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Chap. II.]
FRAGMENTS OF POTTERY.
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28–35. But an ornamentation of wave-lines, like those at p. 225, Nos. 53, 54 in Ilios, also occurs now and then.

I represent here only the two most interesting vase-fragments.

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No. 1.—Fragment of a lustrous black Bowl, with an incised decoration filled with white chalk. (Size 12, about. Depth, 15 m)

No. 1 is a rim-fragment of a large bowl, on which are distinctly incised two lentiform eyes with brows, probably meant for human eyes; to the right and left are two parallel strokes; below, a zigzag line; just above the eyes the rim forms a semicircle.

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No. 2.—Fragment of a lustrous black Vase, with an incised ornamentation filled with white chalk. (The reverse side, No. 3, p. 32.)

No. 2 is a similar fragment of a bowl-rim, on which we see a very curious incised ornamentation resembling an owl's face in monogram; the eyes are particularly large; the

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