PRE-ROMAN OBJECTS 



1. (24101) Greek Hydria 



Shape similar to that of the Attic earthenware hydria of the late sixth and 

 early fifth century B. C. {British Museum Catalogue of Vases, II, p. 5, Fig. 14), 

 but somewhat more slender. On the lip, bead and egg patterns. On the 

 shoulder, tongue pattern. Around the body, at the height of the lateral handles, 

 a guilloche between groups of incised lines. On the Lesbian cyma of the foot 

 a pattern consisting of leaves alternating with fractional palmettes( ?). The 

 lateral handles are edged with bead pattern, and each bears in relief two 

 identical nude male standing figures, placed head to head; the attach- 

 ments have the form of palmettes. The upright handle, forming a curve of 

 double flexure, is ornamented with three bead patterns; the lower attachment 

 has the form of a Gorgon's face and arms, with the addition of the foreparts 

 of two horses; at the upper termination of the handle is a lion's head, with 

 open mouth and protruding tongue, and with mane running back some distance 

 along the handle. 



Naples 73144. Locri. Late s xth century B. C. _ Mus. Borb. Ill, lxii. For the Gorgoneion 

 see Furtwangler in Roscher, Lexikon der griech. u. rb'm. Mythologie, I, 1712. For the horses cf. 

 De Ridder, Bronzes de I'Acropole, Nos. 145-148, 197; for the nude male figures, ib. No. 168. 



2. (24095) Greek Pitcher 



Around the trifoliate lip, an egg pattern. On the shoulder and the lower 

 part of the body, tongue patterns, between which is a guilloche. The handle 

 is ribbed. 



Naples 73047. Fifth (?) century B. C. 



3. (24097) Greek Pitcher 



Around the trifoliate lip, bead and egg patterns. On the shoulder, incised 

 encircling rings. On the body, tongue pattern. The lower attachment of the 

 ribbed handle has the form of a siren with recurved wings, her feet resting on 

 a palmette. 



Naples 69046. Fifth century B. C. 



4. (24091) Pitcher 



The receptacle rests on a high support, which has a corrugated border, three 

 claw feet and pendent palmettes between the feet. On the shoulder is a tongue 

 pattern. The extravagantly elongated neck is encircled at two points with 

 collars, and the trefoil lip is corrugated vertically. The flat, three-ribbed 

 handle is supported by an openwork relief, representing a four-horse chariot and 

 charioteer in front view. Below the chariot is a lion's mask and at each side 

 the forepart of a snake. Long-stemmed palmettes connect the heads of the 

 outer horses with the handle. At each end of the upper attachment of the 

 handle is a disk ornamented with a rosette. 



Naples 69089. Ruvo (according to Monaco, Handbook to the Naples Museum). 



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