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7. Four objects in wood, viz., a writing tablet coated with 

 wax, a rude figure of a horse, a seal holder (?), and a weaving 

 instrument (?). 



8. Red jasper intaglio : Herakles struggling with the 

 Hydra. 



9. Two reed pens. 



1-9 are from Behnesa {Oxyrhynchus). 



Presented by the Committee of the 

 Egypt Exploration Fund, 



XX. Series of one hundred and five objects, consisting 

 of specimens of " Minoan " pottery, fragments of wall-paint- 

 ings, models of stone vases, and other antiquities found in 

 the excavations at Knossos, Crete. 



Presented by Dr. Arthur Evans, p.r.s. 



XXI. Fragment of blue-glazed pottery with band of 

 flowers in green. Found at Mitrahenny (the site of the 

 ancient Memphis), with many fragments dating roughly from 

 the first to the third cent. A.D. 



Presented by H. Wallis, Esq. 



XXII. — 1. Kylix with black-figure designs on a narrow 

 bufi" band, representing a youth seizing one of five girls 

 dancing before a burning altar in the presence of a seated 

 man and a ploughing and sowing scene. 



2. Kylix with a black-figure design on a light band re- 

 presenting Herakles (?) in combat with an Amazon in the 

 presence of eight standing figures and two horsemen. The 

 design is given twice, on each side of the vase. 



3. Kylix with a black-figure design of Hermes running 

 on the inside of the bowl. 



4. Kylix with a rude palmette design in black, inscribed 

 ArA0AZ. 



5. Red-figure lekythos. The design represents a nude 

 youth bending over a laver. 



1-5 are probably from excavations in Rhodes. 



Presented by Sir Henry Howorth, k.c.i.e. 



XXIIT. Terracotta relief (a modern forgery), representing 

 Odysseus and the Sirens. 



Presented by Mr. A. Decaristo. 



XXIV. A framed drawing showing a suggested restoration 

 of the Treasury of Atreus at Mycenae. It is based largely 

 on the restoration of the columns as set up in the Archaic 

 Room. 



Brawn and presented by R. Phen^ Spiers, Esq. 



Cecil Smith. 



