Greco-Roman style. On the West side of the room, Cases 44-51 contain terracottas from Athens, Rhodes, Melos, the Cyrenaica, Sicily, Sardinia, Cyprus, and other parts of the Greek world. The most Archaic specimens, chiefly from Athens and from Kameiros in Rhodes, are arranged in Cases 44-47. The greater part of the terracottas in Cases 48-51 are probably of Greek origin. Some of the most Archaic from Kameiros, Cyprus, and Sardinia, (Cases 44-47) may be Phoenician. The terracottas in Cases 52-59 are principally from Magna Græcia.

BRONZE ROOM.

It

This room contains the collection of Greek, Etruscan, and Roman Bronzes, with the exception of such as have been found in Great Britain, which are placed in the British Room. was originally composed of the Sloane, Hamilton, Towneley, and Payne Knight Collections, to which have been added, in recent years, the bronzes bequeathed by Sir William Temple, those of the Blacas Collection, and many other interesting objects acquired by purchase or donation.

The Collection is arranged as far as possible in chronological order. The bronzes in the Western half of the room are chiefly Etruscan, and of the Archaic period. Those in the Eastern half are mostly Roman, or Græco-Roman.

On a Circular Table in the centre of the room, is a head of a goddess, of heroic size, said to have been found in Armenia. This head, which is of the finest period of Greek art, has been called Aphroditè, but is more probably Artemis. It has been broken off from a statue, the hand of which is exhibited in Case 44. Castellani. In the lower part of this circular case are four vases, one of which, from Bolsena, has an Etruscan inscription round the lip.

Cases 1-4 contain a number of bronzes of the Archaic period, chiefly from Etruria, among which may be particularly noticed (1) a male draped figure from Pizzirimonte, near Prato, in Tuscany ; (2) a Marsyas, from Pistoia. These two bronzes are from the Payne Knight Collection; (3) Lioness.- Woodhouse; (4) a nude Aphroditè, which has formed the finial of a candelabrum. The attitude is that of the Venus of Medicis. It is probably the earliest extant example of this type. From the Pulsky Collection; (5) a small figure, probably of the Phoenician period, from the island of Cerigo (Cythera), presented by M. Roumano, of Corfu.

Cases 5-11 contain a number of bronzes, two fictile vases, and other antiquities, from the Polledrara tomb, near Vulci. (Micali, Mon. Ined., pl. iv.)

Among these antiquities are several porcelain vases, ornamented

with Egyptian hieroglyphics, which were probably imported into Etruria through Phoenician commerce.

Cases 12-19, contain Etruscan candelabra, and a number of pieces of Etruscan, Greek, and Roman armour. Among these objects may be noticed two muzzles for horses, from the Temple Collection.

Cases 20-25 contain two Etruscan tripods, and Greek and Etruscan vases and handles of vases. Among these may be particularly noticed a krater from the Pourtalès Collection, found at Locri, (Case 23).

Cases 26-30 contain Greek and Etruscan vases, mirror handles and other objects. In Case 30 is an Etruscan male figure, found at Falterona. (Micali, Mon. Ined., pl. xiv. 3.)

Cases 31-53 contain figures mostly Roman or Græco-Roman. A selection of the finest of these occupies Cases 44-47, in the centre of the East side of the room; the remainder are arranged in mythological classes. Among the select bronzes in the central Cases the following may be particularly noticed :

Venus stooping to adjust her sandal. This figure, which was obtained from Greece, belongs to the best period of ancient art.

Bacchus.-Temple.

Apollo. The god appears to be pointing with his forefinger towards some object on the ground; hence it has been conjectured that Apollo is here represented at the moment when he orders the flaying of Marsyas.-Towneley.

Hercules holding the apples of the Hesperides; from Byblus, in Phoenicia. (Museum Marbles, iii. pl. 2.)

A seated figure, probably representing a Greek philosopher, said to have been found in dredging the harbour of Brindisi.

Meleager aiming a spear.-Pulsky. (Monumenti of Roman Institute, 1854, pl. 8.)

Bust of the Emperor Lucius Verus.-Blacas.

Bacchus.-Payne Knight.

Mercury. From the Basilicata. Presented by Robert Goff, Esq. Cases 54-5 contain a figurehead of an ancient galley found on the scene of the battle of Actium (Arch. Zeit. 1872, pl. 62). Presented by Her Majesty the Queen.

Cases 54-60 contain Roman candelabra, lamps, and other antiquities, among which may be particularly mentioned, a bronze lamp, found at Paris, ornamented with dolphins, lions, and Satyric masks (Case 56), and a Roman seat, bisellium, inlaid with silver (Cases 54-5). In Case B are the following select bronzes, of the Archaic period, and of Etruscan or Greek origin :

:

1. A bronze Etruscan lebes, with engraved frieze of exploits of Hercules, athletic games and animals round the body, and figures of mounted Amazons round the rim, found at Capua. (Monumenti of the Roman Institute, v. pl. 25.)

2. An amphora, the handles formed of male figures bent backwards, found at Vulci.-Pourtalès.

K

3. An Etruscan draped female figure; from Sessa, on the Volturno, in Italy,- —a most ancient and interesting specimen of casting in bronze. 4. A Mars; from the lake of Falterona. (Micali, Mon. Ined., pl. xii.) 5. A cista, round the body of which are engraved scenes supposed to refer to the Bacchic Mysteries; on the cover is a group of Peleus wrestling with Atalanta. (Gerhard, Kleine Schriften,

pl. lvii.-viii.)

6. A draped female figure (Diana?); from the lake of Falterona. (Micali, Mon. Ined., pl. xiii. 1, 2.)

7. A recumbent male figure, which has probably ornamented the cover of a bronze oblong cista.

8. A group of Peleus and Atalanta wrestling.

9. Hercules; from the lake of Falterona. (Micali, Mon. Ined., pl. xv.)

10. Hercules subduing the horses of Diomedes, king of Thrace; from Palestrina (Prænestè).

:

11. A cista round the body is engraved a frieze, representing the sacrifice of Trojan captives at the funeral pyre of Patroclus. On the cover are engraved three Nereids, riding on marine monsters, and carrying the armour of Achilles. The whole is surmounted by a group in the round of a Satyr and a Mænad. This cista is remarkable for the masterly drawing of the figures in the frieze, and the interest of the subject. Found at Palestrina. (Raoul-Rochette, Mon. Ined. pl. xx. 1.) Formerly in the Durand and Reville Collections.

12. A small draped figure, probably of Aphroditè-Persephonè inscribed with a dedication in Archaic Greek letters, and engraved, Gerhard, Kleine Schriften, pl. xxxi 6.-Towneley.

13. A Mirror, supported by a draped figure of Aphroditè, on either side of whose head is Eros, represented as if floating in the air. From Athens.

14. Demeter seated in a rustic car. From Amelia, in Etruria.

15. Etruscan helmet, inscribed with a dedication by Hiero I., king of Syracuse, after his naval victory over the Tyrrhenians, B.C. 474. This helmet was found at Olympia, where it must have formed part of the trophy dedicated by Hiero. The inscription is one of the earliest specimens of Greek palæography of which the date can be fixed. (Boeckh, C. I., No. 16.)

16. A mirror, supported by a draped figure of Aphrodite, on either side of whose head is a boy, probably Eros. From Sunium in Attica.

17. Apollo, holding in his left hand a fawn, and similar to a figure on the copper coins of Miletus.-Payne Knight.

18. A bearded warrior, with shoes turned up at the toes.-Pourtalès. 19. Bronze helmet, inscribed with an Archaic dedication to Zeus by the Argives, after a victory over the Corinthians. Found at Olympia. (Boeckh, C. I., No. 29.)—Payne Knight.

20. Cista, round the body of which is engraved the sacrifice of Polyxena to the manes of Achilles. (Gerhard, Etruskische Spiegel, I., pl. xv., xvi.)-Towneley.

Case E contains the following select bronzes:

1. A figure of a Satyr springing forward. The attitude is very similar to that of the male figure in a group thought to represent Marsyas and Athena. (Archäol. Zeitung, 1874, pl. 8).-Greece.

2. Silenos standing on a triangular base, and bearing on his head a basket which has been surmounted by a floral ornament.

3. Winged head, probably of Hypnos, the god of sleep. A most beautiful example of sculpture in bronze, found at Perugia, and engraved in the Monumenti of the Roman Institute, 1856, pl. iii.

4. Iconic head, life-size, found at Cyrene, under the pavement of the temple of Apollo. The eyes have been enamelled. The type of face seems that of an African. (Smith and Porcher, Discoveries at Cyrene, pl. lxvi.)

5. Head, life-size, probably of a poet, brought from Constantinople in the beginning of the 17th century. (Museum Marbles, Pt. II., pl. xxxix.)

6. Venus arranging her tresses.—Pourtalès.

7. Mercury, on its original base inlaid with silver. Round the neck is the Gaulish torc in gold. This figure was found in France; (Specimens of Antient Sculpture, I., pl. xxxiii.)—Payne Knight.

8. Hercules, found at Bavay in France. (Specimens of Antient Sculpture, II., pl. xxxiii.) Presented by Mr. E. Drummond Hay.

9. Jupiter, found at Paramythia, in Northern Greece. — Payne Knight. (Specimens of Antient Sculpture, I., pl. xxxii.)

10. Jupiter, found in Hungary.-Pourtalès.

11. Mask of Mercury.-Payne Knight. (Specimens of Antient Sculpture, I., pl. xviii.)

12. Jupiter, found at Paramythia. (Specimens of Antient Sculpture, I., pl. lii.)-Payne Knight.

13. Apollo bending his bow. Found at Paramythia. (Specimens of Antient Sculpture, I., pl. xliii.)—Payne Knight.

14. Silver boy playing with a goose. Found at Alexandria, with a number of silver coins of the earlier Ptolemies.

15. Lamp, in the form of a greyhound's head. The spout is formed by a hare's head, held in the greyhound's mouth. Found at Nocera, in Italy.

16. A boy playing at the game of morra, perhaps, from a group representing Ganymedes playing with Eros; said to have been found at Foggia, in Southern Italy.

Table Case D contains a number of select bronzes, among which may be noticed the bronzes of Siris-two shoulder-pieces of Greek armour found in Magna Græcia, and ornamented with groups in relief in the finest style; a youthful heroic figure seated, found at Tarentum, and in the finest style; a bronze mirror in a highly ornamented frame of unusual size, found at Locri; a mirror, on which is engraved the meeting of Helen and Menelaus at the taking of Troy; a group of Boreas and Oreithyia, from a tomb in the island of Calymnos; an iron sword in bronze scabbard, with relief representing an Emperor,

probably Tiberius, receiving a victorious general, probably Germanicus. Found at Mayence, 1848. Presented by the late Felix Slade, Esq. Table Case C contains two Archaic figures of horsemen, embossed in silver, found at Perugia; a disk with an engraving of an athlete with the halteres, on reverse, an athlete throwing a spear, from Sicily; a hare inscribed with a dedication to Apollo; a bronze plate from Elis inscribed with a treaty; two decrees of the people of Corcyra (Corfu); dikast's tickets from Athens, and a tablet with Oscan inscription on both sides, found at Agnone, near Bovianum.

On Table Cases A, C, D, and F, are arranged, Etruscan mirrors, on which various mythological subjects are engraved. Case A contains armlets, fibula, and various personal ornaments and trappings. Case F, locks, keys, and a variety of small implements.

In the circular Case G is a silver bucket, on which is a frieze, in relief, representing the four Seasons. Found near Vienne, in France. (Annali of the Roman Institute, 1852. Tav. d'Agg., L.)

The circular case H contains specimens of bronze armour, among which may be noticed the cuirass from the Temple Collection.

In the circular case I are (1) a lebes, the cover of which is surmounted by a figure of Aphroditè-Persephone, round whom are figures on horseback and Sirens; (2) a small figure of Aphroditè-Persephone, remarkable for beauty and preservation. In the eyes are set diamonds. From Verona. Castellani. (3) Athenè Promachos, from Athens. Castellani. (4) A mirror, the handle formed by a figure of AphroditePersephone. From Greece. Castellani.

Table Case K contains a cista, the body of which has been partly formed of leather. On the cover is incised a battle scene; the handle is formed by two warriors carrying the dead body of a third warrior. C. T. NEWTON.

BRITISH AND MEDIEVAL ROOM.

This room contains three collections :-the British, consisting of Antiquities found in Great Britain and Ireland, extending from the earliest periods to the Norman Conquest, the Early Christian, and the Medieval, comprising all remains of the Middle Ages, both English and Foreign.,

BRITISH COLLECTION.

This Collection is arranged, as far as possible, in chronological order, as follows:

Cases 1-42. British Antiquities, anterior to the Romans. Cases 43-75. Roman Antiquities found in Britain.

Cases 76-96. Anglo-Saxon Antiquities.