ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &C. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 1.1 



Herod Agrippa, at Siah, near Kunawat, in the Hauran ; three other siulptures fioin tlie 

 same district, and two circular covers of marble with Byzantine inscriptions from Palmyra, 

 all procured by E. T. Rogers, Esq., Her Majesty's Consul at Damascus. 



A collection of 80 Gnostic and Basilidian gems from the Praun Collection, mostly en- 

 graved and desciibed in a recent work by the Uev. C. W. King on Gnostic Gems. 



British and Mediceval. — The Foreign illustrations of this section have been increased by 

 the following additions: — 



1. A series of flint implements from the Drift at St. Acheul, near Amiens, presented by 

 Henry Christy, Esq. f.s.a. 



2. A series of flint implements and bones found In a cave at LesEyzies^ Dordogne, with a 

 slab of breccia presented in 18d3 ; also a similar series, touether with casts of remarkable 

 carved bones, found under a rock at Lu Madeleine on the Vesere ; all presented by Henry 

 Christy, Esq. and M. Cdouard Lanet, of Paris. 



3. A section from a Danish Kitchen-midden, or refuse heap, exhibiting shells, bones, 

 and flint implements, presented by Henry Christy, Esq. 



4. Two flint implements from the Campagna, near Rome, presented by Edmund Waterton, 

 Esq. ; and a celt of peculiar and rare form, from Carnac, in Biitany, presented by the 

 Rev. E. L. Barnwell. 



The British Series has received the following additions : — 



A flint implement of the Drift tvpe, from Heme Bay, presented by George J. 

 Strong, Esq. 



A series of flint implements found on the shore of Lough Neagh, Ireland, presented by 

 John Evans, Esq., f.r.s. ; and a similar series from North Devon, presented by Townshend 

 M. Hall, Esq. 



Part of a large flint celt found on Leith Hill, Surrey, presented by J. Wedgwood, Esq.; 

 a flint celt found in the operations for the Main Drainage of London, presented by the 

 Metropolitan Board of Works. 



Portion of a British urn and bone implement found in St. Twynell's parish, Pembroke- 

 shire, presented by the Earl Cawdor; and fraguients o) a British urn found near Victoria 

 P;irk, pr< -ented by R. L. Roumieu, Esq. 



A very remarkaiile hammer-head of horn-blende, a stone celt, and an iron swoid, found 

 in lowering the waters of Lough Gur, near Grange, county Limerick, on the estate of the 

 donor, J. E. W. de SaHs, Esq. 



A st-ries of Irish stone amulets of an uncertain date, presented by Henry 

 Christy, Esq, f.s.a. 



A bronze javeHn-head from Fenton, Yorkshire, presented by the Rev. Edward 

 Houchen; a very fine bronze sword, and three other implements of the same metal, 

 from the Thames, presented by A. W. Franks, Esq. ; and two bronze weapons from 

 Ireland. 



A number of bronze implements of variou^^ kinds, and several Celtic figures of boars 

 found ill diflerent parts of a field at Hounslow. The latier are of a very remarkable 

 character. 



Three Koman leaden coffins fuund at East Ham, Essex, and a number of miscellaneous 

 remains discovered in the works t)f the Main Drainage of London ; presented by the Metro- 

 politan Board of Works. 



Part of a Roman Mosaic | avenient. with florid designs, Roman pottery and other 

 antiquities, found on the site of the old East India House, Leadenhall Street ; presented 

 by William Tite, fsq., m.p. 



^ A leaden cist containing human bones and two denarii of Vespasian, found in Endell 

 Street, near the British Museum. 



Various Roman remains found during recent works in Lothbury. 



A bronze ornament for a chariot, with a bust of Minerva'^hi relief, found at Hi^h 

 W\ combe, Bucks; and a cake of pewter stamped with the Christian monogram and the 

 name Syagrius, found in the Thames ; presented by A. W. Franks, Esq. 



A stamp for marking the collyrium of the Ronian oculist Marcus Juventius Tutianus, 

 found at Golden Bridge, county Tippeiary, Ireland. 



A fine Roman glass vase containing burnt bcaies, fcund at Barnwell, near Cambridge. 



Two Ronian vessels of clay found at Clearmont, near Weymouth, presented by" John 

 Fowler, Esq. 



A quadrangular leaden cist with the inscription cvnobarrvs fecit vivas, found at 

 Caistor, Lincolnshire, presented by the Rev. H. Maclean. 



A gold Anglo-Saxon ornament, with chains and pin, found near Evesham. 



A drinking gfiss from Whitehall, in the stem of which is enclosed a coin of Cliailes II., 

 presented by G. P. Scott, Esq., m.a. 



A casket very elegantly carved out of the wood of Shakespeare's Mulberry tree, en- 

 closing the freedom of the town of Stratford-on-Avon, conferred on David Garrick, 

 3rd May 1709; a ticket oi admission to Gariick's liou>e at Hampton, with hi>, por- 

 trait; two medals and a miniature of Shakespeare. All bequeathed by the late Georo-e 

 Daniel, Esq. ^ 



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