Published online by Cambridge University Press: 11 October 2013
* Acknowledgements. Thanks for help of various kinds are due to the present Keeper of Greek and Roman Antiquities, Dr Dyfri Williams, and to other members of the department, especially Dr D.M. Bailey, Dr Lucilla Bum, Lesley Fitton, Dr Ian Jenkins, Louise Schofield, Dr Judith Swaddling, Dr Veronica Tatton-Brown and Dr Susan Walker. All photographs are published by permission of the British Museum.
Abbreviations for sources:
Ex Bircham-Bardury: Formerly in the collection of R.P. Bircham-Bardury.
Ex Denstone: From Denstone College, Uttoxeter, presented through the Bursar.
Ex Dewey: Presented in 1991 by Mrs Catherine Marchionne and her brother Dr E.H. Walker, from the collection of their great-uncle, Harry Dewey.
Ex Mustaki: Formerly in the Mustaki Collection, which was formed in Alexandria before the Second World War and legally exported from Egypt in 1947.
V & A Transfer: Transferred from the Victoria and Albert Museum.
Wellcome Gift: Objects presented by the Trustees of the Wellcome Trust, which fall into the category of ‘Surplus Objects’ as defined by a 1977 Court Order (Wellcome Deceased Franks v. HM Attorney General 1974 No. 5098). A detailed list is available in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities; for a selection of the Etruscan and Roman material, see JHS cvi (1986) 289.