76 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



54. Carnelian : Cupid keeping two cocks from fighting ; in 

 his right hand wreath and palm-branch. Inscribed COMVS. 



55. Plasma : head of Epicurus (?) to right. Inscribed 

 NA6PK0Y. The inscription seems modern. (Brunn, Griech. 

 Kiinstler, II., p. 622.) 



56. Sard : youthful male head to left bound with diadem. 

 Inscribed ANTONI .... 



57. Black jasper : cow moving to right ; behind stands a 

 Cupid ploughing (?). Inscribed YFEIA. 



58. Sard with cable border : Achilles supporting Pen- 

 thesilea to left ; Penthesilea has Phrygian cap and axe ; 

 Achilles wears helmet and holds spear in left hand. Inscribed 

 L.V.F. 



59. Chalcedony : portrait head of old man in profile to 

 right, resembling the marble head from Prien^ (Antiquities of 

 Ionia, pt. iv., pi. 20, p. 34), which, it has been suggested, may 

 be one of the Diadochi. 



60. Garnet : female portrait head in profile to right; hair 

 braided over crown of head and fastened in small knot 

 behind. 



61. Red jasper : portrait head of Maecenas in profile to left; 

 draped round neck. 



62. Red jasper : Hercules leading Cerberus from Hades, the 

 mouth of which is shown ; the three heads only visible of 

 Cerberus. Hercules has club and lion's skin. (Raspe, 5888.) 



63. Amethyst : portrait head, perhaps of Hadrian, in profile 

 to right. 



64. Carnelian : portrait head of young man in profile to right 

 with slight beard and moustache, resembling the head on the 

 large St. Petersburg cameo identified by Miiller (Denkmaler, 

 No. 226=^) as Ptolemy the First, and by Visconti (Icon. Grecque, 

 III., pi. 53, No. 3) as Ptolemy Philadelphos. 



65. Burnt carnelian : portrait bust of Lucius Verusin profile 

 to right. 



66. Sard : Satyr kneeling to left, making wreath of ivy ; 

 behind him are the remains of the inscription TEYKPOY 

 which has been nearly rubbed out by polishing. Formerly in 

 the collection of Baron Stosch ( Winckelmann, Pierresde Stosch 

 cl. II., No. 1494 ; Kohler, III. p. 174 ; Brunn, Griech. Kiinstler, 

 II., p. 532). 



67. Sard : Mercury standing beside altar ; caduceus in 

 right hand ; wears chlamys and petasus ; mounted in cinque- 

 cento enamel. 



68. Sard : Satyr dancing to right ; thyrsus in left hand ; 



right 



