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Fig. 67. 



No. 22,879. 



The whole of the outside ornamentation in the little cup No. 22,379 is illus- 

 trated in Fig. 67. At b is the same pattern as that considered in Fig. 66, alter- 

 nating in this instance with the half pattern <Z, the simpler panel, a, intervening. 



Fig. 68. 



Fig. 69. 



Fig. 70. 



No. 309. 



No. 32,765. 



Fig. 71. 



No. 32,704. 



No. 22,866. 



Here Figs. 68, 69, 70, 71 may be introduced as examples of successive steps 

 in degeneration of the pattern into ruder representation. The figures 69 and 70 

 are on fragments of bowls. 



A curious modification with distortion of this figure is shown in Fig. 72, 

 where is seen the same design, almost exact in detail, inverted. In Fig. 73 it 



