58 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



III. — Bronze. 



1. Large fibula of primitive Boeotian type, engraved on one 

 side with the figure of a horse ; on the other a ship with fish 

 and birds (a companion fibula published in Ephem. Archaeol. 

 1892, pi. 11, fig 2 ; See also Memoires de la Soc. des Antiquairea 

 de France, Iv., p. 1). 



2. Large patera with medallion in centre representing 

 Scylla destroying the companions of Ulysses. Monumenti 

 Antichi, vii., p. 514. Found at Bosco Reale near Pompeii. 



3. Figure of infant Heracles strangling the serpents. 

 Ephesus. 



4. Figure of Heracles reclining on the lion's skin, the 

 attitude recalling the Theseus of the Parthenon ; he holds a 

 cup in one hand and a fillet in the other. This type of 

 Heracles somewhat resembles that of a marble relief 

 belonging to Lord Yarborough (Visconti, Mus. Worsleyano» 

 pi. I., fig. 2) which has recently been associated with a base 

 in Rome bearing the name of the sculptor Scopas Minor 

 (Roem. Mittheil. xii. (1897), p. 20). Ephesus. 



5. Archaic Etruscan statuette of a woman, with drapery 

 and details very finely rendered. From the Montagu Taylor 

 sale. 



6. Etruscan mirror with incised design : Belle rophon 

 (MELERPANTA) standing before Oinomaos (OINOMAVOC), 

 and holding Pegasus (ARIO). On the back of the handle 

 are Helios and a flying goddess (Gerhard, Etrusk. Spiegel, 

 iv. pi. 333 ; Mon. dell' Inst. vii. pi. 29, fig. 1). From the 

 Montagu Taylor sale. 



IV. — Marble, etc. 



1 . Portrait-head, apparently of a Greek poet, crowned with 

 ivy : Greek work of the third century, B.C. 



2. Black basalt head of Julius Caesar from Egypt. The 

 head is about half life size and has been broken from a figure 

 sculptured not entirely in the round, but having a square 

 pilaster at the back in the manner of Egyptian statues. In 

 this respect and in the unusual length of the occiput this 

 head resembles that of Caesar in the Barracco collection in 

 Rome (Collection Barracco, pis. 75-75A). The type of face is, 

 however, diff*erent in several respects. 



V. — Terra-cotta. 

 1. Stamp with representation of a man stirring a cauldron 

 with right hand, holding up the back of his left hand to 

 shield his face from the fire, and girt round the waist like a 

 slave. The cauldron is raised on rocks between which are 

 burning sticks. 



.2-5. Four fragmentary moulds for Aretine ware ; one, 

 stamped with the name of M. Perennius, represents a female 



