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 194 Primetivk Grkixi: : Mycf-niak Art. three superimposed bands or flounces. This peculiar arrange- ment appears on countless Chaldaean and Assyrian cylinders;' we again find it, in a slightly modified form, in certain frescoed fragments, on ivories (Figs. 347. 348), and a number of figures engraved on gold signet-rings from Mycenae, or on semi -precious stones which went to the making of bracelets and necklaces (PI. XVI. 5). Whether the fact is due to transmission, imitation, or chance matters little ; one thing is certain, that the fashion ' History of An.