A guide to the exhibition illustrating Greek and Roman life (1920)
British Museum. Dept. of Greek and Roman Antiquities · London, British Museum · leaf 49
relief from a sarcophagus shows a Romantrireme, with a figure of a swan in relief on the prow (No 78) WHIPPING. 37 Some lamps placed in Cases 90, 97 give interesting pictures ofRoman harbours. In one (No. 79 ; fig. 27), a ship is seen enteringthe harbour, which is indicated by a light-house on the… … ■ Sl I S& & < ^7 I Fig. 27.—Roman Ship entering a Harbour (No. 79). Diam. 4 in. preparing to let down the anchor. Another lamp (No. 80 ; fig. 28)shows a harbour with buildings on the quay. A fisherman ina small boat holds a rod and line in his right hand, and a fishwhich he has just…
Civilization, Greek and Roman · Classical antiquities
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