Cilicia, its former history and present state; with an account of the idolatrous worship prevailing there previous to the introduction of Christianity . s, 200 LARES AND PENATES. this collection I consider the finest of any which I hare yet seen. One(No. 53), part of a cylindrical cup of fine ware, of a pale straw colour,has, in delicately raised relief, the bust of a draped female figuie,apparently Venus, in a talaric tunic, placed between two festoons of^^Teaths, a subject which has been repeated round the cup. The other,from a bowl of a remarkably fine light-red clay (No. 54), has, in ashgh
Cilicia, its former history and present state; with an account of the idolatrous worship prevailing there previous to the introduction of Christianity . s, 200 LARES AND PENATES. this collection I consider the finest of any which I hare yet seen. One(No. 53), part of a cylindrical cup of fine ware, of a pale straw colour,has, in delicately raised relief, the bust of a draped female figuie,apparently Venus, in a talaric tunic, placed between two festoons of^^Teaths, a subject which has been repeated round the cup. The other,from a bowl of a remarkably fine light-red clay (No. 54), has, in ashght bas-reUef, as if impressed from the mould of a fine gem or cameo,the bust of a Bacchante, her head bound with a wreath of ivy, her formclad in a nebris, and a thyrsus thrown over her shoulder—a subjectalready known from some gems. Of inferior workmanship are partsof a cup, ?\^^.th Avreaths and bucranea. One piece alone, ornamented \\ ornaments on a maroon ground, belongs to painted vases. Nei-ther of these pieces Avere of glazed or poHshed Avare; but half of apatera had in the inside, in bas-relief, a female hand, placed amidst. KO 54.—BASSO-RELIEVO GEM, A BACCHANTE. foliage resembling that of the ivy; and several vases Avith a small handle,in shape of a rude antifixal or helix ornament, Avith scoral handles madeseparately, and ready to attach to others, Avere foimd; AA-ith them Avaspart of a cantharus, or cup, of late black polished Avare, the side orna-mented Avith iA^-leaves [hederata), completely resembling similar cantharifound in France and England. The number of lamps Avhich were found,according to IVIr. Barker, amounted to upAvards of 3000; and of these heselected for his collection only the most important, alloAAdng the countrypeople to carry aAvay those Avhich were not ornamented Avith subjects in LAMPS. 201 bas-relief. This find may be compared ?\vitli that mentioned by Avolio inhis Argille, p. 117. The lamps found at Tarsus were very different fro
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