in the course of pre-war excavations at Gezer, Ain-Shems, Tel al-Safi and elsewhere.
An important selection of vase-types has been presented, for purposes of comparative study, by the Cyprus Museum Committee. The gold jewellery exhibited is for the greater part the gift of Miss Newton of Haifa. Mr. S. Raffaelli, who is responsible for the arrangement of the coins, has deposited his private collection in the Museum to supplement the series.
Wall Cases.—The wall cases contain groups of vases, bronzes, etc., arranged in chronological order:
Case A (left and right sections). Primitive Culture and "Red Slip" vases of c. 2000 B.C.
Below (right), selected specimens of early Bronze Age vases from Cyprus.
Case B (left to right). Bronze Age vases from c. 1800–1200 B.C.
1. Group from High Place Grotto at Ain-Shems.
2. Group from East Grotto at Ain-Shems.
3. Tomb Group from Cyprus.
4. Selection of contemporary vases from Palestine.
Case C (left to right). Early Iron Age wares from 1200–600 B.C.
1. Selection of painted "Philistine" pottery.
2. Selection of contemporary vases from Cyprus.
3. Tomb group from Ain-Shems (No. 1).
(The drawer contains the smaller finds from this tomb.)
4. Tomb Group from Ain-Shems (No. 8).
(The drawer contains the smaller finds from this tomb.)
Case D (left to right).
1. Vases of Hellenistic date (from 600 B.C.).
2. Selection of vases, lamps and glass of the Roman and Byzantine periods (to 600 A.D.).
In the centre cases are exhibited scarabs, beads, gold, jewellery, selected flint implements, terra cottas, bronzes, glass, and coins.
