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The same figure may be seen among the antiquities of Count
Caylus,d) wbereit is accompanied by an amphora and two bunches
of grapes. The two quadrupeds are sphinxes, not indeed of the
usual kind, consisting of a woman's head on a lion's body, but of
that species, which is described by Herodotus, (2) as having the body
of a lion, and the head of a man. With respect to the figure of
Osiris, its identity is confirmed by another bas-relief (3) in this Col-
lection, similar in every respect to the present, except that the
figure in the centre represents Isis holding a sistrum. Dimensions
1 foot 6 inches, by 8 inches.
No. XLIII.
A bas-relief, representing three Cupids supporting festoons of
fruit on their shoulders. Dimensions 1 foot 6 inches, by 8 inches.
No. XLIV.
A bas-relief, representing the infant Bacchus in a cradle, carried by a
young Faun and a Bacchante, both of whom are dancing in a manner
highly expressive of their joy. The Faun is brandishing a thyrsus,
and the Bacchante a torch. The cradle, in which the infant re-
poses, is decorated with pendent branches of the vine; it is formed
of twigs woven together, and is evidently one of those baskets, in
which the corn mixed with chaff was tossed into the air for separa-
tion. It was called by the Greeks xUvov, and was not only applied
1 Caylus, Recueil d'Antiques, torn. iii. pi. iv. fig. 1.
Taro <5e, jcoXoo-<r8? fAiyxXng xxi dvSfxxrtpiyyoLS TrepifAWtx*; dvlQnxz- Herodot. lib. ii.
e. 175. See Hesychius under the word AnfyopJiTE?, and Athenseus, lib. ix. p. 382. et lib.
xiv. p. 659.
3 The bas-relief here mentioned was in too mutilated a state to be admitted into the
present series, but it is preserved among the fragments of terracotta, which are exhi-
bited in the same room with the Greek vases of Sir William Hamilton.
The same figure may be seen among the antiquities of Count
Caylus,d) wbereit is accompanied by an amphora and two bunches
of grapes. The two quadrupeds are sphinxes, not indeed of the
usual kind, consisting of a woman's head on a lion's body, but of
that species, which is described by Herodotus, (2) as having the body
of a lion, and the head of a man. With respect to the figure of
Osiris, its identity is confirmed by another bas-relief (3) in this Col-
lection, similar in every respect to the present, except that the
figure in the centre represents Isis holding a sistrum. Dimensions
1 foot 6 inches, by 8 inches.
No. XLIII.
A bas-relief, representing three Cupids supporting festoons of
fruit on their shoulders. Dimensions 1 foot 6 inches, by 8 inches.
No. XLIV.
A bas-relief, representing the infant Bacchus in a cradle, carried by a
young Faun and a Bacchante, both of whom are dancing in a manner
highly expressive of their joy. The Faun is brandishing a thyrsus,
and the Bacchante a torch. The cradle, in which the infant re-
poses, is decorated with pendent branches of the vine; it is formed
of twigs woven together, and is evidently one of those baskets, in
which the corn mixed with chaff was tossed into the air for separa-
tion. It was called by the Greeks xUvov, and was not only applied
1 Caylus, Recueil d'Antiques, torn. iii. pi. iv. fig. 1.
Taro <5e, jcoXoo-<r8? fAiyxXng xxi dvSfxxrtpiyyoLS TrepifAWtx*; dvlQnxz- Herodot. lib. ii.
e. 175. See Hesychius under the word AnfyopJiTE?, and Athenseus, lib. ix. p. 382. et lib.
xiv. p. 659.
3 The bas-relief here mentioned was in too mutilated a state to be admitted into the
present series, but it is preserved among the fragments of terracotta, which are exhi-
bited in the same room with the Greek vases of Sir William Hamilton.