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heap in Tholos B, and of which I have formed the necklace 1158 (Plate LVIII, the
in the centre). These are of reddish steatite. cemetery
The shapes of the steatite beads are the following :— „ ljt ■ '

1 ° Steatite Shapes

1. Flower-shaped.

1137 (Plate LVIII, upper part). Seven small beads of black steatite with Flower-Shaped
the form of a flower calyx with four petals.

2. Almond-shaped'.

Many fall under this head, differing only in size, some being as big as an Almond-shaped
almond, others much smaller. Four necklaces of such beads are illustrated
in Plate LVIII (1152, 1156, 1158, 1159).

3. Spherical.

These are few, and for the most part small. Spherical

4. Disc-shaped.

About two-thirds of the steatite beads have the form of a tiny disc pierced Disc-shaped
in the centre. The two double necklaces, 1165, 1166 (Plate LVIII) are made
up, the one of four hundred and fifty-seven, the other of six hundred and thirty-
three such discs.

Other forms are very few. The cylindrical, the flat, the tubular, and the Miscellaneous
pulley-shaped do, however, occur.