. Excavations at Phylakopi in Melos,. 4. {a) Many of the shallow cups of the type of Fig. 85 have the interiordecorated like the preceding vases. The handle is flat; there is a slightinward curve round the outside of the rim ; the base is flat and slightly Vk:. Si.—Flat Cup (Restored) =*. (•> -. 3.) Both Iim and base are surrounded by a black ring. XV. 15-16 and belong to this class. The most interesting of the designs is the monsteron Figs. 83, 84, a creature of fancy of the same order as the type discussedon p. 109 ; it bears some resemblance to a rather invertebrate g
. Excavations at Phylakopi in Melos,. 4. {a) Many of the shallow cups of the type of Fig. 85 have the interiordecorated like the preceding vases. The handle is flat; there is a slightinward curve round the outside of the rim ; the base is flat and slightly Vk:. Si.—Flat Cup (Restored) =*. (•> -. 3.) Both Iim and base are surrounded by a black ring. XV. 15-16 and belong to this class. The most interesting of the designs is the monsteron Figs. 83, 84, a creature of fancy of the same order as the type discussedon p. 109 ; it bears some resemblance to a rather invertebrate griffin on one ofthe shaft-grave vases (Schuchhardt, Eng. ed. p. 272). (b) Other cups of the same shape have the decoration on the outside,the inside being left plain or covered with a coat of powdery red. In only a * Restoration, lo show llie type. 2 Light-coloured claj-; matt black paint ;remains of somewhat powdery red coat inside ;slight concavity round outside of rim. Forthe pattern round the top cf. a leather quiver from the tomb of Maherpra (Daressj,Fouilloi (k la Vallei des ;, PI. X. •24<i72). ?* Reddish clay ; smooth surface ; matt lilackl)aiiit. I 114 C. C. EDGAR . few cases ave both inside and outside ornamented. As a rule the de
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