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AMERICANJOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGY I NST/ OMON u V MEN .RVM TA AMP 0 PRIO o t RV ~89~INCOWPO'P THE JOURNAL OF THE ARCHAEOLOGICALINSTITUTE OF AMERICA PUBLISHED QUARTERLY BY THE INSTITUTE VOLUME XLII 1938 Printed by The Rumford Press, Concord, N. H. EDITORIAL BOARD MARY HAMILTON SWINDLER, Bryn Mawr College, Editor-in-Chief STEPHEN B. LUCE, Fogg Museum of Art, Harvard University, Editor, News and Discussions EDITH HALL DOHAN, University Museum, Philadelphia, Editor, Book Reviews ADVISORY BOARD OF ASSOCIATE EDITORS GEORGE A. BARTON, University of Pennsylvania (Oriental) CARL W. BLEGEN, University of Cincinnati (Aegean) LACEY D. CASKEY, Boston Museum of Fine Arts (GreekArchaeology: Vase Painting) GEORGE H. CHASE, Harvard University (American School at Athens) WILLIAM B. DINSMOOR, Columbia University (GreekArchaeology: Architecture) GEORGE W. ELDERKIN, Princeton University (Editor, 1924-1931) HETTY GOLDMAN, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton (New Excavations and Discoveries) BENJAMIN D. MERITT, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton (Epigraphy) CHARLES RUFUS MOREY, Princeton University (Mediaeval) EDWARD T. NEWELL, Numismatic Society, New York (Numismatics) GISELA M. A. RICHTER, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (GreekArchaeology: Sculpture) MICHAEL I. ROSTOVTZEFF, Yale University (Roman) ALFRED TOZZER, Harvard University (American Archaeology) CAROLINE RANSOM WILLIAMS, Toledo, Ohio (Egyptian Archaeology) DAVID M. ROBINSON, Johns Hopkins University (Bibliography and General) HONORARY EDITORS EDWARD CAPPS, Princeton University (Chairmanof the Managing Committeeof the School at Athens) WILLIAM B. DINSMOOR, Columbia University (President of the Institute) MILLAR BURROWS, Yale University (President of the American Schools of Oriental Research) ARCHAEOLOGICALNEWS AND DISCUSSIONS ADVISORY BOARD Egypt-Dows DUNHAM, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Orient. Western Asia-WILLIAM F. ALBRIGHT,Johns Hopkins University Far East- BENJAMIN ROWLAND,Fogg Museum of Art, Harvard University Greece.Prehistoric-G. E. MYLONAS,Washington University Greek and Roman Sculpture - MARGARETE BIEBER, Columbia University Painting and H. CHASE, Harvard University Vases--GEORGE Epigraphy - BENJAMIN D. MERITT, Institute for Advanced Study Architecture --RICHARD STILLWELL,Princeton University Numismatics-E. T. NEWELL,Numismatic Society, New York City Rome. Architectureand HOPKINS,University of Michigan Slavic Archaeology-CLARENCEPainting--CLARKA. MANNING, Columbia University American Archaeology-HERBERTF. SPINDEN,Brooklyn Museum Mediaeval Art--CHARLES R. MOREY, Princeton University Bibliography, General--DAVID M. ROBINSOn, Johns Hopkins University CONTRIBUTING EDITORS Classical Archaeology - CEDRIC BOULTER, University of Cincinnati (Vases) AGNES BALDWIN BRETT, American Numismatic Society (Numismatics) CARROLLN. BROWN, Columbia University (General) SIDNEY N. DEANE, Smith College (Sculpture) ROBERT E. DENGLER, Pennsylvania State College (General) STERLING DOW, Harvard University (Epigraphy) HAROLD N. FOWLER, Washington, D. C. (General) SARAH E. FREEMAN, Johns Hopkins University (Vases) HAZEL HANSEN, Stanford University (Prehistoric Greece) J. PENROSEHARLAND, University of North Carolina (Prehistoric Greece) MARY ZELIA PEASE, Bryn Mawr College (Vases) LUCY T. SHOE, Mount Holyoke College (Architecture) H. R. W. SMITH, University of California (Vases) WILHELMINA VAN INGEN, Wheaton College (Vases) FRANCIS R. WALTON, Haverford College (Epigraphy) SHIRLEY H. WEBER, Gennadius Library, Athens (Numismatics) Oriental Archaeology- JoRN W. FLIGHT, Haverford College HENRY S. GEHMAN, Princeton Theological Seminary CYRUS H. GORDON, Smith College EPHRAIM A. SPEISER, University of Pennsylvania FRED V. WINNETT, University of Toronto Roman Archaeology- ELIZABETHC. EVANS, Wheaton College GEORGEM. A. HANFMANN, Harvard University (Etruscan) ROBERT S. ROGERS, Duke University KENNETH SCOTT, Western Reserve University MERIWETHER STUART, Teachers' College, New York City Louis C. WEST, Cleveland, Ohio American Archaeology - WENDELL BENNETT, American Museum of Natural History VLADIMIR J. FEWKES, Peabody Museum, Harvard University GEORGE C. VAILLANT, American Museum of Natural History U.S.S.R.- HENRY FIELD, Field Museum of Natural History EUGENE PROSTOV,University of Iowa Christian- FRANKLIN B. KRAUSs, Pennsylvania State College Mediaeval and Renaissance-JoHN SHAPLEY,University of Chicago FRANCIS J. TSCHAN, Pennsylvania State University EMERSONH. SWIFT, Columbia University THE JOURNAL OF THE ARCHAEOLOGICALINSTITUTE OF AMERICA CONTENTS AGARD, WALTER R. PAGE Notes on the Siphnian Treasury Frieze . .... ... ........... 237 BILLHEIMER, A. Amendments in Athenian Decrees . ...................... 456 BLEGEN, ELIZABETH PIERCE News Items from Athens . ..... .. ... ..... .. .... .150, 30, 400 BRONEER, OSCAR Discoveries on the North Slope of the Acropolis, 1938 . .... .. ..... .. 445 Recent Discoveries on the North Slope of the Acropolis in Athens (Plate XVI) ..... 161 BROUGHTON, T. R. S. A Greek Inscription from Tarsus . ... .. ........... 55 CAMPBELL, W. A. The Fourth and Fifth Seasons of Excavation at Antioch-on-the-Orontes: 1935-1936 . 205 CARPENTER, RHYS The Greek Alphabet Again . 58 COHEN, LIONEL Evidence for the Ram in the Minoan Period ............ 486 COMFORT, HOWARD Decorated Arretine Ware in the National Museum, Washington . ... .. .... 506 DANIEL, JOHN FRANKLIN Excavations at Kourion: the Late Bronze Age Settlement -Provisional Report ..... 161 DEANE, SIDNEY N. A Statue in the Gardner Museum ..................... 288 DOHAN, EDITH HALL Book Reviews. ... .. ... .. .. .. ... ..177, 307, 424, 587 ... ..... DOWNEY, GLANVILLE Seleucid Chronology in Malalas . .. ... .. ... ........ ... 106 ELDERKIN, G. W. Shield and Mandorla . ............................. 27 The Venus Genetrix of Arcesilaus ... .. ... ....... .. ....... 371 GLUECK, NELSON Archaeological Exploration and Excavation in Palestine, Transjordan, and Syria during 1937 165 GOLDMAN,HETTY Excavations at G6zlii Kule, Tarsus, 1937 . ... .. ............... 30 JOHNSON,FRANKLIN P. Red-Figured Pottery at Chicago . .. ... .... ...... ..... 345 LEHMANN-HARTLEBEN,KARL Two Roman Silver Jugs (Plates XIII-XV) .. ... ... ... ...... ... 82 LUCE, STEPHEN B. Archaeological News and Discussions . ..... .. .... .. .. .375,560 MACKEPRANG,MOGENS B. Late Mycenaean Vases (Plates XXI-XXVIII) . .. ... ..... .. 537 MEDEA, ALBA Mural Paintings in Some Cave Chapels of Southern Italy (Plates I-IX) . 17 MORGAN, CHARLES H., II Excavations at Corinth, Autumn 1937 ... .... ... .... ... 36 OLSEN, ERLING C. An Interpretation of the Hephaisteion Reliefs . ........ ..... 76 PAPASPYRIDI-KAROUZOU, SEMNI A Proto-Panathenaic Amphora in the National Museum at Athens ... ....... 495 RICHTER, GISELA M. A. An Archaic Greek Mirror . ..... .. .. ..... 337 ROBINSON, C. A., JR. The Development of Archaic Greek Sculpture .. .... .... .. 451 ROBINSON, DAVID M. Archaeological News and Discussions .. ... ..... ..130, p291 Bibliography of Archaeological Books -1937 ... ..... .......... ... 34 V11ii viii CONTENTS SCHWABACHER, W. PAGE Die MUinzender Olynthos-Grabung (Plates X-XII) . ..... 70 SCRANTON,ROBERT L. The Fortifications of Athens at the Opening of the Peloponnesian War . 525 SHEAR, T. LESLIE Latter Part of the 1937 Campaign in the Athenian Agora ....... 1 TOWNSEND,PRESCOTT W. The Significance of the Arch of the Severi at Lepcis (Plates XVIII-XX) . 12 VAN BUREN, A. W. News Items from Rome . ............407 . WALTON, FRANCIS R. Notes on Some Inscriptions of Delos . ..........77 . WELLES, C. BRADFORD New Texts from the Chancery of Philip V of Macedonia and the Problem of the "Dia- gramma". ......................... .. 245 WHITTEMORE,THOMAS C. The Mosaics of St. Sophia at Istanbul . ............ 219 WILSON, JOHN A. The Megiddo Ivories. ........... .. ..333 ZANCANIMONTUORO, PAOLA and ZANOTTI-BIANCO,UMBERTO Excavations at the Heraeum of Lucania (Plate XVII) .............. 441 ABBREVIATIONS ...... 200 ARCHAEOLOGICALNEWS AND............. DISCUSSION'S ......... .130, 291,375, 560 Albania . 395 ......... .. American Archaeology. ..... ...399, 586 Asia Minor . ....... .. ..293,. 562 Assyria. .......... .. .. 380 Christian, Byzantine and Mediaeval.......... 148, 298,395,584 Cyprus. ... .. 135 Egypt .... ...292,377,561 . England.. ............ ...147,. 393 Far Eastern Art.................. ....... ..398. Greece . .135,380,566 . Hittite . ... .. 134 Italy ..... .141,293,388,576 Mesopotamia . .............. ....130, . 377 Palestine and Syria.. ............ ...131,292, . 378,563 Persia... .. .98,565 Poland . ..394. Renaissance.................. ....... ....299,397 . Roman................. ....... ...141, 295, 388 Transjordan................... ........ 565 U.S.S.R.......................... ..146, 295 ARCHAEOLOGICAL NOTES . .............. ..1,205,333,,441. BIBLIOGRAPHY OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL BOOKS, 1937 . ............... 324 BOOK REVIEWS . 307, 424,587 NECROLOGY... .. .. ... .... .177, . .130, 291,561 NEWS ITEMS FROM ATHENS............. 150, 30, 400 NEWS ITEMS FROM ROME ...... ............... .......... 407 THIRTY-NINTH GENERAL MEETING OF THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF AMERICA . 121 PLATES I. Cave Chapel of S. Croce in Andria (Bari). The Creation of Eve II. Cave Chapel of S. Vito Vecchio in Gravina (Bari). Fresco in the Apse: Detail III. Cave Chapel of S. Nicholas in Faggiano (Taranto). S. Theodore IV. Cave Chapel of S. Nicholas in Faggiano (Taranto). S. George CONTENTS ix V. Cave Chapel of S. Mary in Poggiardo (Lecce). Madonna with Child between the Archangels, Michael and Gabriel VI. Cave Chapel of S. Mary