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Gnathian oinochoe with trefoil mouth. Inconsistent colouration and imperfect decoration as a result of misfiring. The original scheme of decoration is visible in silhouette form: it includes a painted ogive pattern at the neck, below which is a key…

Rectangular relief depicting a nude, beardless Herakles wrestling the hind of Keryneia. The material is yellowed and textured to imitate the original marble. Herakles's left hand is grabbing the deer's mouth, his right hand is holding a horn, and his…

Two wood tablets, joined by a string, with a wax writing surface and a metal stylus.

Shape: pedestal foot in two degrees; surface of plate is concave, inclining towards a depression in the centre, surrounded by a groove; the center of the depression is raised; the lip turns out prominently. Fabric colour is beige. The plate depicts…

Red polished ware formed by hand, with a red slipped surface polished to a medium-high lustre. Small lug protrudes from the belly of the juglet, sometimes referred to as a ‘nipple projection’, and possibly associated with fertility. Incised with…

Small dagger with bronze handle, iron blade, and a decorated guard.

A bilobate bronze arrowhead. Leaf shaped tip.

Terracotta tablet with cuneiform impressed on both sides. Inscription has not been translated.

Terracotta frog lamp; unpierced pointed lug handle; large central filling-hole; one nozzle. Evidence of usage; was possibly glazed. Marks within the lamp indicate that it was likely mold-made, and that the top and bottom components were joined…

Obverse legend: D(ominus)N(oster) IVSTINI-ANVS P(er)P(etuus) AVG(ustus), translation: Our Lord Justinian, Perpetual Augustus; helmeted and cuirassed bust of Justinian I facing front, holding globus cruciger in right hand and shield in left, crosses…

Irregularly shaped chunk of mortar and stone, inlaid with mosaic stones. Mostly white, some red and black, forming a leaf and stem pattern. The leaves are formed by 5 red stones, with 2-3 black stones at the base of each leaf. At the edge of the…

Black glaze oinoche with trefoil lip; body adorned with a series of wide ribbed bands.

A black ople with one handle. The body is adorned with a series of ribbed bands; the stem between the foot and body is painted red. The foot is carinated, defining three profile moldings.

Black base with metal stand supporting a limestone monolith that contains an inscription and a large symbol at the precipice. The stone is trapezoidal in shape.

A small mosaic fragment with intact tesserae (small cube-shaped pieces that create a mosaic). Four tesserae present, two beige two black-ish.

A small mosaic fragment with intact tesserae (small cube-shaped pieces that create a mosaic). Seven tesserae present.

A small mosaic fragment with intact tesserae (small cube-shaped pieces that create a mosaic). Six tesserae present.

A small mosaic fragment with intact tesserae (small cube-shaped pieces that create a mosaic). Six tesserae present, One black-ish, one white, three beige and one brown.

A fragment of papyrus mounted in a paper frame.

A fragment of papyrus mounted in a paper frame.

A fragment of papyrus mounted in a paper frame.

A fragment of papyrus mounted in a paper frame.

Ceramic disc with engraved symbols in a spiral pattern, made to replicate the Phaistos disc exhibited at the Heraklion museum (https://www.heraklionmuseum.gr/en/collections/#collections, accession number Π-Ν1358). Unlike the original, which is brown,…

Small pomegranate fruit sculpted form terracotta clay. The shape is round with irregularities, and tapers into a point on one end, and is shaped into a wide blossom (calyx) on the other end.

Small, dark-coloured vessel formed in the shape of the god Bes. Bes makes up the main body of the vessel, which extends above his head into a short neck with rimmed lip. The figure has a round stomach, and is squatting with his hands resting on his…