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VASES ON TABLE CASE A.
No. 1. Terracotta Jcernos, probably used for holding
flowers or offerings, ornamented with high reliefs. On two
opposite sides are a head bearded and horned, resting on
two panthers, and flanked by a pair of Cupids; on the
other two sides a female head supported by a kneeling
Cupid, with a larger male head on each side.
No. 2. Krater. (1) The Death of Priam ; (2) the meeting
of Menelaos and Helen and the rape of Kassandra; (3) (on
the neck) female bust between two winged figures seated
on floral arabesques. Rev. (1) Two heroes making a
libation at an altar, behind which is an idol on a pedestal;
on the left is Herakles. At either end of the scene a dove
on a tree. It is thought that the subject represented is a
sacrifice by Menelaos and Pyrrhos at the altar of Dione at
Dodona, and that the birds are the two doves of that oracle.
(2) Assembly of seven deities; in the centre is Zeus with
Ganymedes at his side; (3) (on the neck) a battle of
Greeks and Amazons.
This vase is remarkable for its size, as well as for variety
and interest of subject. Probably from Apulia. For-
merly in the collection of Prince Napoleon Buonaparte.
Minervini, JBullett. Arch. Nap. 1858, p. 145, pi. 8, 9.
No. 3. A sepulchral urn, ornamented with three half-
Gryphons, projecting from the neck. These Gryphons still
retain their gilding. The remainder of the vase is painted
white, and encircled round the shoulder with a myrtle
wreath. With it was found a small figure of a Siren
kneeling on a rock, which is exquisitely modelled, and has
been gilt and painted. The urn contains bones, among
which was found the small silver coin, naulon, which the
ancients placed in the mouth of the dead to pay their
passage over the Styx, and which still adhered to the
jawbone. This beautiful and unique vase was found by
Mr. T. Burgon in a tomb at Athens.
VASES ON TABLE CASES C, E; G.
On Table Cases E, G are six Panathenaic amphorce, of
which five were obtained from Teuchira (Tocra), and one
from Euesperitse (Benghazi), in the Cyrenaica. Of the
three amphorce on Case C, one was found at Capua, the
VASES ON TABLE CASE A.
No. 1. Terracotta Jcernos, probably used for holding
flowers or offerings, ornamented with high reliefs. On two
opposite sides are a head bearded and horned, resting on
two panthers, and flanked by a pair of Cupids; on the
other two sides a female head supported by a kneeling
Cupid, with a larger male head on each side.
No. 2. Krater. (1) The Death of Priam ; (2) the meeting
of Menelaos and Helen and the rape of Kassandra; (3) (on
the neck) female bust between two winged figures seated
on floral arabesques. Rev. (1) Two heroes making a
libation at an altar, behind which is an idol on a pedestal;
on the left is Herakles. At either end of the scene a dove
on a tree. It is thought that the subject represented is a
sacrifice by Menelaos and Pyrrhos at the altar of Dione at
Dodona, and that the birds are the two doves of that oracle.
(2) Assembly of seven deities; in the centre is Zeus with
Ganymedes at his side; (3) (on the neck) a battle of
Greeks and Amazons.
This vase is remarkable for its size, as well as for variety
and interest of subject. Probably from Apulia. For-
merly in the collection of Prince Napoleon Buonaparte.
Minervini, JBullett. Arch. Nap. 1858, p. 145, pi. 8, 9.
No. 3. A sepulchral urn, ornamented with three half-
Gryphons, projecting from the neck. These Gryphons still
retain their gilding. The remainder of the vase is painted
white, and encircled round the shoulder with a myrtle
wreath. With it was found a small figure of a Siren
kneeling on a rock, which is exquisitely modelled, and has
been gilt and painted. The urn contains bones, among
which was found the small silver coin, naulon, which the
ancients placed in the mouth of the dead to pay their
passage over the Styx, and which still adhered to the
jawbone. This beautiful and unique vase was found by
Mr. T. Burgon in a tomb at Athens.
VASES ON TABLE CASES C, E; G.
On Table Cases E, G are six Panathenaic amphorce, of
which five were obtained from Teuchira (Tocra), and one
from Euesperitse (Benghazi), in the Cyrenaica. Of the
three amphorce on Case C, one was found at Capua, the