347d: Chios: Inscription in Genoese Dialect

Department Archive
Collection 1936 Exhibition Collection
Reference No. 1936/2/2/40/4
Level Sub-item
Dimensions 8.6 x 14.9 cm
Scope and Content The original description in the catalogue reads: " Chios: Inscription, in Genoese dialect (as it applied to sailors and harbour-loafers), prohibiting the throwing of filth or ballast into the harbour."
Notes In the Exhibition Catalogue this is under the subheading "The Genoese in the Levant"
Related records [1936/2/2/40], 347: Armorial Bearings and Inscriptions