornamentation on neck. Traces
of frame on rectangle. Material largely copper.

ii. The following uncleaned pieces probably
belong under Form 2, Class a, Group iv.

804. Extension, disk, and piece of neck.
Condition poor. Length, 0.035 m. Extension
has three grooves near bottom, with coarse screw-
threading above. Length of neck, 0.016 m.
Owing to small size, probably had one ball.

805. Extension, disk, and piece of neck. Con-
dition poor. Extension has horizontal threading
at bottom, and coarse screw-threading above.
Length, 0.017 m. Length of neck, 0.016 m.
Sides of neck taper for a little way from top,
and then enlarge. Owing to small size, prob-
ably had one ball.

806. Extension, disk, and part of neck. Con-
dition poor. Length, 0.0435 m. Neck, 0.028 m.;
probably had one ball. Extension consists of
base, 3| corrugations (lowest runs only half-
way round), and cap. Length, 0.0175 m.

807. End gone. Disk injured. Condition
poor. Length, 0.168 m. Extension consists of
base, three links, and cap. Between links a
single ring (two rings in all). Length, 0.017 m.
Length of neck, 0.0285 m. Ball with ring at
either side. Rectangle tapers slightly down-
ward.

Discards of Type k : cleaned pieces and fragments,
fifteen, of which three from south slope; uncleaned pieces
and fragments, one hundred and sixty-two.