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PART TWO: ^
the PERIPHERAL regions
fragmentary silver bowl from Amathus in Cyprus* 2°i a citv is om i j r
by Assyrian-looking archers md Giyv-I- Ir, I ’ ‘ ty attackcd, from the right,
round shields From thetf h ’ Glcck' °okmg spearmen with crested helmets and
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Figure 97. Bowl from the Bcrnardiiii tomb at Palestrina

double-axe. On either side indistinguishable horsemen are shown to be converging on
the beleaguered town. Any inclination to interpret this design as a record of actu ty

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the^ Cypriot palmettc’, but these men hold ankh signs in their hands, and c ot

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