68 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



7. Archaic Corinthian bowl ; lion. Thebes. 



8. Red-figuved kylix, parodying the work of Duris ; three 

 scenes of banqueters, with inscriptions. Thebes. 



9. Black-figured lekythos ; contest of Heracles and 

 Geryon. 



10. Red-figured aryballos ; boy and girl with bird. 



11. Red-figured amphora of "strong" period; (a) 

 Triptolemos and other figures ; (b) Paris carrying off Helen. 

 Found in Aegina in 1864. 



VI. — Engraved Gems. 



1. Onyx cameo ; head of Heracles. Sana, Yemen, 

 Arabia. 



2. Fragment of onyx cameo ; head of Diomede (?) with 

 Palladion. Palmyra. 



3. Sard scaraboid ; female figure Eretria. 



4. Sardonyx intaglio ; man climbing a palm tree. Syria. 

 '). Garnet intaglio ; head of Helios and zodiacal signs. 



6. Lapis lazuli intaglio ; Serapis ; inscribed AIEl NEIKA. 



7. Onyx cameo in ancient setting ; portrait-bust of young 

 man. Syria. 



8. Onyx cameo : Victory in biga ; warrior crowned by 

 woman. 



9. Amethystine garnet intaglio : portrait of a woman of the 

 first century A.D. Baghdad. 



10. Steatite mould for two busts of Maenads. 



VII. — Miscellaneous. 



1. Part of ivory statuette : Orpheus (?) surrounded by 

 animals. 



2. Ivory head of Serapis. Found near Cairo. 



3. Lead statuette of negro wearing drawers. Found near 

 Perugia. 



4 — 10. Seven lead weights, with Greek and Cypriote inscrip- 

 tions. Sidon. 



11. Two fragments of vitreous paste found at Canopus 

 with the gold tablet described above. 



A. S. Murray. 



