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(/■) Intaglios : a cylinder on -which is engraved a rude design of two lions ramiiant con- 

 fronted ; another with design of three deer, boih in carnelian ; one circular intao-jio in 

 crystal, with a rude design of a horse [?]. Gems of this descrii^tion are rare. They belono- 

 to the earliest age of engraving, and are usually found in the Greek islands and in the 

 tombs at Athens. 



(ff.) Many fragments of small ornaments, in opaque glass, of a peculiar fabric. 



(/i.) A cylinder in Egyptian porcelain, on which is a design probably imitated from 

 that of an Assyrian cylinder. 



(t.) Twenty objects in steatite resembling whorls of spindles; two whetstones, two 

 hematite objects used perhaps for burnishing; beads in carnelian, glass, amber. 

 Presented by Professor John Rtisldn. 



XI. Marbles and other antiquities collected by His Grace the Duke of St. Albans 

 during the cruise of his yacht " Xantha," in the winter of 1871-2. These consist of the 

 following : — 



1. Inscriptions from lasos. 



(a.) A very long inscription on a parastns or door-jamb, which was extracted from the 

 Avail of an Hellenic building. The inscription contains several Rhodian decrees in the 

 Doric dialect, doubtless cojoies from originals at Rhodes. The first three of these decrees 

 have been published by Mr. Waddington (Lebas, Voyage archeologique en Asie 

 Mineure, $ II., No. 251), and relate to complaints made by the lasians against a certain 

 Podilos, who seems to have invaded their territory. There is also mention of Olymi^ichos, 

 who is probably the dynast mentioned by Polybius (V. 90), who reigned in Asia about 

 B.C. 226, and was friendly to the Rhodians. 



The lower part of this inscription is unedited, and the letters retain the vermillion with 

 which they Avere originally painted. This part of the text throws new and important 

 light on the jorevious decrees, proving that the grievances alleged by the lasians Avere 

 acts committed by the Rhodian governors in Caria, and that the Olympichos mentioned 

 in the previous decree was an adherent of Philip V. of Macedonia. The events to Avhich 

 the inscription refers probably took place not long before e.g. 200, Avhen Philip V. took 

 lasos and the Peraea. The inscrijjtion cannot on the other hand be earlier than B.C. 

 220, the date of Philip's accession. 



(b.) An inscription which had been used as the lintel of a windoAv in a Byzantine 

 building. The middle part of this inscription has unfortunately been chiselled aAvay, but 

 AA'hat remains shoAvs that it is part of a religious laAv regulating the shai-e of the victim to 

 which the priest was entitled, and other matters connected with ritual. The letters in 

 this inscription are of a very good period. At one end of the marble, the lines of letters 

 are painted alternately blue and red, a combination of colours unusual in inscriptions, 

 which were generally painted Avitli vermillion. 



(c.) A dedication to Ilomoiioia and the demos by the Epimeletaj of the Bouleuterion 

 and the Archives. The letters in this inscription are beautifully preserved. 



{d.) Part of a decree by the people of lasos in honour of some king of the dynasty of 

 the Seleukida; ; mention is made of Antiochos the Great, and his queen Laodike. This 

 interesting fragment of an historical decree was discovered in the Avail of a bath of the 

 Byzantine period. 



(e.) A large block of grey marble, on Avhich are inscribed tAvo decrees by the people of 

 lasos, in honour of Dymas, a tragic poet and native of lasos, who, as appears from the 

 inscription, composed a poem about the deeds of Dardanos. It is believed that no men- 

 tion of this tragic poet is to be found in any ancient author. A gold croAvn is conferred 

 on him for his piety to the gods, and services to the city. The eponymous magistrate in 

 this decree is the (iaatXivg, a title Avhich was probably retained at lasos, as it Avas at 

 Athens, in the case of the PaaiXivg upx^'v, and iii other Greek cities after the kingly 

 period had ceased. It is ordered that the decrees be set up in the Temple of Athene. 



2. Antiquities from the site of the Hellenic city of Lory ma, now called Port Cavaliere, 

 on the coast ojjposite Rhodes. 



In the year 1862, Mr. Vice-Consul Biliotti obtained for the Museum a small marble 

 figure of Artemis, found at Loryma. On landing from the " Xantha " at Loryma, in 

 December 1871, Mr. Biliotti met on the shore the identical Greek from Avhom he had 

 purchased the figure, and aa'Iio at once conducted him to the spot Avhere the statue had 

 been found. On examining the spot, Mr. Newton, thinking that there Avere indications of 

 ancient tombs, directed some of the crew of the "Xantha" to make an excavation here. 

 One of the first objects turned up Avas an arm, which has been identified as tlie right arm 

 of the figure of Artemis, purchased by Mr. Biliotti in 1862. On continuing tlie excava- 

 tion here, remains of ancient tombs Avere found, together Avith the following objects : — 



(a.) A marble head of the bearded Bacchus, evidently broken off from a small terminal 

 statue. 



188. C (i.) An 



