How interesting. Thanks for the post SunkenCiv, you’ve made another excellent post.
Thanks, I was just checking for this one (below) and was surprised to see a number of other topics about and/or related to the ongoing dig at Hippos.
Mask Metamorphosis
By JARRETT A. LOBELL
September/October 2016
https://www.archaeology.org/issues/227-1609/trenches/4732-trenches-israel-pan-mask
(Courtesy Michael Eisenberg) Pan mask during (left) and after (right) cleaning and conservation
https://www.archaeology.org/images/SO2016/Trenches/Trenches-Israel-Pan-combined.jpg