. Excavations at Phylakopi in Melos,. Fa;. 94 (<i and /<). —Ampiiuka with Desujn in and Red- (1 : 3). ment, F. and L., J/. V. PI. XII. 79). The row of crescents on XX. 0 ought alsoto be observed. This is a common pattern on archaic Greek pottery, beingespecially characteristic of the Fikeloura fabric, and Dr. Boehlau has rightlyderived it from Mycenaean art {Ans Ion. Nelr. p. 65), remarking at thesame time that the only objection to the derivation was the fact that it hadnot yet been found on Mycenaean pottery. As a matter of fact it is extremelycommon on Cretan pottery
. Excavations at Phylakopi in Melos,. Fa;. 94 (<i and /<). —Ampiiuka with Desujn in and Red- (1 : 3). ment, F. and L., J/. V. PI. XII. 79). The row of crescents on XX. 0 ought alsoto be observed. This is a common pattern on archaic Greek pottery, beingespecially characteristic of the Fikeloura fabric, and Dr. Boehlau has rightlyderived it from Mycenaean art {Ans Ion. Nelr. p. 65), remarking at thesame time that the only objection to the derivation was the fact that it hadnot yet been found on Mycenaean pottery. As a matter of fact it is extremelycommon on Cretan pottery of the early Mycenaean period, so that this diffi-culty disappears. It was from Crete no doubt that it came to Melos. Some-times the crescents form a continuous row; sometimes as on XX. 9, and asis usually the case on Cretan vases, they are arranged in groups alternatingwith vacant spaces (cf. 1903, p. 177 ff. and Fig. 4).^ Cf. the Cypriote-Mycenaean type. £.iravatio]is in Cyprus, PI. XII. - Rather heavy vessel with sm
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