GREEK AND ROMAN ANTIQUITCES. 63 



II. — X. Terra-cotta handle of lamp with Achilles dragging 

 Hector round the walls of Troy (Iliad xxii, 405-407). 



2. Terra-cotta amphoriscos ; Cupid with bee. 



3. Fragment of yellow glazed ware ; Psyche binding Cupid. 



4. Similar fragment ; boy with lyre. 



5. Alabaster vase for cinnamon. 



1-4 /rom Egypt. Presented by Prof. W. M. Flinders 

 Petrie. 



III. — Fragment of a tabula Iliaca engraved on alabaster. 

 Above is Achilles dragging Hector round the walls of Troy 

 (Iliad xxii) ; below, Achilles and Athene (Iliad xix, .352). 

 Compare Annali dell' Inst. 1875, pi. M, and Proceedings of the 

 Soc. of Antiqs., 2nd Ser., xiii, p. 100. 



Presented by Hermann Weber, Esq.. M.D. 



IV. — Antiquities excavated, Jan.-Apr. 1895, at Curium 

 in Cyprus, under the bequest of Miss E. T. Turner, includ- 

 ing : — 1. Marble base with inscription of fourth century B.C., 

 A/;jurjT|Ot Km Ko/orj tv\riv EWooikoq YioTdaiot; aviOt)Kiv, repeated 

 in Cypriote characters below. 



2. Marble head of Aphrodite. 



3. Vases of alabaster. 



4. Gold ring with backing of gem (now lost),in green stone. 



5. Four small gold objects from Mycenaean tombs. 



6. Fragments of gold-leaf. 



7. A series of gold earrings, with patterns in filagree, &c. 



8. A number of small gold beads (some of the Mycenaean 

 period). 



9. Five spirals for the hair in bronze gilt. 



10. Gold ring with pendant gem in gold setting. 



11. Gilt bronze ring (the gem lost). 



12. A fine pair of gilt-bronze bracelets ending in rams' 

 heads. 



13-14. Two gold rings, one with filagree-work on bezel, 

 and the other with turquoise pendant. 



15-16. Two gold rings, one with intaglio design of a female 

 figure reclining, and the other with a female head. 



17. Pair of gold earrings ending in lion's heads. 



18. Gold chain-necklace of very delicate work. 



19. Agate scaraboid with intaglio of Heracles (archaic), 

 mounted on a silver ring. 



20. A series of silver bracelets, rings, spirals and figures of 

 Bes in relief, much injured, 



0.97. 21. Silver 



