. Greek athletic sports and festivals . g ropes and compasses have beenshown by Jiithner to be merely boxing thongs and amenta. ^ E0. Apxm 1883, 190. Roberts and Gardner, ii. 391, give the inscriptionAX(X)6/xevos viKrjaev EvaiveTos ovuejca rovde a. XIV THE JUMP—HALTERES 299 long, IJ broad, and with the sides slightly concave, varyingin depth from IJ inch at either end to less than an inch inthe centre. It weighs 4 lbs. 2 oz. (r888 kg.). The vase paintings show that a large variety of shapesexisted during the sixth and fifth centuries. There are twomain types. On the earliest black-figured vase
. Greek athletic sports and festivals . g ropes and compasses have beenshown by Jiithner to be merely boxing thongs and amenta. ^ E0. Apxm 1883, 190. Roberts and Gardner, ii. 391, give the inscriptionAX(X)6/xevos viKrjaev EvaiveTos ovuejca rovde a. XIV THE JUMP—HALTERES 299 long, IJ broad, and with the sides slightly concave, varyingin depth from IJ inch at either end to less than an inch inthe centre. It weighs 4 lbs. 2 oz. (r888 kg.). The vase paintings show that a large variety of shapesexisted during the sixth and fifth centuries. There are twomain types. On the earliest black-figured vases the halterappears as a nearly semicircular piece of metal or stone witha deep recess on the straight or lower side, which affords aconvenient grip. Xhe two club-like ends are equal^ and the^^*^^effect is that of a curved flattened dumb-bell. This type doesnot occur after the sTxthcentury, towards the close of whichthe halter is improved by an increase in the size of the endprojecting to the front, and a decrease in the hinder Fig. 61.—Halteres in the British Museum. (a) Cast of halter found at Olympia, L. 11| in. (b) Limestone halter found at Camirus, L. 7^ in. (c) Leaden halter, L. 8 in. Numerous modifications of this type appear on the vases,difiering mainly in the size and shape of the club-like British Museum possesses a pair of these halteres(Fig. 61). They are of lead about 8 inches long, affording acomfortable grip for the hand in the centre. One of the pairis damaged, the other weighs about 2 lbs. 5 oz. (1*072 kg.).A similar pair found at Athens are in the Museum atCopenhagen. They are somewhat shorter and heavier (1610and 1*480 kg. respectively), and the recess is so narrowthat they can only have been held by the smaller end, andnot in the centre. Side by side with this club-like type we find in the fifthcentury another type consisting of an elongated, roughly 300 GREEK ATHLETIC SPORTS AND FESTIVALS CHAP. semispherical block of metal or stone, thi
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