Archaeology; Civilization, Ancient; Despotism; Greece -- History -- To 146 B.C.; Wealth
Another fabric of the end of the seventh century and beginning of the
sixth that is well represented at Naukratis is the so-called
Fikellura[589]. This ware is similar to the later phases of the
“Milesian” that show full silhouettes, incisions, and a comparative
absence of fill ornament. Its distinguishing mark is the zone of
crescent-shaped ornament that never appears in the “Milesian” style. Its
date is sufficiently established by its occurrence at Daphnae[590],
which had its Greek garrison removed by Amasis almost certainly in
connexion with his concentration of Greeks in Naukratis[591]. This ware
is assigned by Boehlau to Samos[592], but Perrot[593] well observes how
rash it is to draw wide general conclusions from the meagre finds
published in Boehlau’s _Aus ionischen und italischen Nekropolen_.
[Sidenote: Corinthian (figs. 22, 34),]
Corinthian sherds are also fairly frequent at Naukratis[594]. This ware
prevailed in the seventh century and early sixth and survived till the
end of the sixth century in certain stereotyped forms. Some of the
examples from Naukratis appear to be fairly early; _e.g._ the aryballi
with four warriors[595] belong to a type that was very prevalent about
600 B.C. but had died out before Black Figure came in[596].
[Illustration: Fig. 14. Fikellura or (?) Samian vase found at Daphnae
(Defenneh).]
[Sidenote: Attic (fig. 41)]
The earliest examples of Attic pottery from Naukratis[597] likewise go
back to the very beginning of the sixth century. They belong to a series
of amphorae called Netos amphorae from the name of a centaur painted on
one of them in Attic lettering. Their general archaic appearance and the
survival of the fill ornament show that they must be considerably
earlier than the François vase or the earliest Panathenaic amphorae,
which date from about 565 B.C. Prinz puts them back to about 600.
[Sidenote: and Naukratite (fig. 15),]
For dating the Greek settlement at Naukratis this probably imported ware
is of less importance than a very distinctive style of painted
pottery[598] that was found there in far larger quantities than any of
the fabrics just mentioned, and was almost certainly made by Greeks in
Naukratis itself[599].
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