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398 MARIO IOZZO
brown clay (1OYR 8/4) at the surface. A thin slip
(1OYR 8/2) covers the outside. A small part of the
original circumference is preserved; slightly
eroded surface with some chipping. Slightly worn
matrix.
Hollow, cylindrical stand subdivided into horizontal
bands by groups of three ridges; the outer two are
slimmer than the central ridge. Bands of color cover
these ridges: in the upper group, the outer bands are
red, the central band brown, with the color scheme
reversed in the lower group. The edge of an opening
and a part of a stamped rosette with edges in relief
are found on the flat band.
Findspot: Isthmia, West Cemetery.'87 87 was
found with material mostly dating to the Archaic
and Classical periods. Judging from the width of the
preserved rosette petals, there must have been eight,
with the edges in relief: such a type suggests a date in
the second half of the 6th century B.C."88
88. Stand fragment P1. 77
IPG 1971-4. H. 0.101, W. 0.098, rest. D. 0.295,
Th. 0.024.
Impure, very pale brown clay (1OYR 7/4) with
predominantly gray inclusions; fine, white slip
(1OYR 8/2) on the outside. A small part of the
original circumference is preserved; slightly eroded
surface with abrasions.
Hollow, cylindrical stand subdivided into horizontal
bands by groups of three ridges; the outer two are
slimmer than the central ridge. Bands of color cover
these ridges: in the upper group, the outer bands are
brown, the central band dark red, with the color
scheme reversed in the lower group. On the flat band
there are two openings 0.085 m. apart, of which the
edges remain.
Findspot: Isthmia, East Field.189
550-500 B.C.
89. Base fragments P1. 77
C-68-350. H. 0.09, W. 0.168, rest. D. 0.365, Th.
0.016; W. of base support 0.014. Stamp: D. 0.025.
Porous, slightly impure, pink clay (7.5YR 7/4)
with predominantly red inclusions and a very few
particles of terracotta bits; sparse traces of a thin
reddish yellow slip (7.5YR 7/6). About one fifth
of the original circumference with the stand at-
tachment is preserved in six joining fragments;
eroded surface with wide areas of chipping and
abrasion. Slightly worn matrix.
Circular base with carinated profile which widens
slightly at the bottom; straight, thickened base sup-
port with rounded edges. Stamped at irregular inter-
vals on the upper part are rosettes with seven petals
around a central button with edges in relief, in-
scribed in circles. Above these and near the point of
attachment to the stand is a brown ridge; below,
there is a group of three ridges, the outer two painted
dark red and brown, the central one unpainted.
Findspot: Sanctuary of Demeter and Kore. The
base was found in the area of Room 3,190 in a context
dated between the 6th century and 450 B.C. (Lot
5719).
Cf. 13, 22 and 82 concerning the rosette enclosed
in a circle. The rosette on 89, without its edges in
relief and with its petals flattened at the upper ends,
can be considered to date later than the others, per-
haps toward the end of the 6th century B.C.191
90. Base fragment Fig. 4, P1. 77
IPG 1971-3. H. 0.057, W. 0.11, est. D. ca. 0.35,
Th. 0.017.
Slightly impure, very pale brown clay (1OYR
8/4) with predominantly gray inclusions; fine slip
of the same pale brown color. A small part of the
original circumference is preserved; slightly eroded
surface with chipping.
187 See footnote 47 above.
188 A rosette very similar to that on 87 is stamped on base fragment 82 but is inscribed in a circle. There are
rosettes without the circle, with simple petals without their in relief, on 81 and 83; there is a rosette within a
circle but without the edges in relief on 13. A rather fitting comparison is offered by the matrix used repeatedly
on a mid-6th century B.C. stand from Perachora (Weinberg, 1954, p. 127, pl. 29:d; Perachora II, p. 322,
no. 3366, pl. 126); the rosette, however, lacks a sense of plasticity. Cf. also the handle of an amphora dated ca.
500 B.C. (Weinberg, 1954, p. 127, pl. 30:a).
189 See footnote 139 above.
190 Bookidis (footnote 84 above); Bookidis and Fisher, 1974, pp. 268-269, fig. 1, M:16-17.
191 There are analogous rosettes, perhaps datable within the second half of the 6th century B.C. (Perachora
II, p. 317, no. 3320, pl. 127). For the form of the petals, cf. also the "Argive" votive koulouri (Perachora II,
pp. 328-329, no. 3448c, pl. 130); this rosette is not enclosed in a circle.