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There are 120 objects for which Decoration contains → inscription
2005.8.4 Obv: Boeotian shield. Rev: Kantharos. Inscription
2007.10.2.126 Male nude. Profile facing left. The man is sitting down and resting his head on his right hand. He his carrying a sward. On the left side there is an inscription in Greek letters.
2007.10.2.130 Ox facing right. There is an inscription in Greek caracters above the figure.
2007.10.2.260 (A fraction of a gem) a pair of legs are shown with an ancient Greek inscription to the left of them.
2007.10.2.267 The profile of an eagle facing to the left, there is a Greek inscription just below its open beak.
2007.10.2.276 Profile of a man facing left wearing a helmet, possibly Apollo, as the Greek inscription beside him says.
2007.10.2.283 Profile of a bearded man facing to the right, possibly Zeus with an ancient Greek inscription on his right side.
2007.10.2.284 A naked male figure sitting down with the inscription of "Nicolas" in ancient Greek written beside him.
2007.10.2.291 Profile of a man facing to the left, there is a Greek inscription to the left of him.
2007.10.2.55 Bearded male head facing forward. Below the head appears to be two flaming torches. Four cherubs (?) frame the hair, with the top two looking like they're putting a crown on the head. There is an inscription, in Greek, on either side of the head.
2007.10.2.69 A discobolus (discus thrower) with an inscription in Greek to his left.
2007.10.2.97 2 figures, 1 of which appears to be half man and half snake. The hybrid seems to be carrying the other figure. To the left is an inscription.
2007.9.2.13 Displays a seated woman writing on a tablet, a lyre at her feet, whilst a winged figure, a small owl sitting behind his left foot, holds a small jug above a burning oil lamp. A latin inscription is beneath them. (Box Index = Virtue assissted by Genius)Tray 5, Layer 1, Gem 13
2008.2.1.102 Profile view of a short haired man facing to the right. Under the profile is a spherical helmet and two daggers on either side. Under the helmet is an inscription: (L or E)ID MAR.
2008.2.1.83 Bust elderly male. Moustache and beard. Inscription on base of bust.
2008.2.1.87 An elderly bearded man with an indiscernable inscription on the base of the bust.
2008.2.1.96 Profile view of a woman sitting in a chair facing left. She is wearing robes and has long hair that is possibly braided and pulled back. At her feet is a vase on a pedestal. Under the illustration is an unreadable inscription.
2009.10.2.117 Artemis pictured standing next to a pillar. Very small inscription. Number 49.
2009.10.2.182 3 woman starring on a baby in the floor who is holding staff and is haloed. Roman inscription.
2009.10.2.201 Naked man and woman ride a lion, they appear to be holding a bow and arrow. there is an inscription beneath.
2009.10.2.204 Left profile of woman with decorated hair. Inscription beneath. Number 76.
2009.10.2.228 Nude female figure reclining on a couch surrounded by drapery, with an inscription on the couch Number 18
2009.10.2.250 Hare inside a large ring centrally, figure in a chariot drawn by two birds above and a butterfly on the right hand side. ? flaming torches on either side and inscription below Number 40
2009.10.2.251 Hare inside a large ring centrally, figure in a four-horse chariot above, helmeted head on the left with an inscription, shiled on the right and a ? grasshpopper at the bottom Number 41
2009.10.2.259 Nude Aphrodite lying on her front on a bed with drapery around her viewed from above. Inscription below. Number 49
2009.10.2.263 Nude male figure leaning against a pillar holding a spear in his left hand and accompanied by a dog. Inscription down the left hand side Number 53
2009.10.2.348 Frontal image of a nude male, leaning to the left, possibly scraping oil from his right leg with a strigil, with an inscription down the left hand side. Number 4
2009.10.2.349 Kapaneus kneeling with his face upturned and a shield on his left arm, an object at his feet and possibly an inscription to the left of his head. Number 5
2009.10.2.368 Male figure wearing a cloak and helmet, standing near a pillar with a bird on top. There is also a snake wrapped around the pillar and a dog at his feet. There is a Latin inscription 'POTITI' number 24
2009.10.2.393 Large bull with bearded man's face, with a star above on the left, a symbol on the right and a snake beneath the bull. With an inscription above the bull. Number 49
2009.10.2.401 Bearded male centaur carrying an ornate staff over his left shoulder and a lion skin and basket on his right shoulder. There is a faint inscription below the figure. Number 57
2009.10.2.93 Naked man standing with a harp, on the right of which there is a small child at his feet, next to whom there is a man who is sitting in front of a tree. There is an inscription: "LAVRAIED" Gem cast number - 25
2009.8.105 Profile of an older man with short hair. The top of his cloak can be seen. Inscription on the bottom. Cast number: 49
2009.8.108 Two coats of arm. Inscription on top and on the bottom. Cast number: 52
2009.8.109 Profile of a man with short hair. Inscription on the left side. Cast number: 53
2009.8.115 Profile of a man with wavy hair and a wreath. Head is above a scale and beside it are two ears of wheat. Inscription on the right side. Cast number: 59
2009.8.120 Profile of a man with curly hair looking right. Inscription on the left side. Cast number: 64
2009.8.13 A man with a beard and wavy hear wearing a cloak around his waist, sitting on a rock, one arm placed on his knee. Next to him is a cow. On his other side is a club. There is an inscription above the cow. Cast number: n
2009.8.14 Aphrodite wearing a cloak around her waist. Cupid is standing under a tree with a bow in his hand. There is an inscription next to Aphrodite. Cast number: 3
2009.8.191 Profile of a woman with a helmet with a winged horse on it, looking left. Probably Athena Inscription on the left side. Cast number: 45
2009.8.193 Profile of a young woman with a helmet and a serpent. Inscription on her left side. Cast number: 47
2009.8.195 Profile of Athena wearing a Corinthian helmet and the aegis with the head of the gorgo Medusa, looking left. Inscription on her left side. Cast number: 49
2009.8.210 Profile of a man with a wreath in his hair. Close to his head a star. Inscription on his left side. Cast number: 1
2009.8.221 Profile of a man with a wreath in his hair, looking right. Inscription on the ride side. Cast number: 12
2009.8.224 Profile of a woman in capite velato and a wreath in her hair, looking right. Inscription on the right side. Cast number: 15
2009.8.24 A dancing woman with a bare chest. Cloak or dress around her waist. Holding a timbrel in her hands above her head. There is also an inscription. Cast number: 34
2009.8.25 A dancing woman with ribbons flying around her, carrying some kind of vessel. There is also an inscription next to her. Cast number: 138
2009.8.26 A woman standing on a pole or tree. One hand placed on the pole bending her head. There is an inscription. Cast number: 39
2009.8.27 A dancing woman playing the cithara. Inscription next to her. Cast number: 29
2009.8.28 A dancing woman with a bare chest. A ribbon or scarf flying above her head. There is an inscription. Cast number: 28
2009.8.29 Profile of a woman with wavy hair and a ribbon or wreath, looking right. There is an inscription on the left side. Cast number: 121
2009.8.31 A man with a beard sitting on a rock and a lion's fur, holding a club in his hand. Probably Hercules. There is also an inscription. Cast number: sn
2009.8.32 A winged horse with a man on its back. Maybe Pegasus with Bellerophon. There is also an inscription on the bottom. Cast number: 11
2009.8.34 A woman with wings, holding a twig in one hand. A snake is curled up to her feet. Probably Nike. There is an inscription on the bottom. Cast number: 97
2009.8.37 A muscular man holding something in one hand. The other arm is outstretched above his head. Probably an athlete. There is also an inscription on the bottom. Cast number: 69
2009.8.38 Cupid and Psyche. A young man in a tight embrace with a young woman. Inscription on the left side. Cast number: 13
2009.8.39 A young man naked except for his cloak. Holding a dagger in one hand. Inscription on the right side. Cast number: 43
2009.8.40 A young woman holding a ball. Inscription on the left side. Cast number: 66
2009.8.41 A young woman wearing a dress is sitting on a rock and holding a ball. One arm is put on her knee. Inscription on the bottom. Cast number: 141
2009.8.43 Apollo Belvedere. A young man with wavy hair, nacked except for the chlamys around his neck. Inscription on the bottom. Cast number: 19
2009.8.44 Profile of a young man with curly hair looking right. Inscription on the right side. Cast number: 17
2009.8.45 Farnese Hercules. A muscular nacked man with a beard and curly hair leaning on a pole. Inscription on the left side. Cast number: 50
2009.8.46 Crouching Aphrodite/Venus. A young woman kneeling and covering her nacked body with her arms. Inscription on the bottom. Cast number: 150
2009.8.47 Profile of a man with a beard and curly hair, wearing a helmet and a cloak, looking left. Inscription on the bottom. Cast number: 4
2009.8.48 A young nacked woman with wavy hair and a ribbon, sitting on a rock holding a ball in her hand, the other put on her knee. Inscription on the bottom. Cast number: 153
2009.8.49 A young woman sitting on a chair, one arm put on her knee, the other holding a vase. A wreath is hanging on the wall. Inscription on the bottom. Cast number: 44
2009.8.51 A young muscular man, shown in contrapposto. Probably an athlete. Inscription on the right side. Cast number: 16
2009.8.53 Aphrodite lying and leaning on a rock. Cupid stands next to her. Inscription on the bottom. Cast number: 41
2009.8.54 Cupid holding his bow, looking over his shoulder. Inscription on the left side. Cast number: 8
2009.8.55 Profile of a young man with wavy hair looking right. Maybe Alexander the Great. Inscription on the bottom. Cast number: 80
2009.8.56 Athena wearing the aegis and a helmet, holding a cup in her hand. A snake is curved around her arm. Inscription on the left side. Cast number: 94
2009.8.57 A young girl feeding an eagle, probably Zeus. Inscription on the bottom. Cast number 47
2009.8.62 Profile of a young woman wearing a cap or cloth, looking right. Inscription on the bottom. Cast number: 119
2009.8.63 A man with a beard and wavy hair kneeling in front of an altar, holding a snake. Behind him, stading a young woman. On the other side of the altar, a tree with a ram head. On a pole is a mask. Inscription on the bottom. Cast number: 116
2009.8.72 Profile of a young woman with wavy hair and a wreath, looking right. Inscription on the right side. Cast number: 16
2009.8.77 Profile of a young woman, ribbons in her hair, holding a flower in her hand, with the other picking one end of her dress. Inscription on the left side. Probably Psyche. Cast number: 21
2009.8.79 Profile of a young woman with ribbons in her hair, looking right. Inscription on the left side. Cast number: 23
2009.8.90 A bird. Maybe a crane. Inscription on the right side. Cast number: 34
2009.9.144 A naked winged child riding on a fish. Inscription under the fish. Cast number: 78
2009.9.164 A naked man with wings, a quiver and a bow are lying next to his feet, is kissing a winged half naked woman. Inscription on the right side. Cast number: 98
2009.9.18 A woman sitting on a flower chair, holding a scepter, wearing some kind of flower crown or feather, sitting in a skiff, looking left. Inscription in Greek letters around her. Cast number: 32
2009.9.198 A naked winged boy or statue standing on a rostrum with an inscription. On the left side are a half naked satyr who is touching the statues arm and a woman who is touching its wings. On the right side is a warrior but might also be female. Cast number: 33
2009.9.213 A female griffin with one claw on a wheel. Inscription on top and on the bottom. Cast number: 48
2009.9.220 A young naked man holding a torch, riding a chariot pulled by four horses. Beneath them lies a man with a beard turning to a woman holding a vessel. Probably Phaeton shortly before his downfall. Inscription on top. Cast number: 55
2009.9.249 Bust of a half-bald man with a beard and a bare chest, wearing a cloak. There is an inscription at the bottom of the bust. Cast number: 89
2009.9.258 Profile of a man with short hair, looking right. Inscription the left side. Cast number: 98
2009.9.280 A woman with wings, maybe Nike, and a bearded man wearing a helmet standing in a chariot pulled by two horses. A second woman walking behind the horses. Inscription beneath the chariot. Cast number: 18
2009.9.29 A monster with a rooster's head, a man's torso and instead of feet it has two serpents, holding a weapon and a spear. On the right side a star, on the left side another weapon, looks like a dagger. Inscription at the bottom. Cast number: 43
2009.9.34 A naked winged man with sticks and a crown and a bird's tail. Inscription on the top and on the right side. Cast number: 48
2009.9.35 A naked man with two pair of wings and a bird's tail, holding a scepter, surrounded by spears or sticks, standing on a serpent. There is an inscription with the serpent's circle. Cast number: 49
2009.9.40 A monster with a lion's head and a serpent's body sitting on a box with inscriptions. There is also an inscription on the left and right side of the monster. Cast number: 54
2009.9.44 Portrait of a man wearing an egyptian crown looking left. The top of his clothes can be seen. Inscription on the right side. Cast number: 58
2009.9.97 A young naked man with wings sitting on a rooster. Inscription on the right bottom side. Cast number: 30
2016.3.1 Moulded ring around the discus; there is a moulded decoration of a corpulent bearded male figure (satyr), riding a goat, on the discus. The satyr is grasping the animal's horn with the right and the tail with the left hand. Scene is depicted in left side view. Three punched dots decorate the shoulder in the section of the nozzle. Incised ring around the base with Greek inscription at centre.
26.2.13 interior: on rim, three black lines; wall glazed; top of rim glazed; exterior: lip and handle zone reserved, with band between; glazed below; inscription on exterior.
26.2.14 pale slip; interior: reserved band at top of lip; below, black; top of lip glazed; exterior: lip and handle zone reserved, with black line between; lower wall glazed; black around root of handle; at right of sherd, part of inscription;
26.2.16 interior: concentric wide and narrow glazed (fired red) bands; exterior: glazed (fired reddish in places); reserved underside of bowl with inscription.
26.2.59 white slip; interior: reserved band at rim, glazed streaky black below; below, part of floral pattern in added white; exterior: below rim, Z band between pairs of bands; dipinto inscription on exterior.
38.4.9 Blackglaze except for white decoration and reserved base of the foot. A: grotesque bearded god with large head reclining on ground; bird perched on right hand, budding stick as sceptre in left. B. Hermes wearing petasos and short chiton leaning on stick; caduccus in field behind him. Retrograde inscription; letters shown look like W,H,I,O...
39.8.3 Inside in frame of two reserved lines, one foot of figure astride a pointed amphora seen from the side and wreathed in ivy, inscription in red, retrograde, XAIP[E]. Relief contour; relief lines for ankle, handle stem of ivy. Exterior black, with small part of reserved pattern.
45.10.7A-B Lid: The top surface bears part of a central medallion (dots contoured by double, semi-spherical line), encircled by a black line, a red band, a broader black band and a red line. There is also an ivy spray between the last red line and a similar one. At the rim there is a rather careless tongue pattern, with inner dots (identical to the one of the central medallion, only frammed by thin, black lines). Sides: There is the representation of women pursued by the winged Eros. The naked Eros is flying and his himation with white spots on its top is falling over his forearm. At the level of his face there is an inscription, with white colour KALOS and underneath, KALH, above a bent fillet with thin, short, white lines emerging from its endings. The first of the women is headed right, having extended her right? hand towards Eros and holding and raising slightly her drapery (in order to run faster). Her head is missing, but she is probably looking backwards, to see the advancing Eros. The scene is reproduced again: Anoher Eros pursues another woman, who is running towards an altar? (rectangular, altar-shaped constuction, higher than the figures with a decoration of a large cross and dots in between). Among them there is again the inscribed KALOS, KALH. Many fragments have not survived, however this woman's head is not missing. She is looking backwards and wears a diadema, made of white lines. At the other side of the altar? there is another woman approaching it, having escaped the first Eros, but looking back to see him. She wears a white diadema and the same inscription is between her and the Eros. The scene is framed by two red, concentric lines (above and below the figures). The bottom surface is left reserved. Body: There is decoration of laurel stems and berries around the outer surface with details made of added white. This motif is framed (above and below with red, thick lines). The interior of both pieces is black. The feet have a black band on the side (ca 2 cm below their joining part to the body) and the rest of the surface is left reserved, apart from a black line at the rim. Half way up the inside surface of the feet there is a thin, black band. The base's central part is decorated with a broad black, circular band between thin black lines.
E.23.53 Originally green in colour although little remains. The shabti is decorated in black pigment the details being a hieroglyph inscription up/down the legs, a crook, a basket (both denoting work and being'held' by the figure) and some kind of head decoration.
E.23.54 Green shabti, arms folded, shoulders are indicated by the drawing of the figure 'A' on either side of the upper body, there is an inscription in hieroglyphs. The figure is carrying a sack indicating that it is a worker, this is painted on the back of the right shoulder in black.
E.23.55 Light green in colour, arms crossed, details painted in black: eyes, the shoulders ('A' shapes), a basket indicating a worker on the back of the right shoulder, an inscription vertically down/up the front of the body.
E.23.56 Light green in colour, arms crossed, black pigment gives the details of the eyes, the shoulders ('A' shapes). a basket on the back of the right shoulder indicating a workman, an inscription running up/down the centre of the body.
E.62.23 Triangular shaped fragment of white limestone, with inscription in relief as well as a bull in the bottom right corner.
E.62.48 Vertical lines of hieroglyphic inscription in black ink. Vertical lines of red pigment used to separate sections of text.
E.63.18 Grey pottery. It is inscribed on two sides. The inscription is dedicated to the 'Good god, lord of both lands, son of the Sun, Aahmes Memphis'.
E.63.26 Pointed base and no neck. A possible inscription approximately one third of the way down, although it appears to say "MOM" so is probably modern. This is backed up by the fact that there is no other decoration on the pot.
L.2005.7.12 Obv: Tyche (Fortune) of Smyrna wearing mural crown. Rev: Oak-wreath enclosing monogram and inscription
L.2011.1.48 In the central discus one reclining figure recumbent on its right side; right leg bent, left leg outstretched. Behind the legs a fish tail. At the back of the figure a drapery, like a semi-circular frame around the head. (possibly a Nereid riding a sea-bull?). On the edge parallel lines in low-relief. On the underneath inscription and a small half-moon shaped stamp.
L.2013.10.1 Egyptian scarab with illegible inscription or image on the base. Poor condition with grey deposits across the surface. Hole through the centre running length ways.
L.2013.10.3 Details of the scarab body is incised, but now faded. Base damaged especially in the top right hand corner. Hieroglyphic inscription damaged and illegible.
L.2013.10.5 Obv: side profile of a man wearing a helmet, facing left, to the right of the helmet is an inscription. Rev: Romulus and Remus being suckled by a she-wolf, above the she-wolf is two stars. Below Romulus and Remus are the letters TRP or THP.
L.2013.10.6 Obv:Man wearing helmet facing right with inscription around the edge Rev: unclear but looks like a seated figure with an inscription around the left side
L.2013.10.8 Obverse: Male figure facing right with inscription around the right edge Reverse: unclear
L.2013.10.9 Obv: Man facing right inscription around the edge Rev: Two standing figures facing each other. Smaller figure flies between them (top) with an alter or cup between them (bottom). There is an inscription around the top, possible inscription 'CONCORDIA'.
L.2016.3.24 Obverse: Portrait of Alexandros III. to the right, wearing Heracles' lion skin exuvia Reverse: (From left to right) quiver, Greek inscription, Heracles' club, Greek inscription
L.2016.3.26 Obverse: Portrait head to the right, probably Artemis with long curly hair and laurel wreath. Reverse: cow/bull, Greek inscription
TEMP.2003.7.48 Obverse: Augustus' name inscribed around SC. Reverse: an anvil, surrounded by the inscription 'AAAF III VIR'.
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