A Cypriot Base Ring ware pottery handled jug, the body with flaring foot and mouth, the tall neck moulded with two bands, reputedly from Nabesha, Egypt -- 5½in. (14cm.) high, 1650-1400 B.C.; a St Menas pottery pilgrim flask, the flat circular body with a schematic representation of St Menas on both sides, standing between two camels, two crosses either side of his head -- 3 5/8in. (9.1cm.) high; a Byzantine pottery jug, the body with horizontal ribbing and pointed base; another similar -- 5¼in. (13.3cm.) high av., all mid 4th-7th Century A.D.; a Roman plainware pottery bowl; another smaller -- 7½in. (19cm.) and 4¾in. (12cm.) diam. respectively; and six other pottery vessels including an Egyptian frog lamp -- 4in. (10.2cm.) long, two other lamps and an encrusted Palestinian jug, mainly Roman and earlier (13)

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A Cypriot Base Ring ware pottery handled jug, the body with flaring foot and mouth, the tall neck moulded with two bands, reputedly from Nabesha, Egypt -- 5½in. (14cm.) high, 1650-1400 B.C.; a St Menas pottery pilgrim flask, the flat circular body with a schematic representation of St Menas on both sides, standing between two camels, two crosses either side of his head -- 3 5/8in. (9.1cm.) high; a Byzantine pottery jug, the body with horizontal ribbing and pointed base; another similar -- 5¼in. (13.3cm.) high av., all mid 4th-7th Century A.D.; a Roman plainware pottery bowl; another smaller -- 7½in. (19cm.) and 4¾in. (12cm.) diam. respectively; and six other pottery vessels including an Egyptian frog lamp -- 4in. (10.2cm.) long, two other lamps and an encrusted Palestinian jug, mainly Roman and earlier (13)

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