70 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



4. Megarian bowl embossed with designs of an Amazon 

 charging, a nymph and seated Silenos, and Victory erecting 

 a trophy, with birds and animals interspersed. 



5. Megarian bowl embossed with designs of Apollo with 

 bow under left arm, and Artemis with shield and quiver ; 

 between them is an elaborate tripod. This design is thrice 

 repeated. Between each group is a bird with a wreath 

 in its mouth. Above is a ring of palmettes and spirals. 



6. Vase of Samian ware with festoons of ivy in relief 

 surrounding it. From Laodicea. 



By Donation. 



1. Plaster cast from part of a marble stele in Crete. 

 Upper part of the figure of a youth : at the back of his left 

 shoulder is a quiver. See Jahreshefte d. oesterr. arch. Inst., 

 VI., pi. 1. 



Presented by J. H. Marshall, Esq. 



II. Marble tablet with Greek inscription recording the fact 

 that the tablet had been erected by one Publius Petronius for 

 himself, his wife, and children ; it also enumerates honours 

 bestowed upon Publius Petronius Achaicus, apparently 

 son of the above. C.I.G. 3376. Copied at Smyrna by 

 Dr. Sherard in 1701 (Harl. MSS. 7509, p. 72, 406). Found 

 at Vauxhall. 



Fresented by the Directors of the London and South-Western 

 Railway Co. 



III.-l. Limestone tablet with Greek inscription relating to 

 the dining hall of the elders of a corporation of weavers. 

 Dated the 18th day of the month Pharmouth in the year 

 109 A.D. See Grenfell, Hunt, and Hogarth, Fayum Towns, 

 p. 54. 



2. Wooden panel with painting. Aphrodite, with cloak 

 over her shoulders, otherwise nude, putting on a necklace ; 

 she stands within a shrine, gaudily painted in white, red, 

 yellow, and brown, with red background. Date about 4th 

 century A.D. 



3. Wooden panel with painting. Abundantia stands with 

 rudder in right hand, and cornucopia in left. By her right 

 foot is a globe ; her left arm leans on a column. Colours 

 as last. 



1-3. From the Fayum. Presented by the Egypt 

 Exploration Fund. 



IV.-l. Eight lead weights of different sizes and shapes, 

 square, round, and conical. Found together in a silver-lead 

 mine at Villanueva del Duque, Spain. 



