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claylight gray-brown at core to pinkish-brown at surface, which is well smoothed and almost lustrous but still full of rather large multicolored grits, and with a few pocks and air holes. It is not possible to be certain whether the pithos was made by hand or wheel, though the latter is more probable.
The sherd may be classified as good quality. Late Cypriote pithos ware. [handwritten: P6]
The impression, made while the clay was still damp, runs horizontally for at least more than one length of the cylinder seal, which had a double register. Its upper representation was apparently identical with, and staggered with, the lower representation. Circumference of the seal was 13.2 cm., so that the diameter must have been approximately 4.2 cm. Assuming equal height for the registers, one arrives at a total height for the seal of at least 5 cm. There is no reason to assume more than two registers from the sherd as it exists. The left side of the lower register seems either more worn or less carefully cut than the right. The representation consists of the bulls in side view, with horns hacked. Their front feet are stationary - from the impact, for which heads and necks were lowered. The hind legs seem still to be in the act - or at least position - of running, and tails are flung around and over the bull. Behind each bull is a man crouching on tiptoe, his head raised. In fact, he is looking slightly upward and over the bull, to the tail of which his head is very near. Arms are held down close to his sides, as if the hands were clasped behind the back.
The figures are given in low relief (about .5-.6 cm. maximum). Through realistic modelling the artist has laid great emphasis on the powerful musculature of the bull's legs and back, and even his bony structure. Likewise, the musculature of the man's calves and ankles is clearly indicated. On the … continues
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