Plate XVII 



Typical examples of serpent ware. Pages 72, 73. 



Figure a. Characteristic vase with handles, the incised decoration representing 

 a two-headed serpent with forked tongue ; from Vivala (not Divala). 3 /4 



Figure b. Vase in which the incised two-headed serpent encircles the body nearly 

 three times. Z U 



Figure c. Vase on which the serpent motive survives as a purely geometric 



pattern ; from Divala. 3 U 



Figure d. Vase ornamented with geometric serpent symbols ; from Divala. 3 /.j 

 Figure e. Vase with incised geometric decorations derived from the serpent. s / 4 

 Figure /. Vase with no incised decorations. */a 



