AMERICANJOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGY MO ojVI MEN ( RVM TA PRIO RV ?INCo~b THE JOURNAL OF THE ARCHAEOLOGICALINSTITUTE OF AMERICA PUBLISHED QUARTERLY BY THE INSTITUTE VOLUME XLIV 1940 Printed by The Rumford Press, Concord, N. H. EDITORIAL BOARD MARY HAMILTON SWINDLER, Bryn Mawr College, Editor-in-Chief STEPHEN B. LUCE, Fogg Museum, Cambridge, Mass., 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, N. J. (New Excavationsand Discoveries) BENJAMIN D. MERITT, Institute for Advanced Study (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) DAVID M. ROBINSON, Johns Hopkins University (Bibliography, General) MICHAEL I. ROSTOVTZEFF, Yale University (Roman) ALFRED TOZZER, Harvard University (American Archaeology) CAROLINE RANSOM WILLIAMS, Toledo, Ohio (Egyptian Archaeology) HONORARY EDITORS WILLIAM B. DINSMOOR, Columbia University (President of the Institute) LOUIS E. LORD, Oberlin College (Chairman of the Managing Committeeof the School at Athens) 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, University of Illinois Greek and Roman Sculpture-MARGARETE BIEBER, Columbia University Painting and Vases- GEORGE H. CHASE, Harvard University Epigraphy--BENJAMIN D. MERITT, Institute for Advanced Study Architecture- RICHARD STILLWELL, Princeton University Numismatics-E. T. NEWELL, American Numismatic Society, New York City Rome. Architecture and Painting - CLARKHOPKINS, University of Michigan Slavic Archaeology- CLARENCE A. MANNING, Columbia University American Archaeology- HERBERT F. 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) JOHN L. CASKEY, University of Cincinnati (General) SIDNEY N. DEANE, Smith College (Sculpture) ROBERT E. DENGLER, Pennsylvania State College (General) STERLING DOW, Harvard University (Epigraphy) HAROLDN. FOWLER,Washington, D. C. (General) SARAHE. FREEMAN,Johns Hopkins University (Vases) HAZEL HANSEN, Stanford University (Prehistoric Greece) J. PENROSE HARLAND, 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- JOHN W. FLIGHT, Haverford College HENRY S. GEHMAN,Princeton Theological Seminary CYRus H. GORDON, Smith College FRED V. WINNETT, University of Toronto Roman Archaeology- ELIZABETH C. EVANS, Wheaton College GEORGE MI. A. HANFMANN, Harvard University (Etruscan) W. C. MCDERMOTT,University of Pennsylvania ROBERT S. ROGERS, Duke University KENNETH SCOTT, Western Reserve University MERIWETHER STUART, Hunter College LouIs C. WEST, Cleveland, Ohio American Archaeology- WENDELL BENNETT, American Museum of Natural History VLADIMIR J. FEWKES, University Museum, Philadelphia H. U. HALL, Ambler, Pa. (Prehistoric) GEORGEC. VAILLANT, American Museum of Natural History U.S.S.R.- HENRY FIELD, Field Museum of Natural History EUGENE PaOSTOV, Iowa State College Christian- FRANKLIN B. KRAUSS, Pennsylvania State College Mediaeval and Renaissance- EMERSON H. SWIFT, Columbia University FRANCISJ. TSCHAN, Pennsylvania State University THE JOURNAL OF THE ARCHAEOLOGICALINSTITUTE OF AMERICA CONTENTS ALEXANDER, CHRISTINE PAGE An Antefix and a Hekataion Recently Acquired by the Metropolitan Museum of Art .. 293 BEAZLEY, J. D. Postscript to Prometheus ........ .. ........ ... ....... .21. BLEGEN, ELIZABETH PIERCE News Items from Athens . ........................ 537 BLOCH, HERBERT L. Calpurnius Piso Caesoninus in Samothrace and Herculaneum . ....... 485 BRONEER, OSCAR Excavations on the Slopes of the Acropolis, 1939 . .. .. .. ... .. .. ..252 CAMPBELL, W. A. The Sixth Season of Excavation at Antioch-on-the-Orontes: 1937 . 417 DAVIDSON, GLADYS R. A Mediaeval Glass-Factory at Corinth . .. .. .. ... ..... .297 DOHAN, EDITH HALL Book Reviews ............... ........... .150, 257, 398, 543 EHRICH, ROBERT W. Preliminary Notes on Tarsus Crania (Plates XIII-XVI) . .. .. ..... 87 ELDERKIN, G. W. Bronze Statuettes of Zeus Keraunios ............... .... 225 ELIOPOULOS, SOCRATES M. The Ramp of the Temple of Asklepios at Epidauros . .. ..... .. 222 FRASER, A. D. The Geometric Oenochoe with Crossed Tubes from the Athenian Agora . .. .. 457 GLUECK, NELSON Archaeological Exploration and Excavation in Palestine and Transjordan during 1939 . 139 GOLDMAN, HETTY Excavations at Gizlii Kule, Tarsus, 1938...... ... .. .. 60 GRACE, VIRGINIA R. A Cypriote Tomb and Minoan Evidence for Its Date (Plates I-XII). .. .. 10 KAHANE, PETER Die Entwicklungsphasen der Attisch-Geometrischen Keramik (Plates XVII-XXVIII) .. 464 LEHMANN-HARTLEBEN, KARL Preliminary Report on the Second Campaign of Excavation in Samothrace . ... .. 328 LUCE, STEPHEN B. Archaeological News and Discussion ...... .. .. ... 118, 34, 359, 521 MATSON, FREDERICK R. Technological Study of the Glass from Corinth.. .. .. .... 325 MYLONAS, GEORGE E. Greek Vases in the Collection of Washington University in St. Louis . .. 187 NELSON, GRACEW. A Greek Votive lynx-Wheel in Boston . ....... ..... ... .... 443 OBERMANN, JULIAN A Revised Reading of the Tell el-Hesi Inscription, with a Note on the Gezer Sherd ... 93 OLIVER, JAMES H. Addendum .............. ................ ..... 483 RAUBITSCHEK, A. E. Two Monuments Erected after the Victory of Marathon . ...... .. .. .. 53 RICHTER, GISELA M. A. Four Notable Acquisitions of the Metropolitan Museum of Art .... ... ...... 428 Recent Acquisitions of the Metropolitan Museum of Art ..... ......... 181 ROBINSON, DAVID M. Bibliography of Archaeological Books-1939 . ...... .... .... .. ... .286 SMITH, WILLIAM STEVENSON News Items from Egypt ..... ....... ....... ... 145 V11ii viii CONTENTS VAN BUREN, A. W. PAGE News Items from Rome ............................. 376 VENTRIS, M. G. F. Introducing the Minoan Language ........................... 494 WALLACE, MARY Sutor Supra Crepidam .............................. .. 213 YOUNG, RODNEY S. Excavations on Mount Hymettos, 1939 ................. .. 1 ABBREVIATIONS .... ....... ................ ............... 178 ARCHAEOLOGICALNEWS AND DiscussioNs . ............... 118, 234, 359, 521 Aegean Civilization ...........................367, 527 Anatolia .................... .. ..... .....1922,365 Arabia ...................... .. .... ........ 238 Asia Minor ................. .. ..... ..... ... 527 Cyprus ............ .366, 525 Early Christian and Byzantine ............ .. .1392,245, 375, 533 Egypt .. ... .............. .. ...... .. .1920,?236,3692, 522 Far East..................... ... .... ....... 136 General and Miscellaneous. ................ .119, 9236,360,522 Greece ....... .. .......... .122, 9238,369, 528 India ............ ............. ..... 534 Iran.......... .... ............................. .... 364 Italy ........... ................ 243, 373, 530 Mediaeval.. ............ ........ 133, 9248,375, 534 Mesopotamia . ...... ............. .. .1920,237, 364, 525 Palestine. ............. ............. .. .1921,9237,365, 523 Renaissance ........................ .... 135 Roman Britain .............................. 533 Roman Gaul .............................. .1392,374 Rome....... ..... ................................. ..... 128 Syria ............................... .1921,9237,365, 524 U.S.S.R ................ ................. .. ..138, 9249,535 ARCHAEOLOGICAL NOTES . ......... .1, 181,?293,417 BIBLIOGRAPHY OFARCHAEOLOGICAL BOOKS-1939 ...... .............. 286 BOOK REVIEWS..................................150, 257, 398, 543 FORTY-FIRSTGENERAL MEETING OF THE ARCHAEOLOGICALINSTITUTE OF AMERICA. ..... .105 NECROLOGY................................. ..... 117, 9235,360 NEWS ITEMS FROMATHENS ................................. 537 NEWS ITEMS FROMEGYPT .............................. 145 NEWS ITEMS FROM ROME ................................ .. 376 PLATES I. A-Lapithos 1931, Tomb 6 A. Painted Ware (16 only) and Native I. B-Lapithos 1931, Tomb 6 A. Red Polished Ware: Ritual (?) Vessels I. C-Red Polished Ware. Fragments of Composite Vases I. D-Coarse Ware II. Lapithos 1931, Tomb 6 A. Red Polished Ware: Bowls III-VI. Lapithos 1931, Tomb 6 A. Red Polished Ware: Large Round-Mouthed Jugs VII. Lapithos 1931, Tomb 6 A. Red Polished Ware: Large Jugs Having Cups on the Shoulder VIII. Lapithos 1931, Tomb 6 A. Red