68 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BKITfSH MUSEUM. 



9. Handle of a knife or spoon, terminating in the figure of 

 a mouse which is eating a fruit. On the side is an inscription ; 

 KANnVAlOY YfEINOY NEnnOlOY, in characters of the 

 early Roman Period. 



(Nos. 4 to 9 are probably from Ephesos.) 



10. Mirror, late Etruscan, engraved with the scene of Medeia 

 administering a draught to Aison (or perhaps Jason) in the 

 presence of Athena and another goddess whose name has not 

 been translated. {Bull. d. Inst., 1878, p. 144 ; Mon. d. Inst., 

 XI., pi. 8 ; Annali, 1879, p. 47; Heydemann, iaso^i in Kolchis, 

 p. G ; Roscher, lexikon, 11. , p. 2505 [s.v. Medeia]). 



11. Mirror, late Etruscan, engraved with figures of four 

 women and inscribed with several legends in Latin, of which 

 the name T. ANNEX PRISCI alone can be deciphered. 



12. Sword, Italian, of the Antennoe (Ronzano) type, with 

 closely curled horns. Very thick and heavy ; covered with a 

 yellowish green patina. 



13. Fibula, Italian, of the boat type, elaborately engraved 

 with geometric patterns. 



III. — Gems. 



1. Chalcedony bust ; the portrait of a beardless Roman of 

 about the time of Trajan. From the Claude Ponsonby 

 Collection. 



2. A pair of crystal scarabseoid intaglios, each set in its 

 original swivel mount of twisted gold. On one the device is a 

 bridled horse galloping, on the other a goat walking. Greek 



-work of the 5th century B.C. Found in a tomb in Lecce. 



3. Obsidian scarabeeoid intaglio, with a design of two lions 

 in combat and an inscription, in the Cypriote script, probably 

 the name Aristocles, within a cable border. Archaic style. 

 From Cyprus. 



4. Quartz pendant, of pink colour. The stone is pear- 

 shaped, pierced for suspension at the pointed end, and engraved 

 with two intaglio groups : a worshipper approaching a seated 

 deity who holds a bird and a flower ; and a Persian man and 

 woman conversing. Grseco-Persian work of the 5th century 



3B.C. Probably from Cyprus. 



5. Steatite pendant, roughly shaped like a vase, with 

 geometrical incisions on both sides. 



6. Sard lentoid intaglio pierced for a swivel mount. The 

 design represents a goat struck down by a spear. 



(5 and 6 from Crete, of the Minoan period.) 



IV. — Gold and Silver. 



1. Five stamped gold plaques bearing the following 

 designs : — a gryphon seated, a lion recumbent, a hare running, 

 a nude male figure kneeling or running, and two Scythians 

 back to back, shooting with bow sand arrows. Similar 



