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An Italic bronze horse-bit attachment
the slightly curved bar grooved and terminating in a horse head with rigid mane, five small attachment rings along inner side, below the terminal a loop with another attachment ring for the mouthpiece -- 5¼in. (13.4cm.) long, circa 6th Century B.C.; a lead meat hook with six pronged claw -- 10¼in. (26cm.) long; another similar; and three related lead attachments -- 11in. (28cm.) long max., all for funerary use, circa 4th Century B.C.; and a Greek bronze phiale, the bowl with central omphalos and offset lip -- 4 7/8in. (12.5cm.) diam., circa 5th Century B.C. (7)

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