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15. Lunate ornament with palmette design in relief. 



16. Foot of a cista modelled in the form of a Sphinx 

 seated on a scroll above a lion's foot. 



9-16 are from tombs at Elis, 



17. Statuette of Herakles standing, with club and lion's 

 skin supported on his left arm. 



IV. — Engraved Gems. 



1. Sard intaglio : head of Ariadne, wearing ivy wreath, 

 within a cable border. Found on the surface at Poli-tis- 

 Chrysokhou, Cyprus. 



2. Sard intaglio : head of youthful Herakles with lion's 

 skin knotted about his shoulders. Behind his head is a star ; 

 in front, inscribed "Epiog. 



3. Sard scarab intaglio : bull wounded by a spear which 

 sticks in his back. Cable border. 



4. Carnelian scarab intaglio : huntsman skinning an 

 animal. Meaningless letters in the field. Cable border. 



5. Onyx intaglio (set in modern gold ring) : two men 

 before a tree, from which hangs a ram's head. The one 

 kneels and holds a serpent over a flaming altar, the other 

 stands and holds a small image (?). 



6. Chalcedony bust of a woman in high relief. She wears 

 the costume of a priestess of Isis. Possibly a Roman Empress 

 in that character. 



Y.— Marble, &c. 



1. Head of Meleager on modern bust. Ancient replica of 

 a Greek original of the 4th cent. B.C. See Burlington 

 Fine Arts Club Gat., 1904, No. 14, pi. xiv. ; Journ. Hell. 

 Stud., 1885, p. 38, No. 27. 



2. Pyxis of graceful form. It is on a tall stem, and is 

 decorated round the body with moulded rims. The lid has a 

 tapering handle. Fifth to fourth cent. B.C. 



3. Fragment of a Greek inscription recording the rules of 

 a i^^iasos or private association. From the Peirseus. About 

 the third cent. B.C. 



4. Stone shrine with gable top. On the front are the 

 remains of a painted scene. 



5. Marble sarcophagus, with the representation of a lock 

 carved on its front. On the pyramidal cover is inscribed : 

 EnilEPEnznAN4>IAOYMHTPOAnPOZAPTEMIAnP 



OYPIEPIPANTHZ, lirl <c/)£wc nav(})iXov MrjrpoSwpog 

 'AprE/xtSwpou TTEpipavTr^g. UepipavTr^g is apparently a new 

 word ; cf., however, the wepipavTrtpiov of a Delphi inscription 

 {Bull, de Gorr. Hell, XXL, p. 483). Said to have been 

 excavated in the ruins of the temple of Kybele at Sardis. 



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