iS ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, <ScC. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



Art, and especially during tliat early period when it was first developed under the influence 

 of Egyptian and Assyrian Art, 



(3.) A bronze lamp with two spouts, found at Paris in an excavation in the ancient Roman 

 Thermae, of which the site is partially occupied by the Hotel Cluny. The form of this lamp 

 is similar to that of a smaller lamp found at Pompeii and engraved " Mus. Borbon. XI. 

 Tav. 13." Two dolphins united at the tails ornament the upper part of the lamp ; at each 

 side projects a half lion, and under each spout, is a satyric head in relief. The whole com- 

 position is conceived in a bold and original style. The details are elaborately wrought ; the 

 eyes are inlaid in silver. This lamp is also remarkable for its great size, measuring 

 1 feet Ih inches in length, and having been originally of the same height and breadth. It 

 has been suspended by a chain attached to the dolphins' tails. 



(4.) A bronze female figure found in a railway excavation near Naples. This figure, which is 

 two feet high, is a most mteresting specimen of early Greeco-Italian or Etruscan Art. It is 

 draped to the feet. On the breast is engraved a floral pattern, and on the upper arm the 

 fastenings of the sleeves are rendered by the same process. The figure probably represents 

 Aphrodite. This bronze is specially interesting as a very early and fine example of ancient 

 casting. The forearms, which are advanced in front of the body, have been separately cast, 

 and then soldered on. 



(6.) A small collection of Sculptures and inscriptions acquired in the Levant by the late 

 Percy Clinton, Viscount Slrangford. Among these may be mentioned — 



1. A small figure of Apollo, broken off at the knees ; its height has probably been about 

 four feet. This figure is an interesting specimen of archaic art, and probably belongs to 

 the same transition period as the iEginetan marbles. 



2. Part of a circular shield on which is sculptured in relief a battle of Greeks and 

 Amazons. This fraiiment has a special interest, because the subject of the relief formed the 

 ornament of the shield of the celebrated chryselephantine statue of Athene by Phidias. 

 A small marble figure of this goddess, found at Athens some years ago, is believed to be a 

 representation of the statue of Phidias, and has a buckler ornamented with a similar 

 composition of Amazons. 



(6.) A plaster cast from a fragment of the frieze of the Mausoleum preserved in the Museum 

 within the Seraglio at Constantinople, where it was seen by Mr. Newton in 1862. This 

 fragment, representing an Amazon rushuig forward with uplifted battle-axe, belongs to the 

 frieze of the order, and is sculptured with the same mastery as the rest. It is not known 

 how it came into the Museum of the Seraglio. 



(7.) A female head and part of an inscription discovered by Mr. Wood in excavations in 

 the Odeum atEphesus. The inscription is a leiter from the Emperor Antoninus Pius, appa- 

 rently, to the people of Ephesus. On the same site Mr. Wood has found fiagments of two 

 other Imperial letters, both addressed by Trajan to the people of Ephesus; also a dedication 

 to the Emperor Marcusi Aurelius. The female head is of the Roman period and coarsely 

 sculptured. 



'I he following |)resents have been received : — 



A marble base with a Greek inscription in honour of AureUus Priscus Isidorus and his 

 wife, Ulpia Matrona, by tiie people of Tomi. 



A dedication in Greek to the Empress Julia Mammaea. 



A Greek sepulchral stele in memory of one Teimokrates, on which is a relief representing 

 the funeral feast. 



A marble base with a Greek inscription in honour of Aurelius Priscius Annianus. 



A sepulchral 5#e/e in memory of one Chrestos. 



A sepulchral s^eZe with a relief representmg the funeral feast. 



A Latin inscription m memory of Vibia Aurelia Valeria. 



All these inscriptions were found in making a railway at Kastenji, the ancient Tomi. Pre- 

 sented by Wm. P. Price, Esq. 



Casts from two of the seats recently discovered in the theatre of Dionysos at Athens. 

 The inscription on one of these seats shows that it was assigned to the priest of Dionysos, 

 the other was that of one of the ten Strategi. Presented by Miss Winifrede Wyse. 



The torso of a male figure in bronze, and a terra-cotta sling bullet from Carthage. Pre- 

 sented by H. Christy, Esq. 



A lamp and an amphora, both of unvarnished terra-cotta, and an iron key found with the 

 bronze lamp described above. Presented by G. Witt, Esq. 



Fragment of a terra-cotta lamp, ornamented with a female bust in relief, from Rome. 

 Antifixal terra-cotta ornament found in the rubbish heap at Pompeii. Presented by the Rev. 

 Greville J. Chester. 



Facsimile of an inscription in Archaic Greek characters, from the tomb of Menekrates in 

 Corfu. Presented by the Rev. Isaac Lowndes. 



A collection of views in water colour, taken at Cyrene, by Captain Porcher, r.n. Pre- 

 sented by Captain Porcher, r.n. 



C. T. Newton. 



