l6 ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &C. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



Eight of these Inscriptions have been mounted on plinths, and the whole are now in 

 course of arrangement. 



Five Roman tessellated pavements from Carthage have been repaired and mounted on 

 slate and their surfaces cleaned, and two others are in course of completion. 



The sculptures from the Mausoleum and from Cnidus, and most of those from Branchidge, 

 have been cleaned under the direction of Mr. Weslmacott. 



A portion of the Basement under the Morth Library, adjacent to the Store Room for 

 Gasts, has been fitted up as a w.irkshop for the Formatore. 



A number of shelves has been fitted in the second Vase lloom for the reception of the 

 Greek Terracottas, and a considerable part of this collection has been re-arranged. The glass, 

 ivories, and many of the miscellaneous Antiquities in the table cases of the same room have 

 been re-arranged, and descriptive titles have been affixed to many of these objects. 



Considerable progress has been made in the arrangement of the later Black ware and 

 laier Vases from tl)e Basilicata in the same room. 



Progress has been made in the preparation of the Index and Glossary of the second 

 volume of the Catalogue of Greek Vases, and in tt>e drawing of the shapes of vases, and 

 a large portion of the text of this Catalogue has been revised for press. 



243 vases have been catalogued. 



337 miscellaneous Antiquities have been registered, and 382 descriptive titles and num- 

 bers have been attached to objects in the general collections. Fourteen Vases, Terracottas, 

 and other objects have been repaind. 



II. — /4 cqui sit ions. 

 The following Antiquities acquired during the past year deserve special notice: — 



1. A Collection of Marbles, consisting of Statues, Busts, and Inscriptions discovered at 

 Cyrene by Lieutenant R. M. Smith, R.E., and Lieutenant Porcher, R.N., in the course of 

 excavations carried on under a firman obtained by Her Majesty's Government, and with 

 funds supphed by- the Trustees of the Britisii Museum. 



This Collection, the whole of which has been discovered and brought to England in the 

 course of the past year, consists of sixty-eight statues and torsos (of which eight are above 

 life size), eight busts, forty-eight beads, two relief-, and eight insciiptions. 



The most remarkable of these objects are the following: — 



1. A colossal statue of Apollo Citharoe lus playing on the Ivre, very similar to one in the 

 Museo Capitolino, at Rome, which is engraved in Clarac, Musee de Sculpture, PI. 490, 

 No. 954. This statue, which is remarkable for beauty of design and skilful modelling, was 

 found in a Temple of Apollo at Cyrene. 



2. A colossal bust of Antoninus Pius, in the finest condition and admirably sculptured. 



3. A bronze head, life size, found under the pavement of the Temple of Apollo, in the 

 finest condition, and interesting as an example of minute and elaborate finish. The head 

 represents a portrait, and is probably of the Macedonian period. 



4. A staiue of the youihful Bacchus, found in a Temple dedicated to that Deity. This 

 statue, which is piobably of the Roman period, is in very fine preservation. 



5. A colossal female figure wearing a diadem and veil ; this may perhaps represent one 

 of the Queens of the Egyptian dynasty of the Ptolemies. 



6. A statue of a Roman Empress, probably of the period of Domitian. 



7. 8. Two female busis, with singular conical head-dresses, evidently portraits, and pro- 

 bably of the time of Domitian. 



9. A statuette representing Venus tying her sandal. 



10. A group representing the nymph Cyrene, strangling a lion. 



11. A relief representing the same subject, with the addition of a figure of Libya crown- 

 ing Cyrene, and a curious metrical inscription. 



12. A draped statuette of Venus, the head of exquisite beauty. 



13. 14. Two other small torsos, one of Venus. These three last objects were found in a 

 large temple, of the Doric order, and are of the finest period of Greek Art. As they 

 appear to be sculptured in Pentelic Marble, it is probable that they were brought to 

 •Cyrene from Greece. 



15. A male head, life size, evidently a portrait. The eyes, which are made of vitreous 

 vpastes, still remain in the marble sockets. 



Among the Inscriptions is a dedication by the people of Cyrene to Cneeus Cornelius 

 Lentulus Marcellinus, who is styled Propraetor and Patron of Cyrene. 



2. Antiquities from Camirus, in the Island of Rhodes- — These antiquities are the result 

 of excavations carried on in the Cemetery of Camirus by M. Auguste Salzmann, and Mr. 

 A. Biliotti, British Vice Consul at Rhodes, under a firman obtained by Her Majesty's 

 Government 



Through a series of discoveries on this site, since the year 1859, the Museum has been 

 enriched by a nmst remarkable collection of gold ornaments, vases, terracottas, glass, and 

 porcelain, executed at a very early period of Greek art. Some of these objects so closely 

 resemble the art of Egypt and of Phoenicia that they must have been either imported from 

 those countries, or executed by native artists working under Phoenician or Egyptian 

 influence. 



The most remarkable objects received from Messrs. Salzmann & Biliotti during the 



past 



