CARLISLE GEMS. 77 



right hand raised holding up drapery ; surface polished away 

 in places. 



69. Sard : Hercules (?) standing leaning on cippus to right ; 

 holding torch in left hand ; lion's skin over shoulders ; the 

 attitude is that of Meleager, to whom the torch also would 

 apply better than to Hercules. 



70. Sard : bust of Apollo to left ; before him his lyre ; 

 slight drapery on shoulder ; shoulders seen in back view. 



71. Sard : bust of Apollo to left ; in front, lyre ; laureate ; 

 draped on breast ; top of head restored in gold. 



72. Sard : Bacchus seated on panther, with right arm round 

 its neck, the hand holding cantharus to mouth of panther ; 

 same subject as the cameo No. 9, ante, from which this gem 

 has probably been copied. 



73. Amethj^st : bust of Cupid to right ; small wings. 



74. Sard : warrior fallen among shields ; in background a 

 warrior. 



75. Dark sard : bust of Serapis to front, wearing modius 

 of leaves. 



76. Banded onyx : male figure bringing goat to altar to 

 right. 



77. Sard : sacrifice of goat under tree ; three figures ; one 

 holds goat ; the next, seated, plays on lyre ; the third stands 

 playing a double flute. Inscribed, faintly, AIOCKOI. 



78 to 169. Intaglios, among luhich the follotving are 



deserving of notice : — 



78. Sard : bust of Faun to right. 79. Sard : comic actor 

 standing nearly to left, with hands clasped. 81. Sard : with 

 cable-border : Capaneus sunk on knee before city -wall. 

 82. Nicolo : Nereid riding to right on hippocamp, attended 

 by two Tritons. 84. Amethystine garnet : head of Faun to 

 right ; goat-skin on neck. 85. Chalcedony : head of Jupiter 

 to front ; below, thunderbolt. 86. Garnet en cahochon : 

 Faun standing to front holding pedum. 87. Red jasper : 

 head of Vespasian, laureate, to right. 90. Carnelian • Mars 

 to front ; left hand rests on shield, right on spear ; wears 

 helmet, cuirass and scarf over arms, 91. Carnelian : Athlete 

 to right, holding strigil ; at his feet a dog; behind him, 

 table with palm-branch in vase. 92. Carnelian : Diana of 

 Ephesus standing to front ; deer at each side as if forming 

 a throne ; she holds a torch (?) in each hand. 98. Nicolo : 

 head of Silenus to left. 104. Sard : wild boar running to 

 right attended by two hounds. 109. Yellow jasper: head 

 of Lucius Verus (?) to left. 110. Amethyst : head of 



0.81. Mithradates 



