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holes were for the purpose of suspending the cup. This perforated 

 cup naturally leads to the next group of vessels, or pots with han- 

 dles, of which class there are several of various sizes, with slight 

 variation in finish and ornamentation. 



Nos. 7763, 7778 and 7780 are the three largest pots, and are 

 without ornamentation. Nos. 7763, and 7778 have the surface 

 divided into six even portions by slight depressions. Nos. 7780 

 and a smaller pot, No. 7779, are perfectly plain and with even sur- 

 faces. No. 7767 is a smaller pot, of the character of 7763, with 

 its surface divided into six portions. No. 7769 is a small vessel, 



smooth on its sides, but with its lips marked by small oblique 

 lines cut in the clay. No. 7770 is ornamented by a row of small 

 depressions, as if made with a pointed stick while the clay was 

 soft. No. 7771 is a little more elaborate in its ornamentation, the 

 punctures extending down the sides in groups which are enclosed 

 in lines cut into the clay. By the side of the figure of this pot 

 is placed a figure of one of somewhat similar ornamentation, but 

 which does not seem to be now with the collection, unless in frag- 



No. 7800 is a large pot (now in fragments) ornamented in a 



