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Title: Catalogue of the bronzes, Greek, Roman, and Etruscan, in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum
Year: 1899 (1890s)
Authors: British Museum. Dept. of Greek and Roman Antiquities Walters, Henry Beauchamp, 1867-1944
Subjects: Bronzes -- Catalogs Art, Ancient
Publisher: London, Printed by order of the Trustees
Contributing Library: Wellesley College Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Wellesley College Library

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man, seated to 1., beardless, with petasos and short chiton,at his 1. side a basket; behind him is a duck with an eel in its mouth. Thenext moves to r., looking to 1., with short chiton and chlamys over 1. shoulder ;he carries a pole over 1. shoulder, at each end of which hangs a basket containingfish. The next is beardless, and has petasos and chlamys fastened on 1. shoulder ;he stoops forward to the front, spreading or drawing in a net; on either side of M 2 164 CATALOGUE OF BRONZES. him is a duck. The next to r., with petasos, chlamys fastened on I. shoulder,and short chiton, holds out a landing-net. In the field are numerous specimensof cuttle-fish and octopus, dolphins, and torpedos, and other fish as those roundthe rim, filling up every available space. Ht. 2\ in. Diam. 9I in. Found at Porto dAnzio in 1782. Towneley Coll. The drawinghere reproduced was made for Mr. Towneley. Rim slightly broken. A similar representationis given by Schreiber, Alexandr. Toreutik, fig. 63, p. 325.
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Fig. 25 = No. GRAECO-ROMAN BR< )NZES. I65 C—INSCRIBED BRONZE OBJECTS OF THE ROMAN PERIOD (885-908). 885. Ticket Inscribed: EKATON GEQNOZ AMIOZ, V^droyv Qicovo? A/U09 (or perhaps S)d/JLio<i). Length 2 in. Smyrna, 1885. 886. 887 888. Fragment of Tablet. Inscribed THPIAC TAIOY IOYAIOYANOYXYCIOY KAlACnA;\U)VOC CYN~>YCHC THCT€6j x 9I x I in. Beyrut, 1884. Gr&))Tf?p/a? Taiov IoiAtou. )avov Avaiov real Acnra\aiast&CKwvos avv\_ . . . Oval Tablet, stamped with three heads, representing the Emperor Philip,his son Philip, and his wife Otacilia. The Emperor is to r., bearded and laureated,wearing a chlamys ; his son to L, beardless and laureated, and his wife to 1., withhair drawn back in parallel waves and gathered up at the neck (in the style ofthe third century), and drapery visible at the throat. On the 1. is a small figureof Zeus Serapis seated on a stool to r., in the attitude of the Olympian Zeus,with long hair, polos, and fillet, sceptre in r. hand tied round

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