74 ACCOUNTS, ETC.; OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM, 



28. Sardonyx : youthful male head in profile to left ; head 

 thrown up. 



29. Portrait head. 



30. Sardonyx., fragmentary and rude : head of Minerva (?) 

 in profile to left ; cut down along the top, re-worked and set 

 on slate-backing. 



31. Onyx : sacrifice to term of Bacchus ; three female 

 figures, one seated and playing on double flute ; two bring 

 offerings ; tree with votive tablets. 



32. Onyx : Satyr supporting drunken Bacchus (?) ; 

 behind, Maenad dancing ; in front, Satyr holding up rhyton. 



33. Onyx, fragment : Cupid carrying vase beside female 

 figure who stands to front, draped and holding staff. 



34. Sardonyx, fragmentary : Satyr seated to left, his 

 right hand placed on left arm ; bearded ; legs from knees 

 wanting. 



35. Sardonyx : Cupid seated on ground to left, singeing 

 butterfly with torch. 



36. Sardonyx : Cow moving to left ; head lowered. 



37. Onyx, fragmentary ; Cupid leading two she-panthers 

 to left ; they draw a chariot of which the greater part 

 is missing, together with the figure in the chariot whose 

 hand only remains. Inscribed C^CTPATGY. The signature 

 appears to have been placed in the centre of the broken 

 gem, and is therefore probably modern. This fine cameo is 

 no doubt ancient. From the Ottoboni Collection (Stosch, 

 Gemmae Ant. Csel., pi. 66 ; Raspe 6731 ; Brunn, Griech. 

 Kiinstler, II., p. 585 ; Furtwangler in Jahrb. des Inst., 1889, 

 p. 63). 



38. Nicolo : head of Socrates (?) in profile to right. 



39. Onyx : Satyric mask, bearded, to front ; mounted in 

 enamelled ring. 



40. Onyx : Leda and swan ; Leda stoops to left, and holds 

 scarf over her head. 



41. Onyx : fragment showing nose, mouth, and chin of a 

 female head. 



42. Sardonyx, large fragment : forepart of cow drinking 

 from trough at foot of tree. 



_ 43. Sardonyx, fragmentary : head of Empress in profile to 

 right ; broken off across chin. 



44. Lapis lazuli : bust of Serapis, nearly in the round, 

 wearing modius. 



45. Onyx : 



