14 ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &C, OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



quarter ; and the two acquisitions, being now united, may be treated as forming one series 

 A full description of the whole having been given by Mr. Newton himself in papers 

 ordered to be printed by the House of Commons, it is only necessary in this place to 

 mention briefly the contents of the collection, in their several classes: 



1. A further series of architectural and sculptural remains from the Mausoleum at 

 Halicarnassus, of which the most important are several marble steps with peculiar con- 

 trivances for jointing and for excluding the rain from the joints. These steps are believed 

 by Mr. Newton to have formed part of tlie pyramid which, according to Pliny, surmounted 

 the whole edifice. About 160 ashlar marble blocks, believed to have belonged to the 

 Peribolus of the Mausoleum ; the capital uf one of the angle-columns of the building ; a 

 stone in the form of a voussoir of an arch, with remains of a (ireek inscription; and the 

 nave and other fragments of a wheel of the quadriga from the apex of the pyramid. 



2. Monuments from Branchidce, near Miletus. — The chief of these are 10 statues from 

 the Sacred Way leading to the Temple of Apollo. They all represent figures about the 

 size of life, seateil on thrones, and are executed in a formal archaic style, probably not later 

 than the first half of the sixth century, B.C.; on one is inscribed the name of Chares, 

 Ruler of Teichiossa. From the same place are a recumbent Lion, of very mde archaic 

 workmanship, but bearing a highly curious boustrophedon inscription, recording the names 

 of the persons who dedicated this figure to Apollo ; a recumbent Sphinx, equally rude ; and 

 an inscribed pedestal, recording in boustrophedon characters tlie dedication of a monument 

 now lost, but executed by an artist named Terpsicles. 



3. Monuments from Cnidus. — The principal is a colossal statue of a recumbent Lion, 

 originally placed on the top of a Greek vaulted sepulchre, in a conspicuous position on a 

 promontory. It exceeds in dimensions any similar figure hitherto brought to this country. 

 Its style indicates a good period of art, and its surface is in good preservation. 



From ihe spot described by Mr. Newton as the " Temenos of Demeter and Persephone" 

 at Cnidus, is a small collectionof sculptures, votive offerings, and inscriptions; among which 

 ai'e two statues of the size of life, supposed to represent those divinities ; that of Demeter 

 having a plinth inscribed with the name of the giver, Nicoleia ; and that of Persephone 

 being remarkable for the beauty and high preservation of the head. 



4. Miscellaneous antiquities from other neighbouring localities, including a large female 

 statue from Clazomense with an inscribed pedestal, purchased at Smyrna ; a fine bronze 

 ornament of a vase, with two figures in relief, from the island ofTelos; and a considerable 

 collection of Greek inscriptions from various places. 



II. The antiquities forwarded by the Rev. Nathan Davis are the results of excavations 

 made under that gentleman's direction at Carthage and Utica. 



Among the antiquities from Carthage should be specially mentioned 36 tablets with 

 Phcenician inscriptions, found near the foot of the hill of St. Louis ; a grey marble statue 

 representing a draped female ; and several architectural fragments, The larger part, how- 

 ever, of these antiquities consist of portions of mosaic pavements, all of the period of the 

 Roman Empire. These may be described as follows : — 



Four portions of pavements with geometrical designs, discovered at the same spot as those 

 received in 1857. 



A series of pavements obtained on the site of a Roman house ; coarse in execution, but 

 exhibiting ornamental designs of various patterns. Among them maybe noticed the subject 

 of deer drinking at a fountain. 



Portions of a pavement discovered on the site of a Roman building close to the beach at 

 the northern end of the peninsula on whichCarthage was built. The designs are remarkably 

 elegant, and novel in character. One of the compartments represents Tritons and Sea- 

 Nymphs ; another, female heads surrounded by patterns formed of vine leaves. In the 

 composition of parts of this pavement glass tesserce have been employed. 



Poriions of a pavement discovered in a building on the hill of Qamart, where was for- 

 merly the ancient Necropolis. It represents fountains in the shape of vases, birds and 

 other ornaments, partly executed in glass tesserce. Beside the fountains occurs the in- 

 scription, PONTES. 



The mosaics received from Utica are finer in execution, and more curious in subject, 

 than those just mentioned from Carthage. Among them may be specified a semi-circular 

 compartment, apparently representing an inundation. On the water are men in boats, 

 surrounding with a net various wild animals which have been overtaken by the waters. On 

 another panel is a fishing scene, in which the fishes are formed of glass tesserae. On a 

 third panel are peacocks and other birds. The remaining pavements exhibit well-executed 

 geomitrical patterns. The excavations at Utica have likewise produced several stelce 

 bearing late Phoenician inscriptions. 



Amonir the other acquisitions of Antiquities the following are the most important : — 



I. Egiiptian. — Twenty-six Scarabaei and other small objects, including signets with 

 the name of Thothuies III., Sethos I,, and Apries, kings of Egypt, and a stibium case 



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