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the Temple of Dionysos at Tarentum. The style of these terra-cottas varies considerably, 

 ranging probably from the 6th to the 3rd century, B.C. ; they are very interesting on 

 account of the variety of types of divinities which they exhibit. 



V. — 1. A bearded iconic head in stone ; from Palmyra. 



2. A marble torso of Aphrodite ; from the Fayoum. 



3. An archaic figure in marble ; from the island of Amorgos. 



4-11. Eight very rude archaic gems, of a class constantly found in Greece and the 

 Archipelago. 



VI.^ — A weight in white marble similar to those found in the temenos of Demeter at 

 Cnidus, and seven other circular weights, said to have been all found together in 

 Greece. 



VII. — Part of a relief in white marble, the lower part of a female figure (Kybele?), 

 seated between two lions ; from Palmyra. 



VIII. — 1-2. Two statuettes in white marble, representing, the one, Aphrodite at the 

 bath, the other. Aphrodite fastening her sandal ; from Antarados in Syria. 



IX. A fictile oinochoe, with a design in red on a black ground ; a Satyr wrapped in a 

 mantle, confronted by a draped ephebos. 



X. — A fictile vase, with floral designs in black on a drab ground ; said to come from 

 Pergamon. 



XI. — Antiquities discovered by Mr. O. Richter in excavations in Cyprus : — 



1-5. — Five fragments of marble, containing portions of Greek inscriptions, of which 

 the best preserved appears to be a dedication to Sarapis^ Ptolemy, and Berenike, by one 

 Philinos, an Athenian. 



XII. — A circular piece cut from a bronze plate, which has contained on the obverse 

 and reverse a Latin inscription. 



III. — Presents. 



I. — Marble head of a horse slightly under life size, broken off at the neck ; said to have 

 been found in a well at Tarentum ; published by Michaelis in the "Journal of Hellenic 

 Studies," III., p. 234, pi. 24. 



Presented hy J. Reddle Anderson, Esq. 



II. — Marble bust of the Emperor Caracalla. 

 Presented by H. C. Clements, Esq. 



III. — 1-3. Part of a stone statuette of a flute plnyer; an archaic figure of Herakles, 

 also in stone ; and a porcelain fragment with a female figure painted on it ; all from 

 Cyprus. 



4-13. An earring terminating at one end in the head of a bull, a pair of earrings 

 with pearls and fleurs-de-lis in relief, an earring with crescent and pendants of sapphire, 

 a pair with pyramidal clusters of globules, and four other earrings ; all of gold, from 

 Smyrna. 



14-16. A minute female head wreathed with ivy, Avhich may have served as a pendant, 

 a circular bead decorated with granulated work, and a very small nude female figure, 

 also probably a pendant ; all of gold, from Athens. 

 Presented by Sydney Vacher, Jisq. 



IV. — Sixty-eight heads, and other fragments of terra-cotta, similar to those already 

 described (IV., ante), and found on the site of the Temple of Dionysos at Tarentum. 

 Presented by Professor F. Lenormant . 



V. — 1 . A terra-cotta vase of the form called mastos, with representations in black 

 on a drab ground ; on the obverse is Hermes, on the reverse, Apollo playing on the 

 lyre. 



2. A terra-cotta statuette of a male figure holding agricultural implements; from 

 Thebes in Egypt. 



3. Four fragments of the pavement of the temple of Athene at ^Egina ; the upper 

 surface is coloured a deep red. 



Presented by the Rev. Greville Chester, 



VI. — A series of objects in terra-cotta. 



1. A fictile deep two-handled cup, with a rude representation of a revel, homos. 



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