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80. Two primitive Boeotian figures from Lake Copais. One 

 has the face modelled in the archaic style and wears a high 

 calathos with wreath and earrings ; in the other the features 

 are crudely indicated. On the forehead of each is a large curl ; 

 the bodies are flat and painted with geometrical patterns. 



31. A dog carrying a hare in his mouth, and a grasshopper : 

 both roughly modelled toys. Presented hy M. Gostis A. 

 Lemhessis. 



32. (a) Head from the handle of a brazier, painted white, 

 yellow and red. Excavated at Behnesa. (b) Model of a 

 lantern : cylindrical shape with an arched opening for the 

 light and slits for ventilation. Excavated at Sedment el 

 Gebel. (c) Plaster jar-sealing stamped ITAAOY. From 

 Sedment el Gebel. 



Presented by the Committee of the £gypt Exploration Fund. 



33. Two inscribed clay tablets from the Minoan Palace at 

 Knossos. Presented by Dr. A. J. Evans, F.R.S. 



One has three lines of characters and is probably an 

 inventory of cereal crops : a certain sign, which appears several 

 times in conjunction with numerals, being taken to mean 

 corn. 



The other is inscribed in two rows ; the characters are 

 mostly numerals. It is apparently a reckoning by centuries : — 

 20 is added to 72 and the deficiency 8 from the complete 

 century is noted. 



The shape of the tablets is roughly oblong. The lettering 

 is described by Dr. Evans as Class B of the Linear Script. 



34. Plaster casts of two Minoan vases from Hagia Triada, 

 known as the Boxer Vase and the Chieftain Cup (Burrows, 

 Discoveries in Crete, p. 34, pi. L ; p. 38), and of a clay disc 

 inscribed with pictographic characters, found in the Palace at 

 Phaistos (Evans, Scripta Minoa, pp. 22, 273). Presented by 

 Professor R. C. Bosanquet. 



IX.— Pottery. 



35. Two pieces of Cretan ware : a shallow cup painted with 

 a stippled pattern, and a fragment with design of four-petal led 

 flowers reserved. Late Minoan II. period. 



From the Palace at Knossos. Presented by Dr. A. J. Evans, 

 F.R.S. 



36. Two Geometric ky likes : flat bowls on hollow cylindrical 

 stands which are divided by vertical slits into two rows of 

 panels. The decoration consists of linear designs and animal 

 figures : two Gryphons guarding a sacred tree, birds, horses, 

 Centaurs, deer, and other creatures. 



37. Flat bowl with Geometric linear patterns. 



38. Geometric pyxis, the body decorated with fringed 

 wheels in square panels, the lid surmounted by four statuettes 

 of horses. Diameter 14 in. 



