THE ANNUAL OF THE BRITISH SCHOOL AT ATHENS No. XXXIX SESSION 1938-39 PRINTED FOR THE SUBSCRIBERS AND SOLD ON THEIR BEHALF BY MACMILLAN & CO., LIMITED LONDON PRICE TWO GUINEAS NET Downloaded from https://www.cambridge.org/core. IP address: 170.106.34.90, on 24 Sep 2021 at 17:17:25, subject to the Cambridge Core terms of use, available at https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0068245400012132 THE ANNUAL OF THE BRITISH SCHOOL AT ATHENS No. XXXIX SESSION 1938—1939 PRINTED FOR THE SUBSCRIBERS AND SOLD ON THEIR BEHALF BY MACMILLAN & CO., LIMITED LONDON 1942 Downloaded from https://www.cambridge.org/core. IP address: 170.106.34.90, on 24 Sep 2021 at 17:17:25, subject to the Cambridge Core terms of use, available at https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0068245400012132 THE BRITISH SCHOOL AT ATHENS PATRON HIS MAJESTY THE KING MANAGING COMMITTEE 1938-1939 PROFESSOR BERNARD ASHMOLE 1 EDWIN HANSON FRESHFIELD, Esq. > Trustees. V. W. YORKE, Esq., Hon. Treasurer J PROFESSOR J. D. BEAZLEY. Appointed by the University of Oxford. PROFESSOR D. S. ROBERTSON. Appointed by the University of Cambridge. RT. HON. LORD MESTON, K.C.S.I. Appointed by the University of London. SIR DOUGAL MALCOLM. Appointed by All Souls College, Oxford. M. S. THOMPSON, Esq., Appointed by the Hellenic Society. H. M. FLETCHER, Esq., F.R.I.B.A. Appointed by the Royal Institute of British Architects. C. M. ROBERTSON, Esq., ex qfficio as Joint Editor of the Annual. A. ANDREWES, Esq.. PROFESSOR R. M. DAWKINS, F.B.A. SIR ARTHUR EVANS, D.Litt., LL.D., F.R.S., F.S.A., F.B.A. SIR JOHN FORSDYKE, K.G.B., F.S.A. B. L. HALLWARD, Esq. N. G. L. HAMMOND, Esq. SIR GEORGE HILL, K.C.B., D.C.L., D.Litt., LL.D., F.S.A. R. J. H. JENKINS, Esq. Miss H. L. LORIMER. PROFESSOR J. LINTON MYRES, O.B.E., D.Litt., F.B.A., F.S.A. Chairman. M. N. TOD, Esq., O.B.E. PROFESSOR A. J. B. WACE. H. T. WADE-GERY, Esq. SIR SIDNEY WATERLOW, K.C.M.G., C.B.E. Miss EDITH CLAY, Secretary, 50 Bedford Square, W.C.I. Hon. Treasurer, V. W. YORKE, Esq., 9-13 George Street, Manchester Square, W.i. DIRECTOR G. M. YOUNG, Esq., C.I.E., M.A. Downloaded from https://www.cambridge.org/core. IP address: 170.106.34.90, on 24 Sep 2021 at 17:17:25, subject to the Cambridge Core terms of use, available at https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0068245400012132 TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE 1. S. BENTON. Excavations in Ithaca, III; The Cave at Polis, II . i 2. S. BENTON. The Date of the Cretan Shields .... 52 3. H. THOMAS. The Acropolis Treasure from Mycenae . 65 4. W. LAMB and H. BANCROFT. Report on the Lesbos Charcoals . 88 5. L. H. JEFFERY. A Sixth-Century Poros Inscription from Attica. 90 6. J. M. R. CORMACK. Unpublished Inscriptions from Beroea . 94 7. C. KAROUZOS. Notes on some Sculptures in the Acropolis Museum .......... 99 Downloaded from https://www.cambridge.org/core. IP address: 170.106.34.90, on 24 Sep 2021 at 17:17:25, subject to the Cambridge Core terms of use, available at https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0068245400012132 LIST OF PLATES EXCAVATIONS IN ITHACA, III. 1. Rough Bronze-Age Pottery. 2. Early and Middle Bronze-Age Pottery. 3. Middle Helladic Pottery. 4-7. Mycenaean Pottery. 8. Mycenaean Kylikes. 9. Transitional (Mycenaean to Protogeometric) and Protogeometric Pottery. 10. Geometric Pottery. 11. Protocorinthian and Corinthian Pottery. 12. Corinthian Vases and Ivory Figurine. 13. Rhodian, Laconian and Protocorinthian Pottery. 14. Attic and Hellenistic Pottery. 15. Fragments of ' West Slope ' Ware. 16-17. Hellenistic Plastic Bowls. 18. Geometric and Archaic Terracottas. 19. Archaic and Classical Terracottas. 20. Classical Terracottas. 21. Hellenistic Terracottas. 22. Archaic and Classical Terracottas. 23. Lamps, Coins and Seals. 24. Coins. THE DATE OF THE CRETAN SHIELDS. 25. 1 and 2, Bronze Lion from Palaikastro; 3, Protocorinthian Ring-Vase. THE ACROPOLIS TREASURE FROM MYCENAE. 26. a, Gold Goblet, Athens 957. b, Clay Goblet from Attica. 27. a, Gold Cup, Athens 961. b, Detail of 26, a. 28. Gold Spiral Coils, Beads, Lion and Signet Rings. Downloaded from https://www.cambridge.org/core. IP address: 170.106.34.90, on 24 Sep 2021 at 17:17:25, subject to the Cambridge Core terms of use, available at https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0068245400012132 vi LIST OF PLATES A SIXTH-CENTURY POROS INSCRIPTION FROM ATTICA. 29. The Inscription. UNPUBLISHED INSCRIPTIONS FROM BEROEA. 30. Inscriptions 1, 2 and 4-7. Downloaded from https://www.cambridge.org/core. IP address: 170.106.34.90, on 24 Sep 2021 at 17:17:25, subject to the Cambridge Core terms of use, available at https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0068245400012132 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS IN THE TEXT EXCAVATIONS IN ITHACA, III. PAGE Fig. i. Rough Bronze-Age Pottery ..... 2 Fig. 2. Rough Bronze-Age Pottery ..... 4 Figs. 3-5. Early and Middle Helladic Pottery . .15 Figs. 6-9. Sections of Mycenaean, Geometric, East Greek and Rhodian Pottery . .18 Fig. 10. Protogeometric Pottery . .21 Fig. 11. Fragment of an Attic Cup . .21 Fig. 12. Drawings from Corinthian Vases . 23 Fig. 13. Sections of Corinthian Vases ..... 26 Fig. 14. Sections of Attic Vases . -31 Fig. 15. Sections of Plastic Bowls ..... 34 Fig. 16. Sections of Red and Grey Ware .... 36 Figs. 17, 18. Hellenistic Pottery ...... 37 Fig. 19. Inscribed Sherd ....... 39 Fig. 20. Terracotta Reliefs ....... 44 Fig. 21. Section of a Lamp ...... 45 Fig. 22. Ivory Figurine ....... 47 Fig. 23. Inscribed Sherd . .51 THE DATE OF THE CRETAN SHIELDS. Fig. 1. Detail of a Shield from Palaikastro .... 56 Fig. 2. Ivory Fibulae from Psychro ..... 59 THE ACROPOLIS TREASURE FROM MYCENAE. Fig. 1. The Warrior Vase from Mycenae .... 70 Fig. 2. Gold Lion, Athens 991 . -77 Downloaded from https://www.cambridge.org/core. IP address: 170.106.34.90, on 24 Sep 2021 at 17:17:25, subject to the Cambridge Core terms of use, available at https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0068245400012132.