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 A History of Art in Sardinia and Judaea. se 242. — Vessel found at Jerusalem. Plans, Elevations, and Sec/ions, Plate XLV. o a single-handled jar, and by reason of a perforated stoppage in the interior of the neck, like that of the Egyptian " gulleh," was probably used for water (Fig. 244). It was found in the Muris- tan together with a smaller frag- ment (Fig. 245). Others, two of which were recovered near Bar- clay's Gate, and the third at Genneth Gate, are mere chips, important nevertheless on account of the designs (Figs. 246, 247, and 248), consisting of parallel lines and bands, crossing each other at different angles with white dots, squares, lozenges, triangles, and meanders on dark ground, typical, as the above, of Cypriote pottery, 1 either imported Irom the coast cities, or manufactured at Jerusalem by Phoenician craftsmen. The resemblance is so striking between these vessels of different locality, that we had no hesi- tation in ascribing to Phoenicia the unique vase of this class, picked up in ^ almost a perfect state at Jerusalem, now '..*' .-.ïffîK t in the Louvre. 2 The difference of level in which this pottery was found — the ornamented frag- ments lying from four to six metres below the surface, has led to the con- clusion that they belong to a much later period. 3 Precisely similar ware, albeit somewhat more archaic, has been en- countered from time to time on the surface of the ground in the land of Moab. 4 In the same group and the same era, may be placed a dish of brown earthenware, 1 Hist, of Art, torn. iii. chap. x. § 2. 2 Loc. cit., p. 670, Fig. 478. 8 In regard to this subject, see explanations which accompany the drawings that we have reproduced from Plate XLIV., Atlas of the Palestine Exploration Fund. i These fragments are in the "Jewish Room" in the Louvre (Héron de Villefosse, Notice des Monuments provenant de la Palestine, note 7, 1877). Fig. 243.— Marks on Handles of Amphora?.