. Catalogue of the bronzes, Greek, Roman, and Etruscan, in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum. ze-age type, intermediate between the Mycenaean and Geometrical Periods and corresponding to the early Cypriote type, asNos. 57, 58. (1) Semi-circular bow, with two rings round it ; has been silvered over. Length af and end of pin lost. Found in tomb O, inside a pithos. Journ. Hell. Stud. 74, fig. 17; Perrot and Chipiez, Hist, de PArt, v. p. 333, fig. 242 ; Daremberg andSaglio, Diet, des Antiqs. Fibula, p. 1105, fig. 2980. (2) Cypriote type ; quadrilate
. Catalogue of the bronzes, Greek, Roman, and Etruscan, in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum. ze-age type, intermediate between the Mycenaean and Geometrical Periods and corresponding to the early Cypriote type, asNos. 57, 58. (1) Semi-circular bow, with two rings round it ; has been silvered over. Length af and end of pin lost. Found in tomb O, inside a pithos. Journ. Hell. Stud. 74, fig. 17; Perrot and Chipiez, Hist, de PArt, v. p. 333, fig. 242 ; Daremberg andSaglio, Diet, des Antiqs. Fibula, p. 1105, fig. 2980. (2) Cypriote type ; quadrilateral shape. Length 3! in. From tomb N. Foot broken and pin lost. (3) As (1) but with flattened bow. Length 2| in. From tomb M. Pin broken andfoot lost. (4) Bow semi-circular ; flat foot ; silvered over. Length 2J in. From tomb G. Pin lost and foot broken. (5) Cypriote type, with thick bow and double spiral at head ; a double ring round the upper part of the bow. Length 2| in. From tomb C. Foot and pin lost. (6) As the last. Length 3 in. Much broken ; end of pin and foot lost. (7) Two fragments of fibulae from tomb II. GEOMETRICAL PERIOD (i 19-178). 119-178. Bronzes of the period covered by the seventh and eighth centuries , corresponding to the Dipylon and early Boeotian vases ; chiefly found at Thebesand Cameiros, the tombs also containing Geometrical pottery of the above-mentioned type. 119-131 are from Thebes; 132-175 from Cameiros, and176-178 from various sites. The objects from Cameiros were all excavated byMessrs. Salzmann and Biliotti in the years 1860-1865 or by Biliotti alone in 1885. 119. PAIR OF FIBULAE. 1. (a) A grazing deer tor. ; above, two swans to 1 ;in the field, two crosses.(b) A horse to I. ; on its back, abird to 1. ; in the field, animals bodies are filledin with wavy and toothedlines; they are of veryelongated proportions. 2. Similar; on (a) thebirds are confronted : on /A\ *! A 11 Flg- 4= No. II9. (b) the deer looks up. Length of each,
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