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whether I have any; in nature there exist oxen with enveloping horns, I have seen some myself in the Engadine. P. 8 note 2, I believe it is not possible to be so affirmative and say that the Enk. cup "is an imported object" "and of what original, supposing it, are you speaking? If I reveal to you today that, according to a new examination of the piece, Mr Plenderleith supposes that it is in new condition and even unfinished, the "lining" in gold having been prepared, but not finished! This agrees with my observations noted. that the whole funerary set seems to have been made specially and strengthens the hypothesis of a local manufacture. – If I see correctly, my hypothesis even supports your demonstration of the importance of Achaean hold over Ch. that artists Mycenaean recently settled in the island could make there and imitate continental models so perfectly. – On the other hand, I believe what is the most useful in my recent discoveries at Enk. exhibited in Enk.-Al. I, it is precisely to have for the 1st time archaeologically provided the proof of the occupation of the island by Achaeans or Mycenaeans from the XIVth c. B.C. It would have been fair to say so, instead of insinuating that I am not convinced
65 figures hard to readstruck struck outadded written in above” jug ditto, and what it repeatsword reading not certain