A brazier protome, with a mask of Silenos wearing a crown of ivy, the inscription: EKATAIOY in relief above -- 4½in. (11.5cm.) high; two others similar, each moulded with long bearded heads, wearing conical caps in rectangular framework -- 5¼in. (13.3cm.) high max.; a miniature model amphora, the front with a brick furnace in relief, inscribed 'CANAT'(?) above, the reverse with a scene including a winged figure -- 2¾in. (7cm.) high; a model of a bench surmounted by an erotic group, under which the head of Bes and two others are shown in relief -- 8 3/8in. (21.3cm.) long; a terracotta sandaled foot -- 2 3/8in. (6cm.) long; and a fragmentary tapering 'tube', three moulded heads, one above the other, including the head of Bes and a satyr -- 6¼in. (15.8cm.) high, some damaged, all circa 1st Century B.C./A.D. (7)

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A brazier protome, with a mask of Silenos wearing a crown of ivy, the inscription: EKATAIOY in relief above -- 4½in. (11.5cm.) high; two others similar, each moulded with long bearded heads, wearing conical caps in rectangular framework -- 5¼in. (13.3cm.) high max.; a miniature model amphora, the front with a brick furnace in relief, inscribed 'CANAT'(?) above, the reverse with a scene including a winged figure -- 2¾in. (7cm.) high; a model of a bench surmounted by an erotic group, under which the head of Bes and two others are shown in relief -- 8 3/8in. (21.3cm.) long; a terracotta sandaled foot -- 2 3/8in. (6cm.) long; and a fragmentary tapering 'tube', three moulded heads, one above the other, including the head of Bes and a satyr -- 6¼in. (15.8cm.) high, some damaged, all circa 1st Century B.C./A.D. (7)

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