14 ACCOUNTS, &C. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



Wooden model of a folding door, gilded, inscribed with name of Nectanebes II., and 

 figure of that monarch. 



Bronze figure of Bast, Bubastis. 



Bronze vase with figures of deities, and inscriptions. 



Blue glass head of a small sphinx, of fine workmanship. 



Glass medallion with heads of Serajiis and Isis. 



Porcelain pallet or vase in shape of a cartouche. 



Porcelain tiles with floral ornaments for inlaying. From Oneia, near Heliopolis. 



Porcelain handle of a sistium, inscribed with name of Amasis II. ; 26th dynasty. 



Glazed steatite scarabgei, inscribed with the names of Khufu, or Cheops, and Nefer- 

 ka-ra, or Nephercheres, of the 4th dynasty; Pepi, or Phiops, of ihe 6th ; and Amenartas, of 

 the 25th dynasty. 



Lapis lazuli Balylonian cylinder; man stabbing an animal, and other symbols. 



Chalcedony Persian half cylinder ; man on horseback shooting an arrow while 

 retreating. 



Hematite cylinder of Rabut-tsin ; male figure standing. 



Hematite cylinder of Abnivul deities, and other symbols- 



Chalcedony cylinder ; man sacrificing. 



Steatite rectangular case for stibium, with relief of figures drinking, lions, and sphinxes. 

 From Babylonia. 



Agate cone-shaped object, inscribed with rude figure of goat. Presented by Arthur J. 

 Lewis, Esq. 



Hematite rectangular Gnostic stone, with Harpocrates, lao, Anubis, Chnumis, serpent, 

 and inscription. 



Plasma oval with serpent of Chnumis, and inscription Xvov/3«c NajStCj [iuvvovg, vSwp 



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& Birch. 



Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities. 



I. — Arrangement 



One hundred and seventy-one pieces of sculpture and architecture, twenty-two inscrip- 

 tions, seven mosaics, and sixty-seven bronzes have been mounted or repaired ; the principal 

 sculptures from the Mausoleum have been removed from the shed under the Colonnade 

 to the Mausoleum Room, and their arrangement is nearly comj^lete ; four mural paintings 

 have beer, repaired and mounted ; one hundred and ten vases and pieces of pottery have 

 been cleaned or repaired ; three hundred gems have been mounted in silver gilt settings ; 

 &\e hundred and fifty-eight impressions in plaster have been made from gems; eighteen 

 hundred and seventy-eight impressions of gems have been mounted with gilt-edged paper 

 or on velvet ; eighty-eight pastes have been mounted with gilt-edged paper ; descriptive 

 titles have been attached to eight hundred and five objects; fifteen hundred and 

 twenty objects have been catalogued, and three hundred and sixty-three objects have been 

 registered ; five shades for select objects have been placed in the Second Vase Room ; 

 sheets S to D D of the second volume of the Vase Catalogue have been printed ; a 

 revised edition of the Guide to the Departments of Natural History and Antiquities, and 

 a new Guide to the Second Vase Room have been issued to the public. 



11. — Acquisitions. 



(1 ) A bronze figure of a boy holding up his left hand, with an animated gesture, while 

 he conceals his right hand behind his back. The attitude suggests that this figure may 

 have been part of a group of two boys playing at the game now called mora in Italy, which 

 the Romans meant by the word micare. 



In the arrangement of the hair and in the general character of the head, this figure has 

 much in common with the usual type of Cupid. As, however, the wings are wanting, it 

 is more probably Ganymedes playing at mora with Eros ; the addition of which latter 

 figure would make the composition better balanced. 



This figure seems on the whole more Etruscan than Greek in character, and having 

 been found at Foggia, in Southern Italy, was very probably executed in Campania, 

 where a mixed art, neither Greek nor Etruscan, prevailed in the third century B, c. This 

 bronze is 2 feet 6| inches in height. It is in remarkably fine condition, the extremities 

 being perfect. The eyes have been inlaid. 



(2.) A bronze figure of Seilenos Kistophoros, which stands on a richly ornamented 

 triangular base, and has formed the lower part of a candelabrum. 



The type closely resembles that of a marble statue engraved (Clarac, Musee de Sculp- 

 ture, i v., PL 734, iVo. 1770), with which may be compared a figure in a Pompeian mural 

 painting (Museo Borbonico, xii., pi. 8). This bronze is very finely modelled, and in 



excellent 



