New Acquisitions

Obverse: [illegible]. Draped bust, r. Reverse: Eagle standing r., heard turned back, wreath in beak. L Γ (= year 3; i.e. 269-270, if Claudius II).

Obverse: AΥTKΛΔΑΥΡΗΛΙΑΝΟCCEB. Draped and cuirassed bust of Aurelian. In field, L A (= Year 1). Reverse: IACOYABAΛΛΑΘOCAΘΗΝΟΥΑΥΤCPω. Draped and cuirassed bust of Vaballathus, laur. and diademed. in field, LΔ ( year 4).

Wooden implement, use unknown. Parallel sided, tapers to a blunt rounded point at distal end. Proximal end rounded with a bilateral notch below the head.

Piece of worked wood, use unknown. Tapered at one end with some cut marks around the perimeter and a triangular cross-section. Scorch marks at the other end and a flattened rectangular cross-section. Surface is worked smooth.

Rectangular piece of worked wood, use unknown, possibly from a bowl. Slightly concave in profile. Surface has been worked smooth.

Complete minnow shank with a perforation at the head. It has two reductions on the top and the bottom of the base.

Clongumeration of cotton cord, muka ( flax fiber), and muka (flax fiber) formed into cord by miro (rolling) technique.

Large stone anchor. Irregular cross-section, flattened on the back with a large, deep groove running around the middle of the punga. There are two short grooves running parallel to this on the back, while there is long parallel groove on the front. The surface of the punga is rough.

Pounamu pendant reworked from a chisel. Mid-green kawakawa variety. Rectangular shape and cross section. Surface is ground with some bruising at the proximal end. Proximal end has a straight sawing mark on one side, used for suspension. Other side of the proximal end is bevelled. Distal end tapers slightly, with a bevel demarcated by a line on each side and a straight, sharp cutting edge. Modified from chisel, Nephrite/pounamu - kawakawa variety;blue/green Chisel shaped

Obverse: Head of Pallas, r., in Corinthian Helmet Reverse: BA. Prow of vessel, r.; double axe in r. field; beneath, uncertain symbol (AP) beneath prow.

Complete pounamu pendant. Dark green with light green inclusions, light brown at proximal end, translucent. Surface is ground smooth. Proximal end has one complete suspension hole (drilled mostly from one side) and one broken out suspension hole. Side edges are ground flat. Distal end resembles the cutting edge of an adze, curved and sharp with a bevel demarcated by a line on one side.

Complete adze. Cross section is rectangular Ground on the back with some bruising in the centre of the bevel. Ground on the back with chipping on the sides and on the left side proper of the blade. The butt has minor differentiation, the shoulders taper in a little. The bevel is continuous with the blade and curves toward the cutting edge. The cutting edge is curved, smooth and sharp.