ACCOUNTS, &,C., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. I5 



3. Fifty-nine gems and three pastes, mostly in intaglio. The greater part of these 

 gems are of a very archaic character, and of that class which has been found in Rhodes, 

 Melos, and other Greek islands associated with antiquities of the Grfeco-Phoenician period. 

 Five of these have been recently published in the Eevue Archeologique, 1874, PI. 12. 



4. Onyx cameo. Victory holding a bust, probably of a Koman emp-ess : a fruit tree 

 and an animal with leindeer horns. This cameo, which is of unusual size, is probably as 

 late as the third century, a.d. It was formerly in the collection of M. J. F. Leturcq 

 (Catalogue of the Leturcq Sale, No. 286). 



5. Eight archaic gems in intaglio. From Crete. 



6. Fragment of a very large terra-cotta piihos with an archaic relief, representing a 

 Sphinx standing in profile, but with the face turned to the front. From Crete. 



7- A gold ear-ring of twisted wire, ending in a lion's head. From Crete. 



8. Another, similar. 



9. A pair of gold ear-rings, remarkable for the richness of their decoration, and their 

 great size. They appear to be of a late period. Found in Grenada, Spain. 



10. An archaic Greek amphora of fictile ware, the design painted in black on a drab 

 ground. On each side of the body is a lion, and on each side of the neck two cocks fight- 

 ing. From Athens. 



11. A pyxis of fictile ware, round which is painted a frieze In red figures on a black 

 ground, rej^resentlng the interior of a house in which two female figures are waited on 

 at their toilet by several attendants. Over the heads of these figures are Inscribed the 

 names Pontomedeia, Glauhe, Kyrnoduhe, Kymothea, Galene, Doso, Thaleia. TKis, pyxis is 

 one of the most beautiful extant specimens of Athenian vase painting. From Athens. 



12. Bronze oinochne, the handle surmounted by a head of Minerva. Of a late period. 

 From Rhodes. 



13. A marble statuette of a draped female figure. The drapery is well composed, and 

 altogether the figure Is an Interesting example of the later school of Greek sculpture. 

 Found at Arnitha In Rhodes. 



14. Eleven torsos and fragments of figures in mai'ble. From Rhodes. 



15. A Greek Inscription containing a dedication by a priest to kings of Egypt, pro- 

 bably Ptolemy Soter and Philadelphus. 



16. An alabaster jar, probably a measure, on which is an inscription in characters 

 resembling those on the coins of Pamphylla. Found near Rhodes. 



17. Two alabaster vases, one of Avhich Is of the peculiar funnel shape only met with in 

 the archaic fictile ware of lalysos and Santorin. {Ses Archives des Missions Scien- 

 tifiques, 2nd Serie IV., premier rapport sur une mission sclentlfiqvie a File Santorin, par 

 M. Fouque, p. 223). 



18. A Cupid, four small figures, a mouse, a bull, a vase-handle, and sundry small 

 objects in bronze. 



19. Ninety-nine terra-cotta handles of diotcB stamped with magistrates' names. One of 

 them belongs to the rare class of Thasian diotce ; the others are Rhodlan. 



20. A terra-cotta vase, two masks, and three fragments of vases In terra-cotta. 



21. An archaic marble head of the same period as the figures from Branchldas In the 

 Museum. From Branchldae. 



22. Greek inscription, being part of a letter probably from some king of the Mace- 

 donian period, bearing date the 15th of the month Daslos, and mentioning some one of the 

 name of Ptolemy, probably one of the Egyptian dynasty. This inscription, which is 

 very Imperfectly published in Bockh, Corpus Inscriptlonum Graecarum, No. 2899, Is from 

 Amyzon in Caria. 



23. Greek Inscription, being a dedication by Jason, son of Hieronymos. From Amyzon 

 in Caria. 



24. Sepulchral stele of Demetrlos, son of Pankrates, with Greek inscription in verse. 

 From Amyzon in Caria. 



Excavations at Ep/iesus. — Mr. Wood has completed the exploration of the site of the 

 Temple of Diana, and the remainder of the marbles discovered by him have been received. 

 In demolishing the walls of Byzantine masonry built against the cella walls of the Temple, 

 a number of fragments of architecture and sculpture from the Temple were found. In 

 some places it was discovered that the foundations of this Byzantine masonry rested on 

 ancient pavement, the level of which was Intermediate between the levels of the two 

 pavements previously discovered i. c, nearly 4 feet above the lowest pavement pre- 



148. B 4 viously 



