74' ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BKITISH MUSEUM. 



5. A series of limestone figures from Tamassos in Cyprus, 

 collected by the late Colonel Falkland Warren. These include 

 four statuettes of men in Oriental costume, one of whom is 

 carrying a calf ; two statuettes of men wearing loincloths, and 

 the upper part of a similar figure ; the upper part of a statuette 

 of a flute player ; a horseman mounted on a horse of which the 

 harness is very clearly represented ; and two female heads 

 crowned with leaves and berries. They are all of the early 

 Cypriote style. With the same collection were acquired some 

 terra-cottas of similar type ; two large bearded heads of Assyrian 

 style, and two without beards ; the bust of a nude youth 

 wearing a diadem; a nude woman wearing a nose ring ; a small 

 horse's head ; and two four-horse chariots painted with stripes 

 of red, yellow and black ; in one chariot are two men, in the 

 other three. 



6. Stone stamp or seal in the form of a thick disc engraved 

 in intaglio on both sides. Obv : Gryphon of Nemesis seated 

 with paw raised on a wheel, and the legend NEMEZiZ ZIKEA. 

 Rev : A draped female figure holding a cornucopia and a fillet ; 

 she stands on tiptoe and holds her skirts in the archaistic 

 manner of Spes on the coins of Titus, but the style is bar- 

 barous ; in the field are a branch and wreath, and inscription 

 EXn EAniAAZ KAAAZ. The lettering belongs to the 

 Roman Imperial period. Diameter 4^ in. 



7. Marble head : apparently a modern portrait of Gains 

 Julius Csesar. Life size. Presented by G. N. Bankes, Esq. 



II. — Ivory. 



8. Sistrum of unusual type : a semicircular bow with ends 

 joined by a bronze rod on which are five ivory discs forming the 

 rattle ; the central disc is fixed, the others, which diminish in 

 size from the centre, are loose. A long straight handle is attached 

 to the middle of the bow. Each of the curved arms is flat in 

 section, and is carved as a reeded shaft, terminating in a palm- 

 leaf capital from which issues a lion's head ; the heads face 

 inwards and the bronze rod passes from mouth to mouth. The 

 handle, which is round, ends in a similar capital and lion's head. 

 Archaic Etruscan work. From Orvieto. 



9. Fragment of relief with a figure of Ganymede among 

 vine-branches. 



From Behnesa (Oxyrhyncus) ; late Roman period. Pre- 

 sented by the Egypt Exploration Fund. 



III. — Gems. 



10. Chalcedony intaglio : the head of a bearded man of 

 barbaric aspect, wearing a low pointed cap ; apparently a 

 portrait of an Oriental prince. Strong Greek work. Said to 

 have been sent from Constantinople. Exhibited at the 

 Burlington Fine Arts Club in 1903 (Catalogue, pi, 112, 

 No. 136). 



