Greek vases

82 CATALOGUE DU MUSKE DU CAIRE.
ledge wilh concave curve on each side: Iiorizonlal projection across hack of handle
near lower end.
Or.namemation : On
ledge of handle a roll of clay in the form of a wreath with fillet-
ends; the circuiar part is thickiy covered wilh liât studs; the ends are flattened eut
and divided into five lips. On the sides of the vase, remains of notched patterns
and studs.
PiiESERVATioM : Comcr
of liandle-ledge chij)ped olf.
26349. Base of bowl with stamped designs. — Diameter ol' loot o m. i5 cent,
(pi. XXVIII).
Shape : Broad base, slightly concave, with a rather high foot.
CoLOUR : Red clay with red glaze on inside.
Ornamentation : Interior surrounded by two impressed circles «ilhin which are stamped
five maie heads of Byzantine type, to right, three across the niiddle, one above and
one below. Ail done with same stamp.
Préservation : Foot cracked: surface worn.
BiBL. : Maspero, Slip-Calalogiie , n° ôSgi.
32377. Archaic amphora. — Hei^lit o m. '.icf^ mil!., breadth o m. i85 mill. —
From excavations at Pvrainid of Ounas, Saqqarah, i6 Mardi 1901
(pl.V,VI).
Shape : See pi. V. There are two raised rings round middle and foot of neck. Broad
three-ribbed handles. The base is liât.
CoLOUR : Light-coloured clay wilh smooth brown surface. The paint is dark brown,
deepening into black.
Ornamentation : The
inside of mouth is painted brown; the outside is surrounded by
narrow triangles, point downwards. Maeander pattern round upper part of neck.
Frieze of lotus llowers and pomegranates (connected by arcs) round the lower part.
Lines between the varions friezes.
Maeander pattern round top of shoulder. Below this are four friezes of figures. 1° The
top frieze is divided into two scènes by broad vertical bands at the handles. a) On
one side (pi. V) is a comic scène of naked revellers with fat paunches and lurned-up
noses. Tliey bave beards and long hair, the outline of which is indicaled by a wavy
line : the only head which is preserved complète bas a hair-band round the back.
In the middle of the scène is a figure standing lo right blowing a double llute.
Another dances towards him to left with right hand raised and with something
behind in bis left hand (r. pi. V). There is a lebes on the ground between them.