(=512=) _Excavations in Cyprus_, p. 15, 1477; (=516=,
=517=) _Cat. of Terracottas_, D 542, D 544; (=518=) _Cat. of
Sculpture_, III., 2212; (=520=) _Cat. of Lamps_, 1142; (=521=)
_Cat. of Vases_, II., B 226; (=522=) _Cat. of Terracottas_, D
550. Cf. Daremberg and Saglio, s.v. _Torcular_; (=523=)
_Cat. of Lamps_, 661; (=524=) Cf. Daremberg and Saglio, s.v.
_Clitellae_; (=525=) _Excavations in Cyprus_, p. 112.
[Footnote 62: i. 169 ff.; Cf. Gow, _Journ. of Hellenic
Studies_, xxxiv., p. 249.]
[Footnote 63: Varro, _Res Rust._ i. 55: de oliveto
oleam ... legere oportet potius quam quatere.]
XVIII.--INDUSTRIAL ARTS.
(Table-Case H.)
In Table Case H we have objects illustrating the craft of the metal
worker, the potter, the turner, and the woodworker.
[Illustration: FIG. 214.--LIMESTONE HALF-MOULD, WITH CAST FROM SAME
(NO. 531). Ht. 4-1/2 in.]
Towards one end of the case are objects illustrating the processes of
metal work. A Greek vase of the sixth century B.C. depicts a man in
the act of thrusting a mass of metal into a blazing furnace.
Anvil, tongs, and hammers are visible (No. =526=). Beside it is a
reproduction of a Vase in the Ashmolean Museum at Oxford, showing an
armourer at work on a helmet (No. =527=). Two limestone moulds of a
very early period are for casting primitive implements (No. =528=).
Note also a mould (No. =529=) for a metal weight of a type similar to
that with the head of Herakles in Case 41. The mould shows a female
head with a cornucopia before it, apparently a personification of
Profit ([Greek: Kerdos]), whose name appears above the head. Another
mould (No. =530=) is intended for a series of lead weights of values
[Greek: a'] to [Greek: ê'], that is, 1 to 8. (Compare a similar set in
Case 42.) It should be observed that the moulds seen here are, for
the most part, only half-moulds, or in some cases even less. A
corresponding half-mould had to be placed in position before casting
could be effected. This is well shown by a limestone half-mould from
Rome (No. =531=; fig. 214) for casting lead counters, with designs
representing Victory, Fortune, and Athena. Here can be seen the
channels by which the molten metal was introduced, and the holes for
the studs joining the two half-moulds together. In one of these a lead
stud still remains.
[Illustration: FIG. 215.--PART OF MOULD FOR A RING OF THE SHAPE
INDICATED (NO. 532).]
The steatite mould for a ring of the Mycenaean period (No. =532=; Fig.
215) required a counterpart piece, and a third piece at the bottom to
complete it. Some of the steatite moulds which have no channels for
the molten metal, were probably used for the production of ornaments
by pressing and rubbing thin foil into the forms.
[Illustration: FIG. 216.--GREEK POTTER AT WORK (NO. 533). Ht. 4-1/2
in.]
[Illustration: FIG. 217.--POTTER'S WHEEL IN TERRACOTTA (NO. 534).
Diam. 9-3/4 in.]
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