Walters, Henry Beauchamp: Catalogue of the bronzes, Greek, Roman, and Etruscan in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum (London, 1899)

BRONZES OF GEOMETRICAL PERIOD.

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165. HEADS OF GOATS, as before ; base in form of wheel of eight spokes. Ht. i-f in.
Cameiros, 1864 (tomb C. n). Much corroded.

166. HEADS OF GOATS, as before ; no base. Ht. 1 in. Phana, Rhodes, 1854 ; obtained
by Newlon.

167. HEADS OF TWO ASSES (?), of similar type ; no base. Ht. if in. Cameiros, 1863.

168. HEADS OF TWO COWS, on a base in the form of a six-spoked wheel. Ht. 2jj in.
Cameiros, 1863. Between the heads, a loop.

169. HEADS OF TWO COWS, as last ; much corroded. Ht. i^ in. Cameiros, 1863.

170. HEADS OF TWO RAMS, as before ; base in form of wheel. Ht. 2 in. Cameiros, 1864
(tomb C. 15). Much corroded.

171. HEADS OF TWO ANIMALS ; base in form of wheel. Ht. i-| in. Cameiros, 1864
(tomb C. 15).

172. TWO RAMS, the front halves of, joined back to back ; the shoulders of each are
perforated. Length 1J in. One leg broken off short.

173. RAM. Hole pierced through ; on the back has been aloop. Length 1 in. Cameiros, 1864.

174. WHEEL of eight spokes, on which is the figure of a bird (?), pierced through the breast;
the head is wanting. Ht. ij in. Cameiros, 1864 (tomb C. P. 1).

175. WHEEL of nine spokes ; on the centre, a bar terminating in a loop. Ht. i| in.
Cameiros, 1864 (C. P.). The bronze is split and corroded.

176. HORSE. The fore-legs are rivetted on and joined by a crossbar ; through the body is a
vertical hole. Length 3 in. From the valley of Phana, Rhodes ; obtained by Newton, 1854.
Very rude.

177. BULL. Length |- in. Presented by Lord Stratford de Redcliffe, 1856 ; excavated by

Newton in Calymnos.

178. HARE. Length 1 in. Presented by Lord Stratford de Redcliffe, 1856; excavated by

Newton in Calymnos.

179-186. UNCLASSIFIED EARLY BRONZES.

179. Male figure, perhaps an archer. He stands on a small base, with r.
hand raised (now lost) and 1. arm extended horizontally; in 1. hand he holds a
cylindrical object, perhaps part of a bow. He is beardless and ithyphallic,
and wears a conical cap with incised circles and dots, close-fitting chiton to the
hips, over which is a leather jerkin incised with spirals, and broad belt; on the
back the dress is incised with dots, and on the 1. arm are incised zigzags. In
place of the ears are two rings, probably for suspension.

Ht. 5j- in. From Ilium Novum (?). Presented by Dr. H. Schliemann, 1874. The figure
is of extreme rudeness.

180. Man ploughing. He is bearded, and his r. hand is placed behind
his back, while with 1. he holds the plough-tail; two oxen are yoked to the
plough, the right-hand one having his head turned in a contrary direction to the
other.

Length 5f in. Ht. 2j in. Borrell Colh, 1852 ; probably from Greece or Asia Minor.
Archacologia, xxxvi. pl. 26, fig 16. Very rude modelling.