. Catalogue of the silver plate (Greek, Etruscan and Roman) in the British Museum. altar on which a fireburns ; on the r. of this are a plant and (4) theLemaean hydra, with four heads visible ; onthe 1., (5) the tree of the Hesperidcs, roundwhich is twisted the serpent, with headstretched downwards towards the altar; againstthe tree lean a quiver and bow-case on the 1. is (6) one of the Stymphalianbirds pecking the ground to 1. ; on the r., another bird to 1. and a plant. Length 15 cm. Payne Knight Coll. (MS. Cat. Ixxxix. 63). Archaeologia. xvp. 393 ; Wallis, p. 536 ; Hodgson,
. Catalogue of the silver plate (Greek, Etruscan and Roman) in the British Museum. altar on which a fireburns ; on the r. of this are a plant and (4) theLemaean hydra, with four heads visible ; onthe 1., (5) the tree of the Hesperidcs, roundwhich is twisted the serpent, with headstretched downwards towards the altar; againstthe tree lean a quiver and bow-case on the 1. is (6) one of the Stymphalianbirds pecking the ground to 1. ; on the r., another bird to 1. and a plant. Length 15 cm. Payne Knight Coll. (MS. Cat. Ixxxix. 63). Archaeologia. xvp. 393 ; Wallis, p. 536 ; Hodgson, p1884. p. 267 ; SchreiberReliefs, ii. p. 480, No. i 192. Handle of Trulla, as before, in two pieces (now joined), the top of the handle andpart along the rim wanting. Designs in relief: (i) on the middle of the handle, tin-figure of a goddess, probably Roma, to the front, holding spear or sceptre in r. hand,and oval shield in 1., resting on her 1. thigh which is drawn up. She wears a cuirass,and himation covering her r. leg and 1. thigh ; on her figure are remains of
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