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Earthenware copy, in sunstone glaze, of the lion designed 

 for the iron railings of the Museum by Alfred George Stevens 

 (d. 1875); given by William Burton, Esq., F.c.s. 



(d.) Glass. — Millefiori dish and Greek hydria with chevron 

 design ; both obtained in Rome by the late Mr. W. H. 

 Gomonde, and given by Mrs. Annesley. 



Fragments of four painted bowls of the Roman period, 

 from the Fayum, Egypt ; Roman beads and a fragment with 

 Christian inscription from Behnesa, and Ptolemaic beads 

 from Hibeh (near Het Bennu), Upper Egypt ; given b}^ th& 

 Egypt Exploration Fund. 



Ewer and cup of the Roman period, found at Rachidyeh, 

 Syria. 



Beads witli chevron pattern from Treviso, North Italy ; 

 given by Professor Luigi Bailo. 



A small jug of the Byzantine period, from Konia, Kara- 

 man, Turkey-in-Asia ; and a fragment with two lions affronted 

 in low relief, from Taushanli, Asia Minor. 



An Arab goblet with enamelled decoration, 14th century. 



A German beaker, about 1600, ornamented in colours with 

 hunting scenes. 



A series of medallions, chiefly by Tassie, including portraits 

 of the Earl of Rochefort (1774), and Adam Duncan, created 

 Viscount Camperdown in 1797 (d. 1804) ; given by Max 

 Rosenheim, Esq., f.s.a. 



(6.) Collection illustrating various Religions : — 



(a.) Christianity.— A bronze candelabrum, another with 

 open-work lettering HZH KAS€IOYC, and a censer inscribed 

 -fAnOY HAIOY K(jaMHCnOP<l>YP£aJVOC+ ; allfound 

 at El Gie, near Sidon, and dating from, the Byzantine period. 



A pottery lamp, with frog in relief and part of a wheel- 

 cut glass bowl, inscribed, (Z)HCAIC ; both from Behnesa, 

 near the ancient city of Kais (Cynopolis), Upper Egypt, and 

 given by the Egypt Exploration Fund. 



A limestone floriated capital and fragments, Byzantine, 

 from the Haram-esh-Shereef ; given by the Palestine Explora- 

 tion Fund. 



(b.) Judaism, — Three limestone ossuaries from Palestine 

 dating from the early centuries of our era : (1) from a cave 

 in the valley of the Convent of the Cross, Jerusalem ; illus- 

 trated in Wilson and Warren's Recovery of Jerusalem, p. 494. 

 (2) from a cave north of the English sanatorium, one mile 

 from Jerusalem ; op. cit. p. 494, ]So. 2. (.3) from a cave near 

 Bethany, op. cit. j) 4U4, No. 3; all given by the Palestine 

 Exploration Fund. 



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