Greek vases

50 CATALOGUE DU MUSÉE DU CAIRE.
CoLouR AND TECHNIQUE : Likc llie precediiig. Red clay wilh wliile clialky coal; designs
painted in malt colours.
Ornamentation : Round
foot of neck a narrow band with long vertical slrokes pendant
from it, in red. On body in front, an amphora wilh long foot'"; painted black with
red panel on body on which is a design in black; it bas aiso narrow bands of brown
round body. On each side of the amphora an airrangement of long leaves or buds in
red and black; on each side again a long brandi (black?) arranged slantwise so as
to form an arching border to the design.
Préservation : Foot glued on; incrusted and discoloured; puint niuch cffaced.
BiBL. : Journal d'enlnv du Musée, n" aSasô or aSaig: Arch. Anzeiger, 190a, p. 169, n° i5.
26256. Amphora. — Ileiglit o m. ^2- cent. — Alexandria, coliection Pug^ioli
(pi. XX).
Shape : Raised ring round inner edge of rim; neck slightly grooved below rim; finger-
marks on surface.
CoLOun : Dark red clay, covered, except on lower part of body, with a slightly lustrous
préparation of lighter colour than the clay; matt black (or dark purple) paint.
Ornamentation : Band
Préservation : Mouth
in places.
on rim and two narrow bands round shoulder.
sealed up wilh plaster and contents intact; slightly incrusted
BiBL. : Journal d'entrée du Musée, n° aS-Ji i.
26257. Two-handled vase with lid. — Height (with lid) o m. 36 cent., breadth
of lid m. ik cent. — Bouglit (pi. XX).
Shape : See pi. XX. Raised ring round neck to bold on the lid; broad ilal handles
with moulding down back and knob above at each side; grooves round edge of lid.
CoLOUR : Smooth lighl yellow surface
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Inscription incised on body '-'
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Préservation : Lid cracked and mended; tip of knob broken ofV; small restorations on
lid, rim and foot; surface cracked and discoloured; conlains burned bones.
BiBL. : Journal d'entrée du Musée, n" 26/118; Schreiber, Kôm esch-Schuhtfa , p. iSg,