64 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



II. — Silver. 



1. Ring, with intaglio design carved in the bezel : a girl 

 dancing, carrying an amphora on her shoulder. 



A specimen of modern imitation of the antique. 



2. Spoon, the handle turned in plain mouldings. From 

 Egypt. 



3. Bezel of a ring, carved with an intaglio of Eros riding 

 on a dolphin. It has been set with two gold studs, of which 

 one only remains. Greek, 4th century B.C. From Khodes. 



III. — Bronze. 



1. Bell of unusually large size, with an iron clapper. It 

 was probably a cattle-bell. Said to have been found at 

 Pompeii. 



2. Statuette of an Augur, robed perhaps in the trahea 

 and holding a lituus in his right hand ; the left has held 

 something which is now missing, perhaps an ancile. (Com- 

 pare Virgi], Aeneid, VII., 187.) 



The figure is cast solid, and seems to be Etruscan work of 

 the early part of the 5th century B.C. Formerly in the 

 Forman Collection. {Forman Sale Catalogue, June 1899, 

 No. 55, pi. II.). 



3. Statuette of Aphrodite, nude, holding up in her right 

 hand a wreath or cestus, and wearing a crown of flowers. 

 The figure is of unusually large size for a bronze of this 

 motive, and stands on an antique pedestal. From Jerusalem. 



4. A snake, crawling ; probably a votive offering. 



5. A buckle and a clasp, the latter in the form of a 

 crouching animal. Part of the leathern belt is still attached 

 to the clasp. From Olbia. 



6. A kantharos, of the best Greek period ; similar to those 

 found at Galaxidi. From Anactorion. 



7. A bistoury of rare form, with a slotted shaft. 



8. Statuette of Aphrodite holding a wreath, and wearing 

 a headdress in the shape of a dove. 



9. A circular brooch-plate with sunk patterns in red, 

 white, and blue enamel : daisies and geometrical designs. 



10. Spoon with handle terminating in the form of a stag's 

 antlers. 



8-10 from Egypt. 



11. Statuette of an athlete scraping himself with a strigil. 

 Greek work, of about 500 B.C. ; an interesting early example 

 of the type afterwards made famous in the Apoxyomenos 

 of Lysippos. 



12. Bust of a human figure wearing a headdress composed 

 of five vertical reeds and a ball, and a twisted necklace 

 with pendant ; the hair is braided, and in the hands are a, 



