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



Bronzes. — (1.) A disk, on one side of which is engraved the figure of an athlete, 

 standing with the haltere.t in his hands, preparing to spring forward. On the reverse, an 

 athlete throwing a spear. This is probably a votive disk, dedicated by an athlete who had 

 won the victory in three of the contests of the pentathlon. It was obtained by Mr. Wood- 

 house in Sicily. Only one other similar disk is known, which was found in the Island of 

 JEgina, and is now in the Museum at Berlin. (See Annali of the Roman Institute, 1832, 

 p. 75, Tav. d'Aggiunta, B.) The figures on the Woodhouse disk are drawn with the 

 severe accuracy which characterizes the jEginetan School of Art, and the anatomy is 

 rendered by a few masterly lines. 



'^2.) A small bronze, in high relief, representing a draped female figure standing by a 

 column, and extending a wreath towards a goose or other aquatic bird in front of her. This 

 relief, which is of a good jieriod of art, was found in Acarnania. 



(3.) A tablet, on which is engraved a decree of the people of Corcyra, conferring the 

 proxenia on Dionysos, son of Phrynichos, an Athenian. The letters are incised, and have 

 been filled in with a sort of niello. Above the inscription, is an owl iu relief between two 

 olive branches : these objects were probably introduced on the bronze as the insignia of 

 the city of which the proxenos was a native. Published, Mustoxidi, Delle Cose Corci- 

 resij I. p. 189. 



(4.) A small bronze label, on which is engi'aved an archaic Greek inscription, recording 

 a dedication by one Lophios. Published, Mustoxidi, Delle Cose Corciresi, I. p. 233. 



(5.) A lioness; a good specimen of archaic art, in fine condition. 



(6.) A disk, such as was thrown by athletes, and weighing eight pounds and three 

 quarters. 



(7.) A small box, acerra, for burning incense. 



JSlliscellaneous Objects. — (1.) A very interesting collection of Greekand Byzantine weights 

 in lead and bronze, among which are the distater and tristater of Cyzicus. 



(2.) A painted fictile vase in the form of a Harpy or Siren, of archaic character. From 

 the Island of Cerigo (Kythera). 



(3.) A number of archaic vases, probably those found near the tomb of Menekrates, in 

 Corcyra. See Mustoxidi, Delle Cose Corciresi, I. p. 271. 



(4.) A small leaden tablet, inscribed with archaic Greek characters, probably one of the 

 earliest examples of Greek writing on lead. 



(5.) Some choice specimens of Greek inlaid and moulded glass. 



(6.) A small collection of terracotta figures, among which are Asklepios standing on a 

 vase. Aphrodite standing on a base, on which Eros is represented in relief; and a small 

 tablet of the Roman period, on which are raised, in relief, an ape and a human-headed bird. 



(7.) A very small leaden vase, used for containing the eye-salve of an oculist, and 

 inscribed with an unintelligible word. 



IV. A bronze head of a mule found in France, which originally ornamented the front 

 of the State chair, bisellium, used by Roman officials of high rank. This head is finely 

 modelled. On the neck is a collar richly inlaid in silver, with the mgeander and other 

 patterns. 



V. At the sale of Mr. F. Pulsky's antiquities at Paris, a number of bronzes and gems 

 were purchased, of which the following are the most remarkable : — 



Bronzes. — (1.) A figure of a hunter, probably Meleager leaning forward to strike the 

 Calydonian boar with his spear. This bronze, which is remarkable for its size and con- 

 dition, and also for the spirited manner in which the action is represented, is engraved in 

 the Monumenti of the Roman Institute, 1854, pi. 8. 



(2.) A small figure in chain armour and barbaric costume. The face resembles that 

 of Antoninus Pius, and it is possible that this figure may represent some barbarian king 

 a contemporary of that emperor. 



(3.) A small figure of Vulcan. 



(4.) A mask of a young girl of great beauty. 



(5.) A candelabrum, in the form of the trunk of a tree, to which are attached the attri- 

 butes of various deities. 



Gems.—{\.) Carnelian intaglio. A head of a Greek king, perhaps, that of Demetrius 

 Poliorcetes. 



(2.) Carnelian intaglio. A head in Egyptian costume, attributed to Antinous, but 

 probably of an earlier period. 

 ^ (3.) Chalcedony 



