H ACCOUNTS, &C., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



lished. A new Guide to the GrEeco-Roman Sculpture Galleries, and new editions of the 

 Guide to the First Vase Eoom, and of the general Guide to the Exhibition Eooms, have 

 been issued; three hundred and thirty -two descriptive titles have been attached to 

 objects, and seven hundred and forty-three objects have been registered. 



II. — Acquisitions. 



I. — A plaster cast of a relief in marble representing a trireme, and showing the arrange- 

 ment of the rowers ; found on the Acropolis of Athens. 



Presented by Sir Patrick Colqulioun, Q.c. ' 



II. 1. — ^A cup of fictile ware with chequered pattern red on black ground. 



2. An archaic oinochoe of fictile ware with frieze of animals painted in black and 

 purple on a drab ground. 



Presented by John Henderson, Esq. 



III. 1. — An oinochoe of black Etruscan ware, with incised patterns. 



2, An intaglio in burnt sard, representing an assemblv of Deities in Olympus, inscribed 

 EKKAHSIA eEi2N EN OAYMnQ. From Alexandria. 



3. Ail archaic vase with patterns painted in black on a drab ground. From Camirus. 



Presented by A. W. Franks, Esq. 



IV. 1. — Bronze ring. 



2. Terra-cotta figure of Venus riding on a swan. From Canteras del Puiz, in Spain. 



3. Terra-cotta weight for a loom found in the ruins of the theatre at Saguntum. 



Presented hy D. Alejandro Cerda y Morodes of Valencia. 



V. Two fragments of pottery found in Santorin, the ancient Thera, on a site sup- 

 posed to be that of pre-historic dwellings. 



Presented hy the Rev. H. F. Tuzer. 



VI. A fragment which has formed part of the inscribed marble slab from Delos, 

 published by Bockh, C. I. Gr. No. 2,288. The inscription of which it forms part appears 

 to have been a decree. 



Presented by Sir W. C. Trevelya.n, Bart. 



VII. Bust of a female figure in terra-cotta, remarkable as an example of the application 

 of an enamelled glaze to this material. 



Presented by C T. Newton, Esq. 



VIII. A rude bronze figure. 



Presented hi/ Dr. H. Schliemann, Athens. 



IX. 1 — Terra-cotta JzWa with the stamp NIKAITIAOS on the handle. 



2. Marble torso of a boy. 



3. Two fragments of marble figures. 



4. Marble fragment of a Greek inscription recording a decree of proxenia, granted by 

 the people of Telos to Arion, son of , Aristonikos, a native of Ptolemais. From Telos. 

 Published, Transactions Eoy. Soc. Lit. N.S. X., p. 120, No. 10. 



5. Two marble fragments, apparently parts of one inscription. On one of these frag- 

 ments occurs the title MONAPXOS, which was applied to the chief magistrate of Cos. 

 On the other fragment is mention of Asklepios, whose worship prevailed in that island. 

 From Cos. Published, Transactions Roy. Soc. Lit. N.S. X., p. 123, Nos. 19, 20. 



6. Marble fragment of an inscription, apparently part of a decree conferring the rights 

 of citizenship on certain persons. From Cos. Published, Transactions Roy. Soc. Lit. 

 N.S.X., p. 124, No. 21. 



7. Marble fragment of an inscription. 



8. Marble fragment of an inscription written between parallel incised lines. 



Presented by Admiral Spratt, C.B., F.R.S. 



Purchases. — 1. Twenty-one statuettes and a mask in terra-cotta, found in Greek tombs at 

 Tanagra. These figures are remarkable for their almost perfect preservation, and for the 

 delicacy and refinement of the modelling. They are probably productions of the later 

 Athenian school of art. 



2. Five Athenian lekythi of fictile ware, with polychrome designs on a white ground; 

 on one of which is represented Charon in his boat beckoning towards a female figure 

 beside a stele. On three of the lekythi are representations of mourners bringing offerings 

 to tombs. 



3. Fifty-nine 



