200 ARCHEOLOGICAL EXCAVATIONS AT ANCIENT MERV. 
Faience: Blue-glazed with deep grooves (G.K. 147; fig. 20), from outer dig- 
ging I, between 11.5 feet and 14 feet 4 inches. 
Clay: Cylindrical, blue, imitation of turquoise (G.K. 184; fig. 21), from the 
declivity in gallery Iv; spherical, covered with gold (G.K. 202), from outer digging 
I, between 20 feet 5 inches and 23 feet 4 inches. 
(h) TERRA-COTTA FIGURES. 
Figures of both human and animal form, made from burnt clay, were found 
in the excavations on the acropolis and in those on the plateau of the main city. 
I enumerate them as follows: 
A torso of a naked figure with a bent back (sitting?) (G.K. 99; plate 55, fig. 
1), from the surface near outer digging I. 
The lower part of a bulky, naked male figure, painted black, red, and yellow 
(G.K. 44; plate 55, fig. 2), from the upper digging, between 8.75 and 11.5 feet. 
A female head with short locks and ornaments for the hair, probably with a 
kerchief (G.K. 201; plate 55, fig. 3), from the outer digging between 20 feet 5 inches 
and 23 feet 4 inches. 
Female figure in relief, standing in a long robe, with rich neck ornaments, 
holding a mirror in the right hand before the breast, the left hand placed lower 
down and the head wanting; made in a mold (G.K. 63; plate 55, fig. 4); found on 
the surface near outer digging I. 
Male figure in relief, bearded, with high pointed cap, and holding a band or 
chain in both hands. The lower part is wanting (G.K. 17a; plate 55, fig. 5). 
This also was pressed ina mold. From the upper digging within 2 feet 4 inches of 
surface. 
The animal figures are very numerous. In so far as any determination is 
possible, they are representations of horses. G.K.118 (plate 56, fig. 2) may serve 
as an example. It was found in outer digging 1, between 9 feet and 11.5 feet, as 
was also an isolated specimen—a mounted figure—painted in black and red. 
The rider is broken off, except a part of the left leg (G.K. 177; plate 56, fig. 1). 
It is from outer digging 11, near the large supply vessels. 
(1) STONE VESSELS. 
A small cup of soapstone with four feet (G.K. 135; plate 56, fig. 3), from 
near the great pithoi in outer digging 11, is worthy of remark. The exterior of the 
object is adorned with engraving. Vertical bands decorate the feet, with con- 
centric circles surrounding a central point, and crescent-like between. Fragments 
of other stone vessels without: ornamentation (G.K. 43, 44b) were found in the 
upper digging, between 8.75 and 11.5 feet. 
(k) SLING IMPLEMENTS. 
As in the North and South Kurgans of Anau, so also here in Ghiaur Kala 
there were found numerous sling implements of stone and clay. We will have 
to assume that they had remained in use since antiquity. ‘Their forms are not 
