3^ ACCOUNTS, &C,, OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



IV. — A marble stele, with relief of two draped figures, one of which has the attributes 

 of Isis. These figures are respectively inscribed with the names Agathemeris and 

 Sempronius Niketes of the Attic deme Kollytos. Published in Bockh's Corpus Inecrip- 

 tionum Graecarum, No. 662b. From Athens, found on the road from the city to the 

 Piraeus. 



Presented by General Malcolm. 



V. — A terra-cotta impression of a Roman coin of Elagabalus. 

 Presented by the Bev. Greville T. Chester. 



VI.— A bronze fibula and a small fictile vase. Found on the site of an ancient 

 necropolis, supposed to be that of Suessula. 

 Presented by Baron Spinelli. 



VII. — 1. Stamp of the Roman oculist, M. Julius Satyrus, engraved on whetstone. 

 Published in the " Archseologia," IX., pp. 227 and 239; Grotefend " Stempel der 

 rbmischen Augenarzte," No. 49. 



2. Part of a lead tablet with inscription on both sides, which ajjpears to be part of an 

 imprecation, dira, of the Roman period. Intermixed with Greek words are Gnostic 

 symbols, and words of unknown import, which are probably magical. 



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3. An ivory theatre ticket with male head on obverse, and AIONYC on the reverse., 



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4. Steatite; small cup, inscribed 4*1 L- 



5. Four bronze helmets, of which three are of the Corinthian type ; the fourth is 

 Etruscan, and was found at Canino. 



6. Fragment of mosaic of minute tessellce, representing a male figure holding a cluster 

 of fruits on his left arm from which hangs drapery. 



7. A spit, a hook, and the shaft of a candelabrum in bronze. 



8. Thirty-three bronze statuettes representing: an Etruscan priest (?), a Term of 

 Dionysos, a Roman acrobat; eight rude figures, viz., Hercules, Jupiter, Mercury, two 

 Cupids, boy with mask, Gaul, Paris ; two figures of Venus, seven rude male figures, six 

 figures of Lares. 



9. Seven bronze heads of figures, four hands broken off statuettes, eighteen animals, 

 seven heads of animals, a shell, a bunch of grapes and a buckle, a cornucopia and two orna- 

 mented feet of vases. 



10. Sixteen Roman stamps of bronze. 



11. Twenty -one bronze Roman weights. 



12. Nine bells, two disks, a pair of small cymbals, two lamps, a small vase, an 

 astragalus, seven clasps for bows, thirteen pendants, and five other objects in bronze. 



13. Twenty-seven spatula, three tweezers, seventeen needles, twenty-one Jibulte, four 

 armlets, six studs, six finger-rings, thirty-two keys, and a small tablet inlaid with the 

 letters POMP. 



14. Two Greek weights, nine sling bolts, a shell, and two other objects in lead. 



15. An astragalus of bone and a fragment from the top of a vase of rock crystal. 



16. Twenty-four terra cotta lamps, and twenty-one small fictile vases. 



17. An androgynous figure, mask of Medusa, two female heads, two eyes, and a small 

 disk in terra cotta. 



18. Samian bowl with reliefs of Cupid riding on panther, Msenad riding on panther, 

 and Cupid riding on Triton. 



19. Samian bowl, plain. 



20. Two small fictile lehythi. 



21. Vase in the form of a horse. 



22. Necklace of porcelain beads. 



23. Fragments of iron strigil. 



■^Nos. 1-23 were obtained by Sir S. R. Meyrick, chiefly from the collection of Francis 

 Douce, and are presented by General Meyrick. 



VIII. Purchases. — 1. Two pairs of gold earrings, each ornamented with head of a 

 Maenad (?). Found in Crete. 



2. An archaic marble statue resembling in general character the statue known as the 

 Strangford Apollo, but of a somewhat earlier stage of art. From Greece. 



3. A mitra 



