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4. Archaic head of marble, with traces of colour. 



5. Limestone statuette of Inuiter with bow and arrows. Over each shoulder he carries 

 a brace of hares. Inscribed wiih the name of the dedicator, and of Aphrodite: 



K. AAIA ITH (K[a]XX(a[e t,j 'A0;oo8]('ry) 



6. A series of limestone statuettes, including a male figure holding a lion by the hind 

 legs, and a relief representing a sepulchral banquet. 



7. In porcelain, (a) a female head, blue, white, and yellow, of very fine work, and 

 probably a portrait of the Ptolemaic period, broken from a statuette; (/->)» vase with 

 frieze of l)irds and patterns; (e) a fragment wiih the Greek letters HS beneath the 

 glaze. 



8. Ivory head of an Egyptian, and head of an ibex of fine work. 



9. Fragment of shell, tridacna squamosa, stained purple, and carved with lotus and 

 other patterns. 



10. Terracotta statuette?, .ornaments attached to a sarcophagus, lamps, and scarab 

 moulds. 



11. A lar""e series of vases and fragments of vases, in >vhicli many different wares are 

 i-epresented. The most important are (a) vases having the surface coated with a creamy 

 slip on which t'ne design, consisting principally of friezes of animals, is painted in several 

 colours. The finest of these is a large bowl inscribed with a dedication to Aphrodite by 

 one Sostratos. There is also a fine plate witii figure of a Sphinx. Many of the fragments 

 have dedicatory inscriptions, {b) Portions of cups of the " waie of Cyrcne" with interesting 

 subjects ; (c; specimens of black-figured ware ; {d) fragments of the " Poliedraraware "; 

 (c) fragments of red-figured ware, includinj^ a lelujthos, with a scene representing the 

 o-atheruio- of incense, and a rouge pot, containing rouge, on the lid of which is jiainted a 

 table ; (/) fragments of local and late fabrics, some of which have not been hitherto repre- 

 sented in the Museum collections. \_See Classical Review, 1888, p. 232.] 



Presented by the Committee of the Egypt Exploration Fund. 



XV. 1. A series of thirty-four vases from Cyprus, piincipally derived from excavations 



at Paraskeui, and of an archaic style with incised patterns. 



2. Specimens of mosaic tessera from Curium. ^See Classical Review, 1888, p. 266.] 

 Presented by Colonel Falkland Warren, ii.A. 



V. Bowl of I'oman red ware, with stamped designs of Aphrodite aud Sileuus. From 

 Auvergne. 



Presented by A. W. F>anhs, Esq. 



Yl^ 1. Marble allar, decorated with four bull's heads and flowers. Inscribed 



OAAMOS. From Cnidos. 



2. Marble altar, encircled with a snake iu relief. From Cnidos. 



3. Tiiree fragments of a large marble sarcophagus, with reliefs representing the labours 

 of Herakles. From Lyda or LisscB. 



4 Two fragments of a sarcophagus, with a partridge in relief, and other objects. From 

 LydcB or Lissce. 



5. Iron hammer, lead tool, and fragment of a pithos with lead framework. From 

 Thasos. 



6. Marble fragment of the hand of a colossal figure, with tips of two fingers. From 

 Thasos. 



7. A series of objects in terra-cotta. From Samothrace. 



8. Haud-made archaic vase. From Antiparos. 



d. Three fragments of obsidian knives. From Serina. 

 Presented by J. Theodore Bent, Esq. 



VII. A series of antiquities, including— 



1. Ivory knife-handle and saw. From Smyrna. 



2. Foot of bowl of red ware, with incised design of a male figure standing between two 



busts. From Alexandria. 



,, E 2 3. Bronze 



O.bl. 



