•68 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



111. Necklace with three bullae and two pendants, the 

 central bulla representing the birth of Dionysos from the 

 thigh of Zeus, the two others, Heracles and an armed figure. 

 Italy. 



112. A pair of bracelets, each with embossed design of a 

 Cupid surmounting two female heads. Italy. 



113. Fragment of bracteate gold with lion's head. Limassol, 

 Cyprus. 



II. — Silver. 



Necklace of small rings, two crescents, and a pendant. 

 Crete. 



III. — Bronze. 



1. Capsa, fitted with tubes for liquid perfumes, on a stand. 

 Civita Castellana. 



2. Figure of Mercury, probably attached to the cover of the 

 preceding object. Civita Castellana. 



3-4. Parts of two Roman pumps worked on the double- 

 action principle invented by Ctesibius (compare Notizie del 

 Lincei, 1891, p. 121, and Vitruvius X. 12 ; also Smith's " Dic- 

 tionary of Antiquities, 3rd ed. I., p. 570). Bolsena. 



5. Patera, with incised Phoenician designs (Cesnola, Sala- 

 minia, p. 53). Cyprus. 



6. Mirror-case with relief of Heracles clasping the hand of 

 a Nymph. Corinth. 



7. Handle of vase of archaic style, ending in a crouching 

 lion and a Satyr. 



8. Minute figure of Victory holding a wreath ; Roman 

 period. 



IV. — Terra-cottas. 



1. Figure of comic actor, with traces of colouring. 



2. Female head of fine style. Found in the Tiber. 



3. Group representing Eros conducting a female figure 

 upwards through the air (compare Museo Borbonico, V. pi. 18). 

 Eretria. 



V. — Pottery. 



1. Archaic Corinthian pyxis, from the Piot collection, with 

 Artemis between lions, Sphinxes and other animals, in black 

 on drab ground. 



2. Oinochoe of Etruscan bucchero ware, covered with brown 

 glaze. 



3. Amphora of black bucchero ware. 



4. Amphora 



