Jan., 191 2. Antiquities from Boscoreale. 187 



somewhat less spirited than a ring-holding mask from Nemi, 1 which 

 is otherwise rather similar, and lack the charm of style which exists 

 in the typically not very different lions' heads in the gymnasium at 

 Priene, 2 belonging to the second century B.C. 



Although bathing had been practiced by the Greeks from Homeric 

 times, and by the Romans of the republican period, only a few bathing- 

 vessels have survived from antiquity. In the Naples Museum there 

 are two bronze tubs 3 from Pompeii. There is a marble tub 4 with fluted 

 sides and ornamental lion-mask handles in the Louvre. 



24356. Length (top), outside, m. 1.951 (=6 ft. 4.8 in.); inside, m. 1.71 ( = 5 ft. 

 7.3 in.). Length (bottom), inside, m. 1.53 (=4 ft. X in.). Width (top), outside, 

 m. 0.863 ( = 2 ft. 10 in.); inside, m. 0.704 ( = 2 ft. 3^ in.). Width (bottom), inside, 

 m. 0.565 ( = 1 ft. io,!^ in.). Depth, ends, m. 0.538 ( = 1 ft. 9^ in.), 0.544 (■»! ft. 

 g-fo in.), center, m. 0.523 ( = 1 ft. 8fi in.). Width of roll (average), m. 0.0193 ( = -759 

 in.). Width of ledge, on which bottom rests, about m. 0.01 (=0.39 in.). Thickness 

 of metal, about m. 0.002 (=0.078 in.). At one end of one side, crack, mended with 

 two iron strips riveted under rim, the copper rivet-heads showing on top (modern 

 repair). 



24357- Length (top), outside, m. 2.143 ( = 7 ft. }i in.); inside, m. 1.88 (= 6 ft. 

 2 in.). Length of bottom, inside, m. 1.465 (=4 ft. 9H in.). Width (top), outside, 

 m. 0.866 (=2 ft. 10.09 in.); inside, m. 0.713 ( = 2 ft. 4.07 in.). Width (bottom), 

 inside, m. 0.5795 ( = 1 ft. 10.8 in.). Depth, ends, m. 0.52 ( = 1 ft. 8^ in.), 0.503 ( = 1 

 ft. 7H in-), center, m. 0.496 ( = 1 ft. 7rV in.)- Width of roll (average), m. 0.0196 

 ( = .77 in.). Width of ledge, about m. 0.0132 (=0.519 in.). Thickness of metal, 

 about 0.003 ( = -i 18 in.), but, at edges of hole, m. 0.004 ( = .157 in.). Diameter of 

 hole, m. 0.024 ( = -944 in.) X0.022 (=0.866 in.). Diameter of a ring, m. 0.195 

 ( = 7fjin.) X m. 0.155 (=6>i$in.). Thickness of rings, about m. 0.0226 ( = 0.889 in.)- 

 On one side, under rim, two iron strips riveted; near turn at one end, two others, and 

 a copper strip which is also probably modern. 



BRONZE CASSEROLE. 24410. [Plates CXXXVI-CXXXVIIL] 



Shallow casserole found in Villa I on the floor of the corridor, near 

 the large cupboard. The preservation is excellent, but there is a 

 thick coating of green and blue oxide. It is cast in two pieces, handle 

 and bowl, which are riveted together. After the casting, the bottom 

 of the bowl was ornamented with concentric circles finely turned on 

 a lathe. 



The bowl rests on a substantial base-ring. The full round curve 

 of the sides secures large capacity in proportion to the width and 



1 Notts, degli Scavi, 1895. P- 369, fig. 1. 



> Priene, p. 271, fig- 278. 



' Migliozzi and Monaco, Nuova Guida Generate del Museo NazionaU. p. 133, Nos. 73003, 73007. 

 One of them is probably that mentioned by Heron de Villefosse Mon. el Mint. Fond. Plot, v, p. 20. 

 n. 3, who cites the illustration in Nicolini, Case e Monumenti, II, Descrizione Generate, plate 62. It is 

 rounded at one end, and flat and also lower at the other. 



* Villefosse, /. c. quoting Clarac, pi. 255, Xo. 637 ( = Reinach, Rip. i, p. 125). 



