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II. — Silver. 



Cup with repousse designs on handle : (a) at the top, bust of 

 Diana; (h) Mars with spear and shield visiting Rhea Silvia, 

 towards whom fly two Cupids ; (c) at the extremities of the 

 lower part of the handle, where it is joined to the cup, are 

 dogs catching hares. In the centre of the vase is a group of 

 the Three Graces. From Syria. 



2. Vase with design in relief : on one side is a seated 

 fisherman taking off a fish from his line ; on the other a 

 second fisherman stands, holding a basket in one hand, and 

 fish in the other. Round the body of the vase are several 

 large fish (perhaps representing the Chromis Nilotica), a 

 xjrane fishing, shells and cuttlefish. Alexandrine work of the 

 3rd to 2nd century B.C. From Egypt. 



III. — Engraved gems, <&g. 



1. Nicolo intaglio set in gold ring ; Aeneas stands regarding 

 the Laurentian sow and her litter. Above is a nymph seated 

 on a rock and holding a palm branch. Compare Raoul 

 Rochette, Mon. Ined., pi. 69, fig. 3. 



2. Sard intaglio; a carpentum drawn by a pair of mules. 

 €f. Journ. of Hell. Studies, 1897, p. 88. 



3. Chalcedony cone with intaglio designs ; on the base, 

 cow suckling calf : on the side, a priestess in Assyrian 

 costume standing before an altar. From Tartus, Syria. 



4. Sardonyx cameo ; Roman actor wearing mask stands 

 'vvith staff in his right hand. 



5. Mottled agate scaraboid; man standing between two 

 goats which he grasps by the horns ; belongs to period of 

 transition from Mycenaean to early Greek art. From 

 Latakia. 



6. Agate scaraboid ; nude warrior kneeling on right knee 

 in defensive attitude ; he holds spear and shield, and wears a 

 helmet of conical shape. Fine Greek work of the middle of 

 the 5th century B.C. 



7. Plasma intaglio ; a four-winged kneeling Phoenician 

 deity ; in the field, uraei. 



8. Pale sard intaglio ; Phoenician design of sun's disk and 

 uraei. 



9. Sard intaglio gold-mounted ; hawk of Horus with key 

 of life. Phoenician imitation of Egyptian work. 



10. Steatite scarab with cartouche of Thothmes III. : 

 Phoenician imitation as last. 



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