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9 th S. II. JULY 30, '98.]


NOTES AND QUERIES.


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with the signs of the Greek zodiac and the Egyptian decans. Post A.D. Found on Mount Aventine, Rome, 1705. In the Louvre, Paris. ' Histoire de 1'Academie Royale des Sciences,' anno 1708, Paris, 1830 ; Clarac, ' Catalogue,' 271 ; ' Musee,' pi. 248, 410 ; Frohner, 'Notice de la Sculpture Antique du Louvre,' No. 4 ; Lafaye, ' Histoire du Culte des Divinites d'Alexandria, Serapis, Isis, Harpocrate, et Anubis,' Paris, 1884 ; ' Diet. Arch.'

102. Astronomical globe supported by Atlas, bearing the constellations. Two of the signs are united by Scorpio holding up Libra in its claws. Farnese coll. Sandby, " Tabularum Explicatio, tab. ix. F. 2 "; Spence, ' Polymetis '; Archoeologm, xxvi. 150.

103. In a MS. translation by Cicero of the 'Phenomena' of Aratus, perhaps the fifth century. In B.M. Harleian MS. No. 2506; Arckceologia, xxvi. 146.

104. Terminal figure of Serapis or Pluto. Modius on head, rayed, with the signs between the folds of a serpent around it. In 'His- toire du Ciel,' Paris, 1759, i. 66 ; Hewson, 'Christianity, Judaism, and Heathenism.'

105. On a medallion around Jupiter, Mercury, and Venus. In ' Histoire du Ciel,' p. 161.

106. Zoroastrian Mithraic tablet in marble, containing Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Spica, Scorpio, Sol, Luna, Hydra, Perseus, Argo (bull), Ursa Major (hog), Turdus solitaries, Corvus, Sirius, mountain (? Ararat). In Taylor's Calmet, v. Persia, fig. 11.

107. Zoroastrian Mithraic tablet in marble, containing Perseus in a cave (as Bacchus, with grapes and dagger), Gemini, with torches of life and death, Sagittarius (bow, arrow, and quiver). In Calmet, v. Persia, fig. 12.

108. Statue of Atlas, bearing a zodiac and its signs on his shoulders, with Jupiter in the centre. In the gallery, Villa Albani, Rome. Murray, ' Rome,' 1858, p. 294.

109. Zoroastrian Mithraic tablet, containing Taurus, Perseus, Scorpio, Sirius, &c. In Museo Chiaramonti, No. 464, Vatican. Murray, p. 180.

110. Zoroastrian Mithraic tablet, containing Taurus, Perseus, Sirius, Aquila. In Hall of the Animals, No. 124, Vatican. Murray, p. 189 ; Hewson.'

111. On a gem around Jove and the Dioscuri, Egyptian emerald. Praun coll. In King, i. 252.

112. On an oval gem, round Phoebus with whip, in quadriga. La Chausse coll. In Mont- faucon, i. 120, pi. Ixiv.

113. On the oorder of an oval bronze basin


? sacrificial), round Mars. In Montfaucon, II. i. 143, pi. Ix. fig. 1.

114. Round the busts of a Roma.ii senator and his wife, on their marble monument, found in Rome. Barberini coll. In Montfaucon, Supp., i. 23, pi. iii.

115. On a gem in sardonyx round an eagle. Constable coll. Sulphur cast in Tassie coll. In Raspe, i. 219, No. 3126.

116. On a gem in cornelian, round Jupiter sitting, between Mars and Mercury, Neptune below. French royal coll. Cast in Tassie coll. Raspe, i. 219, No. 3127; in Mariette, 'Pierres Gravees,' 1750, No. 1.

117. On an agate gem, round Jupiter, Venus, and Mercury with his foot on Leo. Bourda- loue coll. Cast in Tassie coll. In Cheron, ' Pierres Gravees,' No. 15 ; in Raspe, i. 219, No. 3128.

118. On a gem in chalcedony, Atlas sup- porting zodiac around Jupiter, Minerva, and Ceres. Bourdaloue coll. Cast in Tassie coll. Raspe, i. 219, No. 3129 ; in Mariette, No. 1.

119. On an or.yx gem, round Phoebus in quadriga. Florence coll. Cast in Tassie coll. In Gori, 'Museum Florentinum,' 1731, i. 88, i.; Raspe, i. 219, No. 3130.

120. On a chalcedony gem, above Phoebus in quadriga, are Leo, Sagittarius, Capricornus, Aquarius on an arc. Florence coll. Cast in Tassie coll. In Lippert, i. 194 ; Raspe, i. 220, No. 3132.

121. On a gem in onyx, around the sun. Cast in Tassie coll. In Gori, ii. 88, ii.; Raspe, i. 220, No. 3134.

122. On a gem is engraved the sun beneath two arcs bearing signs. Cast in Tassie coll. Raspe, i. 220, No. 3136.

123. On a gem, an onyx of three colours, round a sitting faun playing the double flute. Florence coll. Cast in Tassie coll. In Lippert, ii. 234 ; Raspe, i. 220, No. 3137.

124. On a gem, agate sardonyx, round a faun playing a double flute, near an altar beneath a star. Cast in Tassie coll. In Gori, ii. 88, 3 Raspe, i. 220, 3138.

125. On a gem, sardonyx, same design as No. 124, reversed. Cast in Tassie coll. In Mariette, No. 45 ; Raspe, i. 220, No. 3139.

126. Gem, containing a winter segment of the zodiac, below the deities, above a plough- man. Cast in Tassie coll. Raspe, i. 220, No. 3140.

127. Gem in sardonyx, having the zodiac round Victory in a biga. Cast in Tassie coll. Raspe, i. No. 3133.

128. Zoroastrian Mithraic sculpture in white marble, in the third Greco-Roman Room, B.M., No, 16,3, From Rome, Standish.