. Excavations at Phylakopi in Melos,. .)(1 :3.) reproducing the sagging of the cover. It was found at a depth of 2 m. inroom C 5 : 8. Length •127. The prow of a larger boat, XL. 37 : it is flat-bottomed ; the timbers of the THE MINOR ANTIQUITIES OF CLAY. 207 gunwale unite in a projecting bowsprit; there is a projecting forefoot belowthe water-line ; length 06, width •045. Brown paint along gunwale. Box on feet, \^\. Will. 13, much broken; width, complete, 09: length,incomplete, OOo ; depth inside 05 ; total height including foet, 075. On theend an oblique chequer-pattern, on the sides oblique
. Excavations at Phylakopi in Melos,. .)(1 :3.) reproducing the sagging of the cover. It was found at a depth of 2 m. inroom C 5 : 8. Length •127. The prow of a larger boat, XL. 37 : it is flat-bottomed ; the timbers of the THE MINOR ANTIQUITIES OF CLAY. 207 gunwale unite in a projecting bowsprit; there is a projecting forefoot belowthe water-line ; length 06, width •045. Brown paint along gunwale. Box on feet, \^\. Will. 13, much broken; width, complete, 09: length,incomplete, OOo ; depth inside 05 ; total height including foet, 075. On theend an oblique chequer-pattern, on the sides oblique parallel lines; in eachcase within a border-line. At each corner a plain square foot. Reddish localclay, white wash, dull black paint. Fragment of miiiniatiirc stool or arched stand, Fig. 181 ; all that survivesis part of the top, which is slightly concave and without decoration, and partof one side and one end, which are decorated with designs in dull black overa white slip. The clay is greenish, the technique that of the Second. Fig. 182.—Box-like Vessel, with thkkk Round Ufenixos in the top. (1 :4.) City; compare PI. XVIII. 22-25, and Mr. Edgars remarks on this fabric(p. 118, 9). The reconstruction attempted in M. Gillierons drawing is justified by theposition of the ornaments. Rosettes are not uncommon on the pottery of thisperiod, and there are other instances of the swastika and of the arrow-likeornaments, but it is hard to find a parallel for the long-necked long-earedanimal (hare ?) on the front.^ Greatest height 10, length 09, breadth 055. Fig. 182 represents a mysterious vessel of gritty brown clay, found un-broken in a pre-Mycenaean house, at the east side of the doorway betweenrooms J 3. 2 and J 3. 7 and at the level of the threshold. It is an oblongbox, 25 long, 15 wide, and24 high, with rounded angles ; the sides are coveredwith overlapping scales modelled in relief. In the centre of the flat top rises ^ Mr. Edgar suggests that tliis figure may liave been me
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