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II. GEOMETRICAL PERIOD (119-178).
119-178. Bronzes of the period covered by the seventh and eighth centuries B.C.,
corresponding to the Dipylon and early Boeotian vases ; chiefly found at Thebes
and Cameiros, the tombs also containing Geometrical pottery of the above-
mentioned type. 119-131 are from Thebes; 132-175 from Cameiros, and
176-178 from various sites. The objects from Cameiros were all excavated by
Messrs. Salzmann and Biliotti in the years 1860-1865 orbyBiliotti alone in 1885.
119. PAIR OF FIBULAE.
1. (a) A grazing deer to
r. ; above, two swans to 1 ;
in the field, two crosses.
(b) A horse to I. ; on its back, a
bird to 1. ; in the field, crosses.
The animals’ bodies are filled
in with wavy and toothed
lines; they are of very
elongated proportions.
2. Similar; on (a) the
birds are confronted; on
(1h) the deer looks up.
Length of each, 6f in. Thebes, 1894. The pin of one is broken. The designs are
incised on flat sail-shaped pieces of metal, bordered with zigzag lines ; the bow of the fibula is
expanded into three convex discs. For similar examples see Olympia, iv., pl. 22, Nos. 362-
366 ; Epliem. Archaeol. 1892, pl. 11 ; and Daremberg and Saglio, Dict. des Antiqs., s.v. Fibula,
p. 1105. The animal types are similar to those on the Geometrical vases from Thebes (cf.
A 561 and Ephem. Archaeol. 1892, pls. 8-12).
120. PAIR OF FIBULAE. 1. (a) A roaring lion advancing to r. ; in tlie field, a tettix,
two ribbon-like objects, and a star. (b) A horse galloping to left; above, a bird to 1. ; between
the horse’s legs, another ; in the field, a star.
2. Similar ; in the field of (a) are five ribbon-like objects. Length of each, 3fin.
Thebes, 1894. Shape and style as the preceding pair, but instead of the three convex discs,
one oval leaf-shaped piece ; borders to designs as belore. The pin is lost in each case.
121. FIBULA of Boeotian Geometrical type ; thin oval bow, slightly convex, with a knob at
either end ; a four-sided piece at right angles unites it to the head ; sail-shaped foot, the lower
edge turned up to form a sheath for the pin. On the foot are incised designs, with borders of
interlacing semicircles : (a) A ship with mast, steering-oar, aphlaston at stern, and long beak-
shaped prow, with the acrostolion above, on which a bird is perched ; another bird in the field
on the 1. ; below is a dolphin to r. The hull of the ship is divided into panels, on which are
vertical rows of wavy lines, as also on the bodies of the birds and dolphin ; on the steering-oar
is a lozenge-pattern ; below the design is a wavy line. (b) A horse to 1. ; in the field over its
back, a bird to 1. ; the bodies of both are filled in with wavy lines ; below the design is a wavy
line. Length 5fin. Thebes (?), 1897. A similar fibula is givcn in Ephem. Archaeol. 1892,
pl. 11, fig. 1 ; see also Collignon in Mim. dc la Soc. des Antiquaires de France, lv. p. 1 ff.
Slightly injured and corroded, but practically complete. For similar ships on Dipylon vases,
see Torr, Ancient Ships, pl. 3, fig. 16.
II. GEOMETRICAL PERIOD (119-178).
119-178. Bronzes of the period covered by the seventh and eighth centuries B.C.,
corresponding to the Dipylon and early Boeotian vases ; chiefly found at Thebes
and Cameiros, the tombs also containing Geometrical pottery of the above-
mentioned type. 119-131 are from Thebes; 132-175 from Cameiros, and
176-178 from various sites. The objects from Cameiros were all excavated by
Messrs. Salzmann and Biliotti in the years 1860-1865 orbyBiliotti alone in 1885.
119. PAIR OF FIBULAE.
1. (a) A grazing deer to
r. ; above, two swans to 1 ;
in the field, two crosses.
(b) A horse to I. ; on its back, a
bird to 1. ; in the field, crosses.
The animals’ bodies are filled
in with wavy and toothed
lines; they are of very
elongated proportions.
2. Similar; on (a) the
birds are confronted; on
(1h) the deer looks up.
Length of each, 6f in. Thebes, 1894. The pin of one is broken. The designs are
incised on flat sail-shaped pieces of metal, bordered with zigzag lines ; the bow of the fibula is
expanded into three convex discs. For similar examples see Olympia, iv., pl. 22, Nos. 362-
366 ; Epliem. Archaeol. 1892, pl. 11 ; and Daremberg and Saglio, Dict. des Antiqs., s.v. Fibula,
p. 1105. The animal types are similar to those on the Geometrical vases from Thebes (cf.
A 561 and Ephem. Archaeol. 1892, pls. 8-12).
120. PAIR OF FIBULAE. 1. (a) A roaring lion advancing to r. ; in tlie field, a tettix,
two ribbon-like objects, and a star. (b) A horse galloping to left; above, a bird to 1. ; between
the horse’s legs, another ; in the field, a star.
2. Similar ; in the field of (a) are five ribbon-like objects. Length of each, 3fin.
Thebes, 1894. Shape and style as the preceding pair, but instead of the three convex discs,
one oval leaf-shaped piece ; borders to designs as belore. The pin is lost in each case.
121. FIBULA of Boeotian Geometrical type ; thin oval bow, slightly convex, with a knob at
either end ; a four-sided piece at right angles unites it to the head ; sail-shaped foot, the lower
edge turned up to form a sheath for the pin. On the foot are incised designs, with borders of
interlacing semicircles : (a) A ship with mast, steering-oar, aphlaston at stern, and long beak-
shaped prow, with the acrostolion above, on which a bird is perched ; another bird in the field
on the 1. ; below is a dolphin to r. The hull of the ship is divided into panels, on which are
vertical rows of wavy lines, as also on the bodies of the birds and dolphin ; on the steering-oar
is a lozenge-pattern ; below the design is a wavy line. (b) A horse to 1. ; in the field over its
back, a bird to 1. ; the bodies of both are filled in with wavy lines ; below the design is a wavy
line. Length 5fin. Thebes (?), 1897. A similar fibula is givcn in Ephem. Archaeol. 1892,
pl. 11, fig. 1 ; see also Collignon in Mim. dc la Soc. des Antiquaires de France, lv. p. 1 ff.
Slightly injured and corroded, but practically complete. For similar ships on Dipylon vases,
see Torr, Ancient Ships, pl. 3, fig. 16.