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opening upward. Its lower border is formed of a row of arrow-heads, 

 while the interior is filled with a branch which begins as a plain stem 

 in the upper right corner, but soon parts into four branches, of which 

 the outer two terminate in a flower, the others in a leaf and some kind 

 of fruit. From the fact that the decoration of the side panels is not 

 always at quite the same distance from the smaller panels, it is prob- 

 able that the pattern was impressed with stamps rather than with a 

 roller. The lower edge of the design is marked by a narrow plain 

 band imperfectly carried out. On the upper side there is a row of 

 beading, which serves as a border. 



The somewhat narrower zone which encircles the side consists 

 of alternating short and long panels. In each of the former there 

 is a many -leaved rosette; in the latter, two oblong conventionalized 

 lotus flowers placed horizontally end to end with a ragged palmette 

 at either side of the connecting stem. 1 The zone is bordered above 

 and below by single rows of beading. 



Between the wide ornamented zones there is a narrow plain convex 

 band. Above the upper zone there are three bands, the first of which 

 is narrow and flat, the second broad and convex, the third, which is 

 just at the beginning of the lip, depressed and very narrow. All 

 are ornamented with slightly oblique fine lines. 



In the interior there is, near the top, a narrow raised ring and, 

 beneath it, a convex surface. Otherwise the inside is plain except 

 for the stamp, which consists of a rather large impressed ring occu- 

 pying the middle of the bottom and containing, about in the center, 

 an inscription in very small letters. The first few letters are obscure, 

 owing to the fact that this part of the inscription was impressed twice. 

 It seems to read OF^TiVRII, of(ficina)E~urii, 'Establishment of 

 — urius'. 



The partial illegibility of the inscription makes the attribution 

 of the vase uncertain. However, the shape, the glaze and the system 

 of decoration render extremely probable the supposition that it also 

 is an example of the ware of Graufenesque, 2 although the final letters 

 — VRII do not occur in the lists of Dragendorff 3 and Dechelette. 4 



As compared with the vase of Vitalis the details of ornament are 

 somewhat less neatly executed. 



Height, m. 0.095 ( = 3.74 in.). Diameter, m. 0.215 ( = 8.46 in.). Thickness at 

 lip, m. 0.004 (=0.15 in.). Height of base, m. 0.008. Diameter of base, m. 0.075. 

 Diameter of circle of stamp, m. 0.035. • 



1 Owing to lack of space one panel contains only a single lotus, but has two double palmettes with 

 a rosette between them. 

 1 Cf. on No. 24669. 



• Bonner Jahrb. nos. 96/97, 99. 



* Op. oil. 



