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of Middle Ugarit 2, associated with numerous fragments of painted vessels of local manufacture. This polychrome sherd undoubtedly comes from a vessel de fabriq of importation from the Aegean, and probably from Crete (style of Kamares, of Middle Minoan II). Thus the dossier of materials peu à for the study of relations between Minoan Crete and the Syrian kingdoms at the beginning of the 2nd millennium before our era. It is again the chapter of relations between Ugarit and the pre-Hellenic world that is illustrated by the large krater painted, found broken into multiple fragments in the layer of final destruction of the very last phase of Ugarit, at the end of the 13th century. It is a vessel of earth red poorly refined, made either in Cyprus or at Ugarit itself according to the proven Mycenaean techniques, with painted decoration in lustrous brown-red on buff slip. This figured decoration is very interesting for its style, of Mycenaean transition III B – Mycenaean III C, and for its subject: scenes of marine fishing, with at least two fishermen bringing back large fish, such as dolphins; this figured decoration appears unique, despite a certain analogy of theme and style with the famous vase stand from Phylakopi on the island of Melos (preserved in the National Museum of Athens). A fragment of a second krater with the same marine scene had already been recovered in the
65 figures hard to readstruck struck outadded written in above” jug ditto, and what it repeatsword reading not certain