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『東洋文庫所蔵』貴重書デジタルアーカイブ

200   ARCHEOLOGICAL EXCAVATIONS AT ANCIENT MERV.

Faience : Blue-glazed with deep grooves (G.K. 147; fig. 2o), from outer digging I, between 11.5 feet and 14 feet 4 inches.

Clay : Cylindrical, blue, imitation of turquoise (G.K. 184; fig. 21), from the declivity in gallery Iv; spherical, covered with gold (G.K. 202), from outer digging I, between 20 feet 5 inches and 23 feet 4 inches.

(h) TERRA-COTTA FIGURES.

Figures of both human and animal form, made from burnt clay, were found in the excavations on the acropolis and in those on the plateau of the main city. I enumerate them as follows:

A torso of a naked figure with a bent back (sitting?) (G.K. 99; plate 55, fig. I), from the surface near outer digging 1.

The lower part of a bulky, naked male figure, painted black, red, and yellow (G.K. 44; plate 55, fig. 2), from the upper digging, between 8.75 and 11.5 feet.

A female head with short locks and ornaments for the hair, probably with a kerchief (G.K. 201 ; plate 55, fig. 3), from the outer digging between 20 feet 5 inches and 23 feet 4 inches.

Female figure in relief, standing in a long robe, with rich neck ornaments, holding a mirror in the right hand before the breast, the left hand placed lower down and the head wanting; made in a mold (G.K. 63; plate 55, fig. 4); found on the surface near outer digging I.

Male figure in relief, bearded, with high pointed cap, and holding a band or chain in both hands. The lower part is wanting (G.K. 17a; plate 55, fig. 5). This also was pressed in a mold. From the upper digging within 2 feet 4 inches of surface.

The animal figures are very numerous. In so far as any determination is possible, they are representations of horses. G.K. 118 (plate 56, fig. 2) may serve as an example. It was found in outer digging 1, between 9 feet and 11.5 feet, as was also an isolated specimen—a mounted figure—painted in black and red. The rider is broken off, except a part of the left leg (G.K. 177; plate 56, fig. I). It is from outer digging II, near the large supply vessels.

(i) STONE VESSELS.

A small cup of soapstone with four feet (G.K. 135; plate 56, fig. 3), from near the great pithoi in outer digging II, is worthy of remark. The exterior of the object is adorned with engraving. Vertical bands decorate the feet, with concentric circles surrounding a central point, and crescent-like between. Fragments of other stone vessels without ornamentation (G.K. 43, 44b) were found in the upper digging, between 8.75 and 11.5 feet.

(k) SLING IMPLEMENTS.

As in the North and South Kurgans of Anau, so also here in Ghiaur Kala there were found numerous sling implements of stone and clay. We will have to assume that they had remained in use since antiquity. Their forms are not