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He has a crescent on his shoulders, and holds in one hand a thyrsos, and in the other a pine-cone. He places his left foot on the head of a crouching bull.

"The special point of interest attaching to this example lies in the inscription below the bas-relief, which is as follows:

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"Of the general intention of this and similar dedications we have a clue in an inscription from Koloe, published in Bull. de Corr. Hell., iv, 129, where a woman, Meltinè, dedicates to Artemis Anaeitis and Men Tiamou a relief in gratitude for the healing of her feet. In the present case we have a new surname of Men to add to the list of eight similar surnames which Waddington has collected. These are all from the parts of Asia Minor already specified; and though several instances have since been published of similar dedications in Hellas proper, in all cases the dedicators were foreigners, probably from Asia Minor. Thus in an inscription from Athens, Dionysios and Babulia dedicate a temple to Men ;3 in a similar inscription from Delos, in the sanctuary of the strange gods, one Taosa makes a dedication to Men.

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"It is then extremely probable, from internal evidence, that this inscription comes from Phrygia or the adjacent provinces. What is the meaning of the surname attached? The form of the termination nvos would seem to suggest an appellative formed from the name of a place, as we have in other Asia Minor forms, Pergamenos, Kadasenos. It is, therefore, possible that we have a reference to the local cult of this deity at Kabalia or Kabalis, a city and tract lying on the borders of Lycia and Pamphylia ; and it seems probable that for the original provenance of our slab, we must refer it to that neighbourhood."

Mr. Birch made some observations upon the exhibition.

Mr. T. Morgan, F.S.A., Hon. Treasurer, exhibited on the part of Mr. Greenshields of Lanarkshire, our Associate, pieces of a gold and enamelled chain, asserted to have belonged to Cardinal Wolsey.

The Chairman exhibited a collection of antiquities, mostly archaic and Roman, found in London. Of the former, a spear-head of oxbone of very high antiquity, in its matrix of clay, from London Wall; also a fine martel of red deer antler, remarking that although in Scandinavia more plentiful, yet in London its occurrence has been very rare. The instrument is formed of the base of the antler, and carries evident marks of use. A third object, also of deer's antler, squared

1 Inscr. de l'Asie Min., Part V, No. 668.

3 Cf. C. I. A., iii, 74.

2 Αθηναιον, viii, 294. 4 Strabo, 13, 629.

on the longer limb (6 inches), hollowed for the reception perhaps of a sword-blade or a flint weapon; hardly the latter, however, as a pinhole for securing the object in the socket has been drilled through. May it have been the receptacle of a tribal staff of honour? The bone is embrowned by peat-water.

Many of the Roman antiquities were of much interest; as 1, a noble cantharus of hard-burned material, thin and red, with a nobly moulded neck; 15 inches total height, with diameter of 11 inches; capacity of more than two gallons (English). It is marked V; either a proprietory initial, or indicating its contents. Also 2, a ringed, conical amphora (14 inches) for import of olives or honey. Both found in Eastcheap. 3. Three salina, or salt-holders, of terra-cotta, found in Southwark, each in form of an altar, and no doubt for table-use, expressing in their forms the sacredness of salt. Their measurements are, respectively, 4 inches. This is round, moulded borders, and rests on rounded feet No. 2 is sexagon, with deep mouldings, and 3 inches in height: the third, 2 inches, round, with plain borders. These we believe to be the first salina exhibited. The revival of classic taste in the seventeenth century recalled, in silvered pewter or silver, these pure forms. A revival was exhibited.2

A large funeral urn, one of two, of Upchurch ware; and another, probably made, as also found, in London, were placed on the table. The latter, when found, contained bones (these, however, were lost) covered by a Samian dish with upright sides, of rare but home-make, and probably dating from the second century. Upon the cover stood a lamp-holder and Samian lamp, and within, the obolus, a first brass, but too decayed to be intelligible. This interment had probably been made in a cyst of wood. This disappeared, leaving near the bank of the Fleet river this suggestive group there placed 1600 years ago. Added to the London group were a very fine fibula and pin, of bronze, assigned to the first century; a bronze stud; and a length of bronze chain, designed as a necklet or bracelet, each link most artistically worked in interior spirals. A spiralled auriscalpium, tweezers, a RomanoEgyptian bead, and another of blue and red, with darker ribbings, from Southwark, completed the home Roman exhibition.

Mr. Mayhew added, however, some Roman glass lately brought from Palestine, and a magnificent cantharus, of glass, from Cyprus. This beautiful object was found in many pieces, and has been deftly restored;

1 Salt was held in great veneration, and always used with sacrifices; was also symbolic of friendship. A family salt-holder (paternum salinum) was kept with great care. To spill salt was esteemed ominous. (Hor., Od. ii, 16, 14.)

2 This revival of classic form extended to the Delft manufacture of the seventeenth century, the writer being in possession of a large salt-holder formed on classic lines of that date.

it is globular, about 12 inches high, iridescent, and closely resembles the Eastcheap cantharus now exhibited; and some spiralled and ribbed vessels of black ware, also from Cyprus, elegant in design. One could not escape observing these same spirals in the sixteenth century adorned Venetian glass-work, and in the eighteenth were adapted in silversmiths' work. Mr. W. de Gray Birch observed that these forms might have been brought to Cyprus by early settlers from the mainland, possibly from Egypt. Note of a heavy telum of iron, for projection from a balista, and found outside the Roman works of Leadenhall, has been omitted. The weapon has been used, and subjected to fire.

Mr. A. B. Wyon, Her Majesty's Chief Engraver of Seals, read a paper on the seals of Henry VI, and illustrated his remarks with the exhibition of a collection of casts. This paper will be printed hereafter. Mr. Birch made some remarks upon the seals.

A vote of thanks to the Chairman terminated the proceedings of the evening.

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1884.

REV. W. SPARROW SIMPSON, D.D., F.S.A., IN THE CHAIR.

Thanks were ordered to be returned to the donors of the following presents to the Library:

To the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle-on-Tyne, for reprint of "Views of the Castles of Northumberland and Durham, drawn and engraved by S. and N. Buck," originally published in 1728; large folio: "Remnants of Old Newcastle-on-Tyne," Part I, by C. C. Hodges, Esq. and "Archæologia Eliana," Part 26, vol. ix, New Series, 1883.

To W. E. Hughes, Esq., for "Miscellanea Genealogica et Heraldica," vol. i, No. 2.

Mr. E. P. L. Brock, F.S.A., Hon. Sec., exhibited several GræcoRussian icons bearing effigies of patron saints, apostles, and other Biblical personages.

The Chairman described several of these relics, and drew attention to one bearing a figure of the Virgin Mary and child Jesus, as being of considerable antiquity.

Mr. A. B. Wyon exhibited the casts of a counter-seal of Philip Duke of Burgundy, in reference to his recent paper on the seals of Henry VI. Mr. G. R. Wright, F.S.A., Hon. Congress Secretary, exhibited, on behalf of Mr G. Lambert, F.S.A., a pewter and a bronze spoon of the seventeenth century. Mr. Wright also exhibited a cruciform stone

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