GREEK AND ROMAN ANTIQUITIES. 65 



Gold Ornaments, the Catalogue of Lamps, and the Catalogue of 

 yases, vol. I. 



Students. — The number of visits to the Departmental 

 Library for purposes of research has been 457 ; there have 

 Ibeen 1,465 other visits to the Staff for purposes of enquiry ; 

 ^nd 1,614 attendances of students in the Sculpture Galleries 

 ihave been entered. 



II. — Acquisitions. 

 Bi/ Purchase. 



I. — Bronze. 



1. The arm of a couch decoratively treated. On the upper 

 «nd is a bust of Athena, or Roma ; on the lower end a bust of a 

 ■woman veiled, perhaps Hera, and between them is a figure of 

 Dionysos, reclining and holding a wine cup. Graeco-Eoman 

 work. 



2. Statuette of Apollo of archaic Greek style, wearing a 

 "chlamys across his shoulders and holding in his right hand the 

 horns of a goat. The feet are broken away. On the left leg 

 is an inscription : Tawapi^aq t.ttoXovi. 



3. Finger-ring, engraved on the bezel with an intaglio 

 design of Victory holding a vase. It is studded with a gold and 

 & silver nail. 



4. Yase of spherical shape with a wide-spreading mouth. 

 Probably a cupping vessel. 



5. Horse's bit, with sharp discs and spiked cylinder on the 

 l)ar, after the pattern described by Xenophon de Re Eq., X. 6. 

 From Achaia. {British Museum Guide to Exhibition of Greek 

 ■and Roman Life, p. 20.3, Fig. 211.) 



6. Two handles, each consisting of a ring hinged to a 

 ■circular plate on which is embossed a lion's head. 



II. — Gems. 



1. Grey agate lenticular intaglio of " Minoan " style : a stag 

 attacked by a bird and dog. 



2. Carnelian scarab intaglio of Etruscan style : a figure of 

 Athena armed with helmet, spear and shield. 



UL—Gold. 



1. Band ornamented with embossed stars, and fitted at each 

 end with silver clasp. From Cameiros. 



2. Pair of earrings in the shape of dolphins ; in the mouth 

 of each is a bead, the bodies are of agate and the tails of 

 twisted wire. 



3. Large wreath of oak leaves and acorns, with two cicadas 

 and a bee attached to twigs, and the clasp in the shape of 

 a bee. 



4. Long plain band, pierced at intervals along the edge. 

 (.3 and 4 were found together iu a tomb at the Dardanelles). 



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