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METALLURGY. 349 ing edge rising four millimetres above the rest of the surface. The figures are chased and repousst, the contours being strength- ened by fine burin lines. Nearly half the plate has been destroyed by oxidation. FIG. 270. Patera from Dali. Diameter 7| inches. Louvre. 1 The centre is an eight pointed rosette. Round that runs a frieze of winged sphinxes with the uraeus and an oval disk upon their heads. A double cable separates this zone from the next, 1 From LONGPRIER, Muser Nafoleo'i III. plate xi.