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11. Onyx in two layers, small : Venus nearly to front ; 

 drapery floating over her head. 



12. Sardonyx : bust of Minerva to left ; helmet and segis 

 on breast. 



13. Chalcedony : mask of Minerva (?) wearing helmet. 



14. Sardonyx : nude figure (Achilles ?) seated to right, on 

 rock, and holding lyre on left knee ; right hand on rock. 



15. Onyx, fragment : part of two horses to right, probably 

 part of a group of Selene driving, as in No. 10. 



IG. Sardonyx : fragment of three chariots racing to left. 



17. Onyx : fragment of draped Maenad dancing to left ; 

 from knees to feet. 



18. Onyx : head of Medusa nearly to front ; wings in hair, 

 snakes under chin. 



19. Sardonyx : mask of Cupid to front ; set in white 

 enamel. 



20. Sardonyx : fragment of group of Paris and Aphro- 

 dite (?), consisting of head and right arm of Paris, and head 

 of goddess ; above is a tree, on which is a quiver : inscribed 

 ANT. 



21. Onyx, fragmentary : Nymph lying on rocks, back 

 view ; draped round legs. 



22. Onyx, fragmentary : Omphale to i"ight, having lion's 

 skin, and club of Hercules ; broken off at knees. 



23. Onyx, fragmentary : vase with bird above : inscribed 

 in relief, OMONOIA. 



24. Onyx : Satyr to left, holding infant Bacchus on right 

 knee, which is raised, the foot being placed on a rock, and 

 giving him a cup. 



25. Onyx : Meleager on right, standing before Atalanta, 

 seated on left, and holding club ; he holds bear's skin. Both 

 heads were restored, and have now been removed. 



Inscribed COTPATOY {sic). The gem, with the restora- 

 tions removed, may be ancient, but the inscription seems 

 modern. From the Ottoboni Collection (Stosch, Gemmae Ant. 

 Csel, pi. 67; Brunn, Griech. Kiinstler, II., p. 585; Furtwan- 

 gler in Jahrb. des Inst., 1889, p. 63.) 



26. Paste, white layer on black : Nereid on hippocamp to 

 left over sea, in which are a Cupid holding drapery of Nereid, 

 and a dolphin. 



27. Onyx : portrait head in profile to left ; Roman (?). 

 0.81. 28. Sardonyx: 



