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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 



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 (s). 



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 



