68 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



11. Haematite cylinder with intaglio designs ; font 

 goddesses holding between them a goat, deer, and lion. 

 In the field are a rosette, sun, moon, swan, and lion. 



7-11. From Cyprus. 



12. Black jasper intaglio ; Romano-Egyptian bust; in the 

 field, a caduceus. 



IV. — Bronze. 



1. Bearded river-god, seated. His head is wreathed, 

 and he wears drapery round loins. His right hand holds 

 a branch, his left a cornucopia. From Syria. 



2. Cuirass, votive, to judge from its small size ; the front 

 and back pieces are joined at the top and sides by ornamental 

 hino-es. The outlines of the body are indicated in archaic 

 fashion. From S. Italy. 



3 Votive wheel ; round the felloe in punctured letters is 

 the inscription: EENnNKHPYPPIPPAKABIPYKHnAiAI. 



;s^u>o)v K7) UvpoiTTva KaBipv kij Uuici. From the temple of 

 the Cahiri near Thehes. 



4. Surgical knife with curved blade. The handle is inlaid 

 with a spiral of silver. From Myndus. 



5. Handle and part of the rim of a lehes ; in the centre of 

 the handle, cast in one piece with it, is an archaic Gorgoneion, 

 on either side of which are incised patterns of palmettes and 

 lotus flowers. 



C. Handle of lehes, similar to last. 



7, 8. Fragments from the rim of a lehes. 



5-8. Frorii Crissa near Delphi. 



9. Series of reliefs (fragmentary), originally attached by 

 nails to a wooden larnax. They represent lions, sphinxes, 

 gryphons, and various patterns, the animals being grouped 

 heraldieally in square panels. The designs, which are of 

 archaic style (end of 7th or beginning of 6th cent. B.C.), 

 appear to have been placed round the chest in a series of 

 parallel bands, in the manner of the chest of Kypselos. Cf. 

 Journ. of Hell. Stud., XIII., pp. 256 ff. Fror,i Eleutherae. 



10. Mirror Case ; on the inside of the cover is an engraved 

 design, plated with silver : Aphrodite, draped and seated upon 

 a couch, holds up a dove with her left hand and stretches out 

 the right towards a nude winged Eros, who is seated on a 

 corner of the couch, holding avray a dish of fruit in his right 

 hand. Frora Hermione. 



