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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBlSiE. MEDFORD. ORE.
THURSDAY. OCTOBER 6, I960
Ancient Silver Cup
Located in Cyprus
Puzzles Scientists
London - (Science Service)
j - The restoration of a cor
: rosion encrusted silver cup
made with pride by some un
5 known silversmith over 3,000
', years ago raised a problem
I which is puzzling scientists.
' The cup was buried in the
j ground of Enkomi in the is
I land of Cyprus, where it lay
hidden until modern times.
i The problem concerns the
J decoration on the cup. As a
, result of laboratory work, the
i decoration was first reported
1 to be an inlay of a substance
! called niello. Niello is a mix-
ture of the sulfides of silver
j and copper and is the basis of
;jewelry which has been made
"for many hundreds of years
1 by a very tricky process hand-
ed down from father to son
? in Siam (Thailand) and other
" parts of southeast Asia.
The Enkomi cv.p is dated at
1,400 B.C. If the niello decora
Vtion was used in Cyprus at
I that early date, it is a dis
! covery of great importance to
' archaeologists.
I But Drs. G. R. Claringbull
i and A. A. Moss of the depart
ment of mineralogy of -the
British Museum here report
J they believe that the evidence
I suggesting the decora tion.
might be niello is not con
' elusive. They consider the evi
i dence is that the Enkomi cup
was inlaid with copper.
t When first' excavated, the
cup was covered with green
i
corrosive products. Prelimi
nary examination showed the
presence of gold and a black
nnwriprv etihstance. When the
black powder was analyzed
spectrograpnicauy, tne resuus
indicated that it might be
niello. The next problem was
how to remove the corrosion
ilfo nf crime three'thousand
years in the ground without
Jocfrnuind pithpr the Sold Or
the niello. Laboratory experi
ments with niello showed inai
it would resist being soaked
in hot formic acia. ine noi
acid was therefore used to
wash off the incrustation. Be-
nnqiVi nritfinal decor
ation was revealed in a sur
prisingly fresh condition.
Feeling Explained
rw HarniH J. Plenderleith
of the International Centre
for the study of the Preserva
tion and Restoration of Cul
tural Property in Rome ex
plains why he feels the En
komi cup was decorated in
niello: The perfection of line
and luster survived immers
ion for 20 minutes in com
mercial formic acid at boiling
temperature without any sign
of loss. The black patterns
were "lustrous or splendent
and enamel-like" and, where
iinriaTnacpH hv time and the
soil, the material formed a
perfect tracery ot sntny jei
black .mass-and-line ornament
in the bright silver ground
work. -v
The Family Council
Fdltrir'i Note: The Family Council consists oft' Judge, a psychlj-
E?Jt".,.ri .Hit and a women's editor. Each article
is a' summary of an actual case history. The Council reports mi
problem!? that hay. been dealt with by responsible asencles and
counselors. i -
i
another. The girl, capable of
Mr. L. P.-He'll regret this
Peter P.-I never loved my
wife.
.
Mil. 1. P.-I am a widow
with only one son and l am
uidariv .licnnrtninted in him.
Uiv ft .
Peter is 26 and he married
a perfectly wonderful girl
ihrao VPnrS R?fl. Thev Jiave
no children yet. I love Eunice
a Haiichtrr of my
as i wwuiu -o -
r,.. nnw T have learned
something terrible about my
son.! He is involved an an af
fair 7 with Eunice's ..'-"best
friend." , , ,
Eunice doesn't know this
I ---.4 T fm mrl -nil t hv accident.
: Peter admitted everything to
me He told me ne warns i
: be divorced. This is madness
i , hie wife is every-
i thing desirable - attractive,
i good-natured, a perfect home
maker and has the sort of per
! in.. v,ot makes everyone
. , rm.:. nthpr ffirl isn t
' love ner. in " . .,
f nearly as pretty and is sport
I ed. I don't know how to stop
t him from taking a srey . "
regret all his me.
tut, mine is all that
my mother says she is. The
only trouciie is u.a. -i
' i in inve with her.
iTwent out with her for
i companion and because my
mother kept throwing us to
r mrf mother started
f mP aigning for mamage.
She said I couldn't go on keep
. fng Eunice on the string for
jmK -Mhpr T wasnt
over, l iuiw iiv. - , ,
- to love with her. but she said
that would come.
.. . j:w after our mar
riaee I began to feel terribly
Iraoped. Eunice and I sudden-yrap?-"
J ... have nothing m
I friend Janice
t . . ; around and sud-
CToitmorefuno
t talk to her than any girl Id
ever known. At last I realized
h e. . ..... ..... (ho rpal thinE.
See jeh
1 r- mp a long time. 1 cant
: go on with my wife.
The Council: There is more
uinman too many
":,"u There are two.
mM it is for Mrs
- ' i ,ct nrrpnt the fact
Li. r., sue hiu . , -
that she cannot do anything
about this matter. She can of
v.or son her ad-
course, , , .
vice and opinion, but that is
all
" .. hipm is more one
of immaturity than
else A grown man ij
r . : imDorUnt a
responsibility as marriage
simply doesn't let his mother
5lmr..' . hi into the step.
He doesn't "marry a woman
teFZ- is
looking for an easy way out
of his situation. - -
tempting to build . love and
leIn?"V?in, ,ilh his wife.
j istpiv looked for an
ne iiiuncu""- .
rrho npnrest one at
hand-a girl, who evidently in
truded herself between the
young couple-looked like an
; ideal escape route.
nn.:. ,-olatinnshlD. built on
i an ugly deception, can have
few of the elements involved
! in real love. Peter wishes to
'.u-i .in.i his mother and
the dominant role she has
1 played in his mariUl life. Un-
; fortunately, like most violent
: ....-ii:,. thin one would
! .probably succeed simply in
!JretilacinB one tyranny with
rtpttinor Involved in an affair
with her best friend's hus
band, must be a highly un
principled aggressor. Peter
would merely find himself in
a new, perhaps more poweriui
"trap.
There is no quick, easy way
out of Peter's problem. But
thA -nlntinn is within him.
When he gains the strength
and insight to see nimsen
-ip.iv rtp win. reorganize
that love, unlike infatuation
may be built througn eitori
and good win.
(Copyrignt i.bu,
General Features Corp.)
Child Molester
Added to FBI's
Most Wanted List
Wacliinglnn - fllPII - Doiiald
Lerov Pavne. 42, a rapist and
child molester, was placed on
the FBI's list of 10 most want
ed criminals today.
The fugitive has a history
of vicious sex attacks on wom
en and children dating back
23 years. He is currently
sou-ht for the rape of an 18-
year-old girl and perversion
committed against a 12-year-
old boy in Houston, Tex., in
July, 1959.
Described as Dangerous
. TJavnp whose nose is mis
shapen from an accident, has
hoon rfpsrrihed bv a iudse as
. rianeerous criminal "who
vunnlri not hesitate to Km.
TrnT raiitinn: that he
should be considered "aimed I
and dangerous.
Davnp Kprvnrl his first ncni-
Ipntiarv sentences in New
Mexico for ine rape oi a io
vpar.nlrl cirl and sex perver
sion against a woman victim.
He was sentenceo to oan
onpniin nrison in California
in 1950 for sex attacks on a
9-year-old girl and ner lu
v..r.nld hrother whom he had
picked up near their home at
Monterey, Calif.
.'ho .noiiivp was wanted by
California authorities as a pa
role violator at the time oi
the Houston crimes.
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