April–June 1940 (44.2)

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Archaeological Notes

Recent Acquisitions of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (pp. 181–186)
Gisela M.A. Richter

Greek Vases in the Collection of Washington University in St. Louis (pp. 187–211)
George E. Mylonas

Postscript to Prometheus (p. 212)
J.D. Beazley

Sutor Supra Crepidam (pp. 213–221)
Mary Wallace

The Ramp of the Temple of Asklepios at Epidauros (pp. 222–224)
Socrates M. Eliopoulos

Bronze Statuettes of Zeus Keraunios (pp. 225–233)
G.W. Elderkin

Archaeological News and Discussions (pp. 234–251)
Stephen B. Luce

Excavations on the Slopes of the Acropolis, 1939 (pp. 252–256)
Oscar Broneer

Book Reviews

Ringkampf im alten Ägypten (p. 257)
By Helmut Wilsdorf
Reviewed by T. George Allen

The Fauna of Ancient Mesopotamia as Represented in Art (pp. 257–258)
By E. Douglas van Buren
Reviewed by L. Legrain

De Toren van Babel (p. 258)
By Th. A. Busink
Reviewed by L. Legrain

Die Metallindustrie Anatoliens in der Zeit von 1500–700 vor Chr. (pp. 258–259)
By Stefan Przeworski
Reviewed by Albrecht Goetze

Ugaritica. Études relatives aux découvertes de Ras Shamra. Première série; The Cuneiform Texts of Ras Shamra-Ugarit (pp. 259–261)
By Claude F.-A. Schaeffer
Reviewed by Albrecht Goetze

The Potamic System of the Trojan Plain (pp. 261–262)
By A.D. Fraser
Reviewed by Jerome Sperling

Excavations at Asea in Arcadia 1936–1938 (pp. 262–263)
By Erik J. Holmberg
Reviewed by Saul S. Weinberg

Archaic Sculpture in Boeotia (pp. 263–264)
By Frederick R. Grace
Reviewed by Gisela M.A. Richter

The Temple of Hibis in El Khargeh Oasis. Part II, Greek Inscriptions (pp. 264–265)
By H.G. Evelyn-White and James H. Oliver
Reviewed by C. Bradford Welles

Bilder Griechischer Vasen, by J.D. Beazley and Paul Jacobsthal; Der Lewismaler, by H.R.W. Smith (pp. 265–266)
Reviewed by Gisela M.A. Richter

Figurines from Seleucia on the Tigris, Discovered by the Expeditions Conducted by the University of Michigan with the Cooperation of the Toledo Museum of Art and the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1927–1932 (pp. 266–267)
By Wilhelmina van Ingen
Reviewed by Dorothy Burr Thompson

Etruscan Perugia (pp. 267–268)
By Chandler Shaw
Reviewed by Dorothy K. Hill

The Common People of Pompeii, A Study of the Graffiti (p. 269)
By Helen H. Tanzer
Reviewed by John Flagg Gummere

Die Pompejanische Wanddekoration vom zweiten bis zum vierten Stil (pp. 269–271)
By H.G. Beyen
Reviewed by Alan M. Little

The Excavations at Dura-Europos. Preliminary Report of the Seventh and Eighth Seasons of Work 1933–1934 and 1934–1935 (pp. 271–272)
By M.I. Rostovtzeff, F.E. Brown, and C.B. Welles
Reviewed by Valentin Müller

Die Römischen Reichsbeamten von Achaia bis auf Diokletian, Schriften der Balkankommission, Antiquarische Abteilung IX (pp. 272–273)
By Edmund Groag
Reviewed by Allan Chester Johnson

Die Landmauer von Konstantinopel, bearbeitet im Auftrage der deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft. Erster Teil. Zeichnerische Wiederherstellung. Mit begleitendem Text (pp. 273–274)
By Fritz Krischen
Reviewed by Karl Lehmann-Hartleben

The Story of the Lamp (p. 274)
By F.W. Robins
Reviewed by F.O. Waagé

Die Römischen Kapitelle des Rheingebietes (pp. 274–275)
By Heinz Kähler
Reviewed by Frank E. Brown

Die Herrscherbildnisse in Antoninischer Zeit (pp. 275–277)
By Max Wegner
Reviewed by Meriwether Stuart

Uebersicht der Antiken Geographie von Pannonien (p. 277)
By Andreas Graf
Reviewed by Vladimir J. Fewkes

Les Bronzes Émailles de la Pannonie Romaine (pp. 277–278)
By I. Sellye
Reviewed by N. Toll

The Elizabeth Day McCormick Apocalypse, Vol. I. A Greek Corpus of Revelation Iconography, by Harold R. Willoughby; Vol. II. History and Text, by Ernest Cadman Colwell (pp. 278–279)
Reviewed by C.R. Morey

Italienisches Email des Frühen Mittelalters (pp. 279–280)
By Yvonne Hackenbroch
Reviewed by Marvin Chauncey Ross

Gli Smalti del Museo Sacro Vaticano (pp. 280–281)
By E. Stohlman
Reviewed by Marvin Chauncey Ross

Annual Bibliography of Islamic Art and Archaeology, Vol. II, 1936 (p. 281)
By L.A. Mayer
Reviewed by F.O. Waagé

Cahercommaun, A Stone Fort in County Clare (pp. 281–282)
By H. O’Neill Hencken
Reviewed by George M.A. Hanfmann

Opgravingen op het Domplein te Utrecht, Wetenschappelijke Verslagen IV: De Opgravingen in Juni en Juli 1935 (pp. 282–283)
By C.W. Vollgraff and G. van Hoorn
Reviewed by Howard Comfort

La Cathédrale de Grenoble du IXe au XVIe Siècle (p. 283)
By Pierre David
Reviewed by Agnes Addison

Tapajó Pottery (pp. 283–284)
By Helen C. Palmatary
Reviewed by Vladimir J. Fewkes

Archaeology of Santa Marta, Colombia, The Tairona Culture, by J. Alden Mason; Moyaone and the Piscataway Indians; by Alice L.L. Ferguson; Style Trends of Pueblo Pottery, by H.P. Mera (pp. 284–285)
Reviewed by George C. Vaillant

Bibliography of Archaeological Books—1939 (pp. 286–292)
David M. Robinson