'60 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



VII. — Antiquities excavated in 1893-94, at Amathus, in 

 Cyprus, under the bequest of Miss E. T. Turner, including : — 



1. Limestone stele inscribed in archaic Greek letters, and in 

 elegiac verse, to the memory of a soldier named Idagygos, of 

 Halicarnassos, son of Aristocles. The words are separated by 

 two dots. 



2. Fragments of a limestone pillar, with archaic inscription 

 commemorating one Naxios. 



3. Limestone stele, on which has been painted the figure of 

 '& warrior, with elegiac inscription concerning one Nicogenes, 

 a native of Calymnos. 



4. Two smaller limestone stelae, each having a figure of a 

 youth painted on it, but now considerably injured. 



5. Fragment of a similar stele having a female figure seated 

 to the front, painted in a manner recalling some of the best 

 of the Pompeian frescoes. 



6. Six similar stelae, with remains of colour: one of them 

 inscribed with a name. 



7. Tall limestone stele, inscribed in large letters of a good 

 period, Qtydaiaiog Eu(e)cr7r£|0trvjc. 



8. Fragment of a limestone stele, inscribed in memory of a 

 native of Mytilene, a son of one Phanagoras. 



9. Limestone sarcophagus, on the lid of which is sculptured 

 in the archaic manner a bearded head, having the hair 

 arranged in formal curls over the brow : unfinished work. 



The engraved gems of this series belong mostly to the 

 archaic period. Among them may be noticed for their beauty 

 of workmanship the following intaglios : — 



10. Sard scarab, with a figure of a discobolos stooping to 

 raise his disc. 



11. Sard, with a war-galley : of very minute engraving : 

 mounted in gold for a finger-ring. 



12. Banded onyx, with a winged figure of Fate : mounted 

 in gold for a finger-ring, with silver hoop. 



13. Sard, with Heracles attacking the Nemean lion : 

 mounted in gold for a finger-ring. 



14. Pale plasma scarab, with a cow suckling her calf, against 

 .a back-ground of papyrus. 



1.5. A gold finger-ring, with a Satyr carrying a wine-skin 

 over his shoulder. 



16. A small gold pendant in the form of a mask of Silenos, 

 <of very delicate archaic workmanship. 



17. Small gold pendant in form of lion's head. 



1.8. A number of small ingots of gold and of silver. 



19. Necklace 



