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thick walls. On the red-brown glaze inside and out there is rich decoration in porti
white, bands round rim and base, and between them pairs of slanting lines that clay objects
meet at right angles. On the rim are chevrons. There are bands of red also
round the rim and base outside. Heiphj: "045 m.
(7) 5078 (Plate XXXIV). A deep bowl or dish of coarse heavy clay. It
has a whitish well-polished slip on which, inside and out, two broad black
bands form a cross. The vessel being inside the tholos had suffered from fire.
Height -05 m., diameter -155 m.
The other dishes and bowls are all but one without handles, and their
decoration is simpler. Some have glaze only, others simple bands of brown
colour. Their clay is heavy from the presence of sand or grit, their walls are
thick, and all are hand-made. These indications are enough to place them
in M.M. I.
One small bowl only, 5087 (Plate XXXIV), found in trench y is of pure
light clay. Moreover, it was made on the wheel, and may well be given a later
date than the rest. It has a red wash on both sides.
The little dish, 5071 (Plate XXXIV) is peculiar in having a small arched
handle inside the rim.
(b) Jugs and miniature jugs
The few jugs from this cemetery are shown in Plate XXXV. M-M' Jug&
5137. A small jug with a globular body, a beaked spout (broken off), and
an upright handle projecting in a wide curve. It has a deep red glaze with
barbotine ornament on the upper two-thirds of the surface. Height -12 m. It
was the discovery of this vase by a peasant that led me to excavate.
5075. A larger jug of the same shape, but with a rather smaller handle.
Neck and spout are broken off. The ornament consists of broad straight black
bands slanting leftwards from neck to base, and ridges over the upper two-
thirds parallel to them. The fragments of this vase were found in the tholos.
Height -20 m., diameter *18 m. Both the foregoing are M.M. I.
5055 (Plates VII and XXXV). This vessel found in trench y has a novel
shape which is a copy of a metal prototype. The general appearance bears
this out, for the clay is very fine and the walls thin. Whereas the two pre-
ceding jugs were hand-made, this was made on the wheel. The body is almost
lenticular, there are two arched handles projecting almost horizontally from
the shoulder, and an elegant spout of which the opening is wide and flat. Round
rivet-heads are represented in relief at the base of each handle. There is dark
glaze inside and out, and on the outside a series of white horizontal lines from
rim to base, between which are a number of looped motifs, each like a capital S
on its side. Height -07 m., diameter of belly -15 m. To a certain extent it
resembles Vase No. 4061 from the large tholos at Hagia Triada.1
1 Mem. 1st. Lomb., he. cit., p. 250, Tav. IX, fig. 21.
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thick walls. On the red-brown glaze inside and out there is rich decoration in porti
white, bands round rim and base, and between them pairs of slanting lines that clay objects
meet at right angles. On the rim are chevrons. There are bands of red also
round the rim and base outside. Heiphj: "045 m.
(7) 5078 (Plate XXXIV). A deep bowl or dish of coarse heavy clay. It
has a whitish well-polished slip on which, inside and out, two broad black
bands form a cross. The vessel being inside the tholos had suffered from fire.
Height -05 m., diameter -155 m.
The other dishes and bowls are all but one without handles, and their
decoration is simpler. Some have glaze only, others simple bands of brown
colour. Their clay is heavy from the presence of sand or grit, their walls are
thick, and all are hand-made. These indications are enough to place them
in M.M. I.
One small bowl only, 5087 (Plate XXXIV), found in trench y is of pure
light clay. Moreover, it was made on the wheel, and may well be given a later
date than the rest. It has a red wash on both sides.
The little dish, 5071 (Plate XXXIV) is peculiar in having a small arched
handle inside the rim.
(b) Jugs and miniature jugs
The few jugs from this cemetery are shown in Plate XXXV. M-M' Jug&
5137. A small jug with a globular body, a beaked spout (broken off), and
an upright handle projecting in a wide curve. It has a deep red glaze with
barbotine ornament on the upper two-thirds of the surface. Height -12 m. It
was the discovery of this vase by a peasant that led me to excavate.
5075. A larger jug of the same shape, but with a rather smaller handle.
Neck and spout are broken off. The ornament consists of broad straight black
bands slanting leftwards from neck to base, and ridges over the upper two-
thirds parallel to them. The fragments of this vase were found in the tholos.
Height -20 m., diameter *18 m. Both the foregoing are M.M. I.
5055 (Plates VII and XXXV). This vessel found in trench y has a novel
shape which is a copy of a metal prototype. The general appearance bears
this out, for the clay is very fine and the walls thin. Whereas the two pre-
ceding jugs were hand-made, this was made on the wheel. The body is almost
lenticular, there are two arched handles projecting almost horizontally from
the shoulder, and an elegant spout of which the opening is wide and flat. Round
rivet-heads are represented in relief at the base of each handle. There is dark
glaze inside and out, and on the outside a series of white horizontal lines from
rim to base, between which are a number of looped motifs, each like a capital S
on its side. Height -07 m., diameter of belly -15 m. To a certain extent it
resembles Vase No. 4061 from the large tholos at Hagia Triada.1
1 Mem. 1st. Lomb., he. cit., p. 250, Tav. IX, fig. 21.