A catalogue of the Greek and Etruscan Vases in the British Museum (Band 2) (London, 1870)

264 CATALOGUE

ornamented with a cross ; he wears high hoots, endromides; his
feet are sunk a little below the line of the ground on which
he stands ; 2. rev. a female figure stands leaning forward and
resting her left foot on a rock; she looks to the right, hold-
ino- out in her right hand aphiale reeded round the body; a
sash hangs from her right arm; her left arm rests across her
bent knee ; her hair is partially covered by a cap, open behind
and radiated over the forehead; the long tresses escape
behind and are tied at the roots ; she wears a bordered talaric
chiton, girt at the waist. G. D.

C. 25. Amphora, ccxvi. 7tV in. Design red and white
on a black ground, very carelessly drawn; 1. on the right, a
female head, looking to the left, towards which Eros is
flying, holding out in his left hand a mirror; the female
head has the hair nearly concealed under a close-fitting
embroidered cap, and wears earrings and a necklace ; at the
base of the neck a tendril; the body of Eros is painted
white; below him is some circular object, probably a tym-
panon, seen nearly in profile ; 2. rev. two youths, standing
face to face; both wear mantles; the one on the left holds
up in his right hand some disc-like object, probably a tym-
panon; his companion has his right arm and shoulder bare,
and extends his right hand towards a ball (?) in front of his
right knee. Benghazi. G. D.

C. 26. -------------- ccxvi. 7^ in. Design red and white on

a black ground ; 1. a bust of an Amazon to the right, look-
ing towards a crane, which confronts her with outstretched
wings, as if about to attack her; she wears earrings and a
necklace; her hair is nearly concealed by a Phrygian cap,
ornamented with a border of dots, and with dots arranged
in trefoil; on her left shoulder is drapery; between the
Amazon and the crane is a tympanon, ornamented with two
plain concentric circles, and a circle of dots ; behind the
crane is a pelta, ornamented with a star; the face and neck
of the Amazon and the body of the crane are painted
white; 2. rev. two youthful male figures, standing face to
face conversing; both are beardless, and are enveloped in
bordered mantles; between them is a ball (?) on which is
a black spot. F. H. S. W.

C. 27.--------------■ ccxvi. 7T3o in. Design red and white on

a black ground; 1. head of an Amazon (?) looking to the