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11. Sard of glandular shape, intaglio : vase(?) with hatched 

 lines. 



12. Sard of glandular shape, intaglio ; cuttle-fish. 



13. Sard of glandular shape, intaglio : vase and two 

 branches. 



14. Lenticular sard, intaglio : branches. 



15. Haematite lenticular gem, intaglio : bird flying. 



16. Steatite lenticular gem, intaglio : cuttle-fish. 



17. Green jasper of glandular shape with incised pattern. 

 8-17. * Mycenaean ' gems found in Crete. 



IV. — Bronze. 



i. statuette of Athena Parthenos ; a provincial copy of 

 the statue by Pheidias ; the right hand is extended, the left 

 hangs by the side. She wears helmet, peplos, and aegis. 

 From Syria. 



2. Statuette of Alexander the Great on horseback, with 

 sword in right hand ; there are remains of gilding. Provincial 

 work. 



3. Statuette of draped woman (probably Selene) riding to 

 the left on horse; she holds two torches. The horse has 

 been cast from the same mould as the foregoing, and there 

 are similar traces of gilding. Provincial work, as last. 



2, 3/rom Alexandretta. 



4. Roman military diploma of the time of the Emperor 

 Philip, conferring the ius conubii on a veteran of Aelia 

 Mursa, a Roman settlement in Pannonia. The name of the 



veteran is NEB. TVLLIO NEB. P. MA The right hand 



edge of the tablet has been cut down. On the back is 

 a graffito, which seems illegible. The date is January 7th, 

 246 A.D., cf. Ephemeris Epigraphica, IV. (1881), p. 185. 

 Found in Piedmont. 



5. Stamp with ring handle, bearing letters SEX-TVS-IVC. 

 On the handle JVC is incised. 



6. Handle of a vase with attachment, on which is a figure 

 in low relief of Thetis or a Nereid riding on a hippocamp 

 and carrying a cuirass for Achilles. Bourguignon Collection. 



7. A collection of 122 objects, mainly fibulae of various 

 types, armlets, rings, handles, peindants, &c., found in tombs 

 in the Ticino Valley. Among the fibulae are examples of 

 what is called the La Tene type, the date of which may be as 

 late as the 2nd or 1st cent. B.C. These antiquities, though 

 representing a primitive stage of civilization in the Ticino 

 valley, were yet contemporary with Republican Rome. 



