Iranians and Greeks in South Russia - Robert Bedrosian's Armenian ...

THE PREHISTORIC CIVILIZATIONS 23
ass—or rather Przhevalski's horse— , a lion with a bird on his back, all
facing left, and a second bull facing right : in the second row, a wild
boar, a panther, and two antelopes, all facing left. The streams of the
rivers are partly concealed by the bodies of the animals.
The second vase (pi. Ill, 3-4) is of nearly the same shape, but the
neck is narrower and longer. The bottom is occupied by a large rosette.
ENGRAVINGS ON THE MAIKOP VASE
Fig. 2.
which consists pf three rows, one above the other, of round leaves
placed crosswise, the same type of rosette as those which were sewn
to the diadems of Maikop and Staromyshastovskaya. The whole body
of the vase above the bottom is filled with a row of five animals and
of three birds, all facing left : an antelope, a bull, a panther, a bird,
and an antelope and a panther with birds on their backs. Below the
neck of the vase is a narrow hatched strip.
The shape of both vases, in its main lines, recalls the celebrated
Entemena vase found at Tello. The technique is the same, each vase