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The tool used by the prehistoric man in engraving the 

 cylinder of stag's antler was undoubtedly a suitable chipped- 

 out piece of flint a flint graving tool, in fact a " burin," 

 such as are abundant in these caves. 



Attention has been drawn by Homes in his " History of 



...s 



FIG. 6. Fragment of a roughly-painted vase of the Dipylon age] (circa 

 800 B.C.) from Tiryns, figured by Schliemann and cited by Homes in 

 his " History of Pictorial Art in Europe." Compare the fish between the 

 horse's legs with the fish in the Lortet picture of the Three Deer ; also 

 note the lozenge-shaped designs (similar to the pair above the big stag 

 in the Lortet picture) near the fish and near the man's head (d) : and, 

 further, the swastika (j). 



Pictorial Art in Europe" to the resemblance of the Lortet 

 picture to a fragment of a roughly painted vase of the 

 Dipylon age (circa 800 B.C.) found at Tiryns and figured 

 by Schliemann in his account of excavations made at that 

 ancient Mykenaean fortress of the Peloponese. The frag- 

 ment (Fig. 6) shows very roughly drawn figures of a man 



