78 ACCOUNTS, ETC.; OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



10. Two (modern) reliefs of trophies ; brought from Rome, 

 1754. 



11. Marble sepulchral urn, fluted. 



Nos. 1 — 11 were brought from Rome to England about the 

 middle of the eighteenth century and are said to have been 

 once the property of General Sir H. T. Montresor (1767-1837) 

 of Denne Hill, Dover. 



12. Marble stele with pediment and acroteria ; the lower 

 part broken away. In the centre is a relief of Zeus Stratios of 

 Labranda many-breasted and holding spear and shield, with a 

 woman (Ada) on his right and a man (Idrieus) on his left, both 

 worshipping. Ht. 1 ft. 5| in. 



Found in 1868 near the Temple of Athena Alea, Tegea. 

 I.G. V. 2, No. 89 ; Mon. Plot. XVIII. p. 145 fF. ; Roscher, 

 Lexicon s. v. Stratios. col. 1548. Idrieus succeeded Artemisia, 

 Mndow of Mausolus of Halicarnassus,in 351 B.C., and died 344 B.C. 

 Ada, sister of Mausolus and Idrieus, reigned in Caria 344-340 

 and 334-323 B.C. In view of the fact that Scopas, who built 

 and decorated the temple at Tegea, was afterwards employed 

 on the Mausoleum of Halicarnassus, it has been suggested 

 {Mon. Piot, I.e.) that the relief is the work of one of Scopas's 

 assistants on his return from Asia. Cf. an inscribed base 

 at Delphi published in Bull, de Cow. Hell. XXIIL, p. 384. 



13. Basalt slab, having on one side a relief of the upper part 

 of a figure wearing a radiate crown and traces of a second 

 figure ; on the side and back an inscription of King Antiochus, 

 of Commagene. Ht. 2 ft. 7 in. From the banks of the 

 Euphrates, near Samosata. Published in J. H. S., XVIIL, 

 pp. 312 AT. ; compare a relief published by Humann-Puchstein, 

 Peisen in Kleinasien, pp. 368 fF. Bequeathed by the late 

 H. F. B. Lynch, Esq. 



14. Alabaster group of Aphrodite and Eros ; Aphrodite 

 stoops to untie her sandal, her left hand resting on a steering 

 paddle, which is supported by a rock ; against this rock 

 crouches a sleeping Eros. The group has preserved consider- 

 able traces of its original colour ; red drapery, black eyebrows, 

 gold belts and wings. Ht. 10;^ in. Found near Byblus. 



15. Marble fragment of relief showing the head of an actor 

 wearing a mask; the eyes and mouth appear through the 

 apertures of the mask. Presented by L. C. R. Messel, Esq. 



16. Steatite fiat-bottomed bowl, the sides carved in the form 

 of six petals. From Crete. Hall, Aegean Archaeology, p. 66, 

 fig. 11. 



II. — Gems. 



17. Chalcedony scarab, with intaglio design of an Oriental 

 monarch and a rampant lion ; between them a dog ; above, 

 disc and crescent. From Halicarnassus. 



18. Chalcedony group carved in the round; on an acanthus 

 base is a hare captured by an animal, now missing, except for 



