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v.— 1. Bronze tessera : obv. head of Constantine ; rev. HA. 



2. Ivory tessera, inscribed T. Ephesus. 



3. Clay impression of seal : Victory writing on shield. 



4. Steatite intaglio : lion and dog. Megara. 



5. Steatite intaglio : figure on horseback and bird. Amorgos. 



6. Steatite intaglio : a face (?). Amorgos. 



7. Three clay moulds for coins of Licinius and Maximinus. 



Presented by the Rev. G. J. Chester. 



VI. Ivory tessera, inscribed on its four sides, MODERATVS. | LVCCEI I SF' III 

 NON. OCT. I L.MINIC. L. PLOTIO. Civita Lavinia. (Romische Mittheiluno-en 

 1889, p. 172.) Presented by Lord Savlle. 



VII. Fictile lamp: seated Satyr in relief. Presented by Henry Wallis, Esq. 



VIII. — 1. Portions of a Roman wooden wheel for raising water, 1-3 feei in 

 diameter. Rio Tinto Mine. 



2. Copper axle of a similar wheel (compare Archpeologia ^Eliana, N.S., VII., p. 279). 

 Rio Tinto Mine. 



Presented by the Rio Tinto Company, Limited. 



IX. — 1. Fictile vase of the Mycenpe class, with a figure of a large cuttle-fish. The 

 spaces between the tentacles are filled up with horses, deer, birds, a crab, and other 

 creatures. 



2. Lenticular gem : goat and two branches. 



3. Three terra-cotta whorls. 1-3. From Calymna. 



4. Vase in form of Sphinx. Boaotia. 



Presented by W. R. Paton, Esq. 



X. Fictile vase of marbled ware, with stamp CAS. Bordighera. Presented by 

 J. A. Good child, Esq. 



XL Obsidian flake. Acropolis of Athens. Presented by W. Bousfield, Esq. 



XII. 1. Fragments of vases, with patterns of parallel bands or waves. Bin Tepe, 

 near Sardes. 2. Tile with stamped monogram. Sardes. Presented by G. Dennis, 

 Esq., c.M.G. 



XIII. Wooden j)icture-frame, dovetailed and keyed. It contains an encaustic 

 portrait, painted on a wooden panel, but nearly obliterated. Hatvara. (Petrie, 

 Hawara, pi. 12.) Presented by W. M. Flinders Petrie, Esq. 



XIV. Mould of the recently-discovered head of Iris, from the East frieze of the 

 Parthenon. Presented (through Dr. Waldstein) by M. Cavvadias. 



XV. Bronze knife, axe, and chisel. Sa.ria (Kisyros). Presented by W. R. Paton, 

 Esq. 



XVI. — 1. Two unglazed vases with incised designs. 



2. Marble cup. 1-2. From primitive tombs in Antiparog. 



3. (a) Fragments of ivory, including a carved bull's foot, and pieces with incised 

 lines ; (b) Fragments of bronze ; (c) Fragments of an ostrich egg ; {d) Fragments 

 of plain, light red, wheel-made pottery. (Proceedings of Royal Geographical Society, 

 January 1890.) Excavated by Mr. Bent in the Necropolis of Bahrein, in the 

 Persian Gulf. 



Presented by J. Theodore Bent, Esq. 



By Purchase. 

 I. Sculpture. 



Primitive female figure. Amorgos. 



Two marble reliefs : (1.) Three armed horsemen ; (2.) Three deer. [Peri-ot and 

 Chipiez : Histoire de I'Art dans rAnticjuite, Vol. V., pages 903, 904, figs. 535, 53G.] 

 From excavations at Bin Tepi in 1882, by George Dennis, Esq., c.m.g. 



0.74. K 4 Archaic 



