Page:EB1911 - Volume 11.djvu/581

From Wikisource
Jump to navigation Jump to search
This page has been validated.
GEMS
Plate I.

1–5.—ORIENTAL.
1. Babylonian (late Sumerian) Cylinder of a Viceroy of Ur-Gur (or Ur-Engur), 2500 B.C.
2. Assyrian Cylinder. Woman adoring Goddess.
3. Assyrian Cylinder. Assur worshipped by two Assyrian kings, and divine Attendants.
4. Persian Seal of Darius (500 B.C.). Lion Hunt.
5. Graeco-Persian Scarabaeoid. Boar Hunt.

6–15.—CRETAN AND MYCENAEAN INTAGLIOS.

6. Cretan Symbols.
7. Man and Bull. Crete.
8. Lions and Column. Ialysus.
9. Daemon. Crete.
10. Lioness and Deer.
11-13. Three-sided Stone. Peloponnesus.
14. Man and Bull. Crete.
15. Bull and Palm. Ialysus.

16–18.—GEMS OF THE ISLANDS.

16. Goddess on Waves. Birds.
17. Lion and Goat.
18. Heracles and Nereus.

19.—PHOENICIAN SEAL, inscribed.

20–26.—GRAECO-PHOENICIAN SCARABS FROM THARROS.

20. King, enthroned.
21. Bes with Antelope and Hound.
22. Bes with Lions.
23. Warrior.
24. Egyptian Device.
25. Bes and Goats.
26. Hawk of Horus.

All the above are in the British Museum.