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for figures, whereas other forms of decoration were preferred north 

 of the Alps. 1 



Where the ware was first made has not yet been definitely de- 

 termined, but the chief centers of production before the establish- 

 ment of the potteries at Arezzo were in Asia Minor and southern 

 Russia. 2 



Height, m. 0.085 ( = 3-34 i°-)- Diameter, m. 0.199 ( = 7.83 in.). Thickness at 

 top, m. 0.005 (=0.19 in.). Height of base, m. 0.005. Diameter of base, m. 0.06. 

 Diameter of stamp, m. 0.02. 



Form. Substantially the same with Dragendorff, Bonner Jahrb. nos. 96/97, 

 Plate II, No. 29. 



Inscription. Copy and photograph (Plate CLVIII). Length, m. 0.019. Height 

 of letters (average), about m. 0.003. In an oblong shallow impression the ends of 

 which are formed by the depressed encircling ring of the stamp. Height of impres- 

 sion, m. 0.004. The letters are in relief. 



Upper part of space between first and second letters, not 



^, A . . £ impressed, hence only lower part and right side of I is distinct. 



*** * />*•■» t has left side of cross-bar flattened. A has no cross-bar. 



Last four letters, plainer than the others. There is a tendency 



to emphasize the ends of the letters. 



C. I. L. XV. 5765a, XIII, iii. 1. 10010, 2062. Ddchelette, op. cit. Vol. I, pp. 57, 

 no; Dragendorff, Bonner Jahrb., No. 99, pp. 161 ff.; Lehner, Die Einzelfunde von 

 Novaesium, ibid. nos. 111/112, p. 347. 



BOWL OF TERRA SIGILLATA. 24670. [Plates CLIX-CLXI]. 



Bowl of red terra-cotta from the same villa as the preceding vase, 

 No. 24669. 



It is in perfect condition and as though new. 



This bowl, though larger than the other, resembles it closely in 

 shape, and is generally similar in decoration. It has a larger base- 

 ring, the concentric rings on the bottom are somewhat different, and 

 the lower of the two wide ornamental zones is narrower. 



This same zone is divided into fourteen panels, of which seven 

 are wider than the others, arranged alternately. The narrower panels 

 are enclosed between two upright twisted stalks, at the lower end of 

 which there is a rosette from which a volute projects into the adjoin- 

 ing panel. The interior is divided by twisted diagonal stalks into 

 four triangles, which are occupied by the ends of a bundle of twisted 

 stalks held together at the center. The motive is like that seen in 

 the corresponding zone of the other bowl (No. 24669), but is simpler. 

 The decoration of the wide panels consists of a segment of a circle 



1 Cf. D6chelette, op. cit. Vol. i, p. 66. 



J Dragendorff. Die Reste d. terra sigillata Industrie in Griechenland, Kleinasien, Siidrussland u. 

 Aegyplen, Bonner Jahrb. No. 101, pp. 140 ff. 



