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Cesnola, Luigi Palma di [Hrsg.]
A descriptive atlas of the Cesnola collection of Cypriote antiquities in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (Band 3) — New York, 1903

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Plate CXVIL

Leaden Objects. Shown of actual size. From Larnaca.

1. Spiral: Fibula. Lead. Diameter i^ inch.

Contains a little over two and one-half coils. For examples in gold see Plate XVII, and
for silver, see Plate XLII.

2. Weight: Sinker? Lead; almond-shaped. Length 2%s inches.

3. Mirror. Lead and glass. Length 3^ inches. Diameter iS/% inch.

Of small size but of glass as in modern examples. The glass is now iridescent. About
glass is a rosette border. Reverse is ornamented with figure of an eagle in low relief.

4. Spiral. Like No. 1 in size and appearance.

5. 6. Weights: Sinkers? Lead. Length il/s and 1 ^ inch, respectively.
Similar to No. 2, but smaller.

7. Cupid. Height i5/i6 inch. Breadth (tip to tip of wing) i5/i6 inch.
Playing on a flute, half seated, wings extended.

8. Female Figures, on Pedestal. Height i5/£ inch.

Two figures standing side by side on a common pedestal. Hands missing. Clothed
with chiton and himation.

9. Camel ? Length (breast to tail) 1 ]/^ inch. Height 1^ inch.

Lacks feet. Shows no hump. Cords about body to represent saddle cloths.

10. Table of Offering. Length 23^ inches. Width i%6 inch. Height of figures, %
inch.

Rectangular. Originally had three legs (like No. 12), one attached at the end of table, and
others on the sides near the opposite end ; remnants only now visible. On tables, at ends are the
hind quarter of an animal, and a boar's (?) head. Between is a patera, with omphalos, containing
 
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