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CONTENTS OF PLATES.
8. Part of a face in terra-cotta ; good period.
9. Sphinx; terra-cotta.
10. Archaic gorgon in terra-cotta; part
of the body as well as the head is represented.
11. Satyr dangling bunch of grapes to
amuse a child he carries, the infant Dionysus.
Terra-cotta, of fine work. This type is interest-
ing, from its similarity to the position by some
suggested for the Hermes of Praxiteles.
12. 13, 14. Ameu (bronze); Horus (dark
limestone); seated Osiris (bronze); Egyptian
figures, from Kum el Teh, now Teh-el-Barud.
XYI.
Selection of objects from the cemetery.
1—5, 8—14. Terra-cotta ornaments from
wooden coffins (except 5, which is of white
plaster). Early Ptolemaic period.
1—5. Gorgoneia.
6. Minute ornament in form of gorgoneion.
7. Small bronze bell; these usually have
iron clappers.
8. 9. Gryphons.
10, 11. Bucrania.
12—14. Rosettes.
15. Miniature amphora, in form of
almond.
16. Terra-cotta figures ; child carrying
some object.
17. Two bronze implements; one forked
at both ends, perhaps for netting, the other
ending in a minute spoon-bowl.
18. Terra-cotta group of Eros and Psyche;
this is worked as a relief, only in front, the
back being hollow.
19. Askion of peculiar form; hard early ware.
20. Polychrome lecythus, ornamented with
gold and relief work. The subject is interest-
ing ; Eros mounting a ladder with a censer,
between two female figures.
XVII.
1. Bone cylinder, ornamented with circles.
2. Small archaic head, of limestone.
3. Caricature, with inscription. A satyr-
like head is scratched on the bottom of a vase,
and round it is written 'ATreWapoveiov (an
adjective formed from a proper name) ttl9(xkov
/ai/m^' ewe. Does this mean " the likeness of
that ape, Apellamon," or something of the
sort ?
4. 6. Two small porcelain figures, re-
presenting a flute-player and a man kneeling
and holding a shrine, after an Egyptian model.
5. The four sides and the bottom of a
limestone seal; photographed from impressions
prepared by Mr, Beady. I am indebted to Mr.
P. LI. Griffith for his help in the following
description of the designs. On the bottom, or
seal proper, is a bull on a standard with the
hieroglyph ga, signifying bull. On one side is
a lion, apparently hawk-headed, and beneath it
the name of the IVth nome of Lower Egypt,
8dp(?)res Prosopites. The connection of these
symbols is not obvious. The other three sides
contain designs which are probably mere orna-
mentation and of no significance. On one side
is an animal, perhaps an ichneumon, with the
symbol nefer, " beautiful" (often applied to
sacred animals) in front of it, and a palm
branch above. On another side two male
figures hold a palm branch between them. On
the fourth, two figures holding some kind of
sceptre are seated facing each other, with the
symbol of life between them.
7. Bronze ring overlaid with gold, from the
cemetery; it bears an intaglio representing
Eros crouching, and holding a wreath on a
stick.
8, 9. Two blue paste scarabasi.
10. Flat tray, carved in the form of an ibex,
of dark limestone.
11. Head of blue porcelain. This head,
which seems to be a portrait of Ptolemaic
period, bears a strong resemblance, especially
in the treatment of the hair, to that of Bere-
nice II. upon coins, and may even represent
8. Part of a face in terra-cotta ; good period.
9. Sphinx; terra-cotta.
10. Archaic gorgon in terra-cotta; part
of the body as well as the head is represented.
11. Satyr dangling bunch of grapes to
amuse a child he carries, the infant Dionysus.
Terra-cotta, of fine work. This type is interest-
ing, from its similarity to the position by some
suggested for the Hermes of Praxiteles.
12. 13, 14. Ameu (bronze); Horus (dark
limestone); seated Osiris (bronze); Egyptian
figures, from Kum el Teh, now Teh-el-Barud.
XYI.
Selection of objects from the cemetery.
1—5, 8—14. Terra-cotta ornaments from
wooden coffins (except 5, which is of white
plaster). Early Ptolemaic period.
1—5. Gorgoneia.
6. Minute ornament in form of gorgoneion.
7. Small bronze bell; these usually have
iron clappers.
8. 9. Gryphons.
10, 11. Bucrania.
12—14. Rosettes.
15. Miniature amphora, in form of
almond.
16. Terra-cotta figures ; child carrying
some object.
17. Two bronze implements; one forked
at both ends, perhaps for netting, the other
ending in a minute spoon-bowl.
18. Terra-cotta group of Eros and Psyche;
this is worked as a relief, only in front, the
back being hollow.
19. Askion of peculiar form; hard early ware.
20. Polychrome lecythus, ornamented with
gold and relief work. The subject is interest-
ing ; Eros mounting a ladder with a censer,
between two female figures.
XVII.
1. Bone cylinder, ornamented with circles.
2. Small archaic head, of limestone.
3. Caricature, with inscription. A satyr-
like head is scratched on the bottom of a vase,
and round it is written 'ATreWapoveiov (an
adjective formed from a proper name) ttl9(xkov
/ai/m^' ewe. Does this mean " the likeness of
that ape, Apellamon," or something of the
sort ?
4. 6. Two small porcelain figures, re-
presenting a flute-player and a man kneeling
and holding a shrine, after an Egyptian model.
5. The four sides and the bottom of a
limestone seal; photographed from impressions
prepared by Mr, Beady. I am indebted to Mr.
P. LI. Griffith for his help in the following
description of the designs. On the bottom, or
seal proper, is a bull on a standard with the
hieroglyph ga, signifying bull. On one side is
a lion, apparently hawk-headed, and beneath it
the name of the IVth nome of Lower Egypt,
8dp(?)res Prosopites. The connection of these
symbols is not obvious. The other three sides
contain designs which are probably mere orna-
mentation and of no significance. On one side
is an animal, perhaps an ichneumon, with the
symbol nefer, " beautiful" (often applied to
sacred animals) in front of it, and a palm
branch above. On another side two male
figures hold a palm branch between them. On
the fourth, two figures holding some kind of
sceptre are seated facing each other, with the
symbol of life between them.
7. Bronze ring overlaid with gold, from the
cemetery; it bears an intaglio representing
Eros crouching, and holding a wreath on a
stick.
8, 9. Two blue paste scarabasi.
10. Flat tray, carved in the form of an ibex,
of dark limestone.
11. Head of blue porcelain. This head,
which seems to be a portrait of Ptolemaic
period, bears a strong resemblance, especially
in the treatment of the hair, to that of Bere-
nice II. upon coins, and may even represent