64 ACCOUNTS; ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



16. Rock-crystal scaraboid, with intaglio design of lion and 

 ankh. Cumae. 



17. Porcelain scarab, set in silver ring, with hieroglyphics. 

 Cumae. 



18. Steatite scarab, with archaic intaglio design : a com- 

 bination of a human figure, with wings, and the head of a 

 boar. Probably from Asia Minor. 



19. Sard, glandular bead, with intaglio hieroglyph of the 

 goddess Maiit and the signs Rh-t. Palestine. 



20. Onyx cameo, with bust of Faustina the younger. 

 Falestine. 



IV. — Bronze. 



1. Etruscan mirror, with engraved design representing 

 Ixion fastened to a winged wheel of eight spokes ; he wears 

 a tight-fi.tting garment. The drawing is more or less archaic, 

 early fifth century B.C. 



2. Writing-pen of the Roman period, one end fashioned 

 like a modern nib, not split, but with a groove down the 

 centre ; the other end is shaped like a small spoon, for erasures. 

 Found in the Tiber at Rome. 



3. Bronze-gilt fibula of " snake " type, the foot ending in a 

 serpent's head, with a large blue glass bead on the bow. 

 Found in the Tiber. 



4. Cylinder, with gold mount. Enkomi, Cyprus. 



5. Statuette of goddess, with pomegranate and torch, 

 wearing long chiton ; rude archaic work. Athens. From 

 the Piot Collection (Sale Cat. No. 36). 



6. Figure of Apis-bull, with incised markings on back; on 

 the ancient base is an archaic Greek inscription, of which 

 only the word ©EOAIIPOS, ©eoSwpoc, is now legible. (Piot 

 Coll. Sale Cat. No. 33 ; compare Catalogue of Bronzes in 

 Brit. Mus. No. 3208.) Athens. From the Piot Collection. 



7. Finger-ring, with head of Athene engraved on bezel ; 

 inscribed CYNOAOY MYCTIKHC TAPCEOJN, ^vv6dov 

 fxvcjTiKng Tap(Ti(ov. (Compare Brit. Mus. Cat. of Bronzes, 

 No. 887.) Baltshik, Bulgaria. 



8. Group of wrestlers, one bearded, the other youthful ; 

 probably from some well-known Greek original. (Compare 

 Jahrbuch d. arch. Inst. 1898, pi. 11, p. 178 ; Brit. Mus. Cat. 

 of Bronzes, No. 853 ; Forman Sale Cat. No. 95.) 



9. Mirror-case, with relief on the cover ; two Erotes flying 

 and carrying an incense-burner between them ; each has a 

 phiale in the other hand. Greek work of the fourth 

 century B.C. Corinth. 



10-11. Two sty li, with a small disc at one end, the other 

 end pointed. (Compare Brit. Mus. Cat. of Bronzes, Nos. 2681- 

 2685.) From the Peloponnesus. 



