PIEDMONT.-Neolithic Axes. In the Bollettino della Società Piemontese di Archeologia e Belle Arti, III, 1919, pp. 16–22 (4 figs.), P. BAROCELLI describes neolithic axes and hatchets found on various sites in Piedmont.

is not sufficient to establish their chronology.

The evidence

POMPEII. Inscriptions.—In Not. Scav. XVI, 1919, pp. 232–242, M. DELLA CORTE publishes eighty-six inscriptions, many of which are election notices. An amphora handle has the name of the consul T. Catius, better known as Silius Italicus.

ROME. The Arch of Constantine.-In B. Com. Rom. XLVI, 1918, pp. 161164 (pl.) C. GRADARA publishes an excerpt from the diary of Pietro Bracci for the year 1732 in which he states that he carved new heads for seven of the Dacian slaves surmounting the columns on the Arch of Constantine, and made an entire new statue for the eighth (right of centre, south side). He also made new heads for the emperors and other personages on the reliefs between these slaves.

The Capitoline Hill.-In Rass. d'Arte, VII, 1920, pp. 9-11 (pl.; 4 figs.), are published the plans which Lodovico Pogliaghi and Corrado Ricci have worked out for the improvement of parts of the Capitoline Hill. The intention is not only to enhance the picturesque effect but also to bring out the historical value of the various parts. A fuller account of the work is given in Boll. Arte, XIV, 1920, pp. 49–72 (5 figs.).

Excavations on the Via Ostiense. In Not. Scav. XVI, 1919, pp. 285–354, G. LUIGLI gives a detailed and fully illustrated account of recent excavations in an extensive Roman sepulcretum on the Via Ostiense, near the church of S. Paolo. The sepulcretum, which was first discovered in 1897, yielded a large number of tombs, many of which were handsomely decorated with paintings and reliefs, together with ninety-three inscriptions. The tombs are assigned to four periods: the Republican and Augustan; the Imperial period to the end of the second century; the third and fourth centuries; and a later period extending into the Middle Ages.

Inscriptions from the Via Clodia. In Not. Scav. XVI, 1919, pp. 283-284, R. PARIBENI publishes three inscriptions found between the fifth and sixth kilometers of the Via Clodia, one of which is surmounted by a portrait bust in relief TALAMONE.-Miscellaneous Finds.-In Not. Scav. XVI, 1919, pp. 261295, TINA CAMPANILE gives an account of discoveries at Le Tombe and Santa Francesca in Talamone. The finds include an inscribed lead pipe of Trajan, two pipes of pottery, coins, and pieces of Arretine ware of a late period, one of which has a representation of the flaying of Marsyas.

TAORMINA. A Siculan Necropolis. In Not. Scav. XVI, 1919, pp. 360369, P. ORSI tells of the discovery of a Siculan necropolis at Corcolonazzo di Mola, consisting of fourteen tombs of different forms. Pottery and small objects in bronze and glass-paste were found.

VASTE.-Messapian Tombs.-In Not. Scav. XVI, 1919, pp. 358-360, G. BACILE DI CASTIGLIONE tells of the discovery at Vaste of four Messapian tombs with small vases and two stelae, one of which is inscribed with a name. VETULONIA.-Objects found at Poggio di Colonna.—In Ausonia, IX, 1919, pp. 11-54 (2 pls.; 34 figs.) L. PERNIER discusses antiquities discovered on the site of Vetulonia: (1) a deposit of bronze helmets, including more than 100 in a fair state of preservation, and fragments of many others. They are of

the type which Schröder has called Italic, but which Pernier, comparing them with the famous helmet dedicated by Hiero at Olympia, thinks may more properly be called Etruscan, and are to be attributed to the third or fourth

FIGURE 1.

century B.C. Their condition shows that they had been deliberately injured, possibly in order to make them useless to an invading enemy, or in a religious ceremony performed by the invaders. (2) Not far from the deposit of helmets were found the fragments of a Greek kottabos stand. This had also been intentionally broken, and was considerably corroded, but the essential parts were preserved. The small disc at the top was supported by a spirited little silenus, which Pernier thinks is possibly a copy or adaptation of a Myronic type (Fig. 1). (3) To the west of the paved street which leads south from the decumanus of Vetulonia were discovered fragments of terracotta sculptures which ornamented a small building. They show traces of fire. The fragments include youthful male and female figures, a herm and an altar, a representation of a ship in the sea, and of a lion's head fountain. They were probably parts of a frieze, and seem to have represented a scene of surprise and capture, such

as the raid of Odysseus on the Cicones. On stylistic grounds Pernier attributes them to the third century B.C., the best period of Etrusco-Roman art.

SPAIN

BOLONIA. Excavations on the Site of Belo.-In C. R. Acad. Insc. 1919, pp. 450-462 (2 figs.) P. PARIS describes the excavations conducted at Bolonia by the École des Hautes Études Hispaniques in 1919: (1) In the industrial quarter near the sea the remains of houses and of trenches, halls, and cisterns connected with the salt fish industry were discovered. (2) The excavation of a mound brought to light the gate of two squared bastions by which the Roman road entered Belo. At some date later than its construction it had been roughly barricaded with blocks of unhewn stone. (3) The site of the forum, paved with large slabs, has been recognized, but not yet fully excavated. (4) Behind the monumental fountain discovered in 1917 were found the remains of three Corinthian temples on high podia, constituting the Capitol of the Roman colony. Much use was made of stucco in the finish of walls and columns. Two fine lions' heads which served as consoles in one of these buildings were also finished in this material. Between the central temple and the fountain, and in the axis of the temple, was a platform supporting two altars of cubical form,

of which the pulvini were in stucco, delicately ornamented with Ionic palmettes. Fragmentary statues were found in the cellae of the temples, but give no certain evidence of the deities to whom the temples were dedicated. (5) Numerous small objects were found in the necropolis: glass, pottery, bronze utensils and amulets. Many primitive busts which reflect an indigenous cult, were found. There is a great variety of coffins and urns. Both inhumation and incineration were practised.

FRANCE

ARLES.—Inscriptions. A series of inscriptions from Arles is published by L. CONSTANT in R. Êt. Anc. XXII, 1920, pp. 172–186. An inscription on the podium of the amphitheatre (C. I. L. XII, 697) is reconstituted with the aid of two recently discovered fragments. It records the gifts of C. Junius Priscus to the basilica and the amphitheatre of Arles, and thus proves the existence of the basilica which has hitherto been a subject of conjecture. M. Constant publishes sixteen new inscriptions, and new readings of the following: C. I. L. XII, 786, 680, 682, 779, 764.

ENSÉRUNE. Recent Excavations.-In C. R. Acad. Insc. 1920, pp. 3137 (3 figs.) E. POTTIER describes briefly the objects discovered by F. Mouret in excavations at Ensérune. There are several classes of pottery belonging to the Graeco-Iberian period: (1) local white-slip ware with conventional decoration in black and red, (2) a sort of local bucchero, (3) Gnathian vases, used as cinerary urns, (4) Campanian plates. An unusual plastic vase, with a strainer at the top and an opening at the back, was found. Architectural and sculptural fragments show that in the Roman period this part of the coast was occupied by villas.

ISTURITZ.-A Prehistoric Bone-carving.-In C. R. Acad. Insc. 1920, pp. 28-31 (2 figs.) E. PASSEMARD reports the discovery in a cave at Isturitz (BassesPyrénées) of a rude image of an animal of feline species carved in reindeer horn, curiously perforated and engraved with representations of harpoons, to which a magical significance was probably attached.

NÎMES. An Inscription on the Maison Carrée. A new examination of the holes for the attachment of bronze letters on the façade of the Maison Carrée, reported in C. R. Acad. Insc. 1919, pp. 332-338, leads É. ESPÉRANDIEU to the conclusion that antecedent to the inscription read by Séguier in 1758, recording the dedication of the building to Gaius and Lucius Caesar, was another inscription, marking the building as the gift of Marcus Agrippa to the people of Nemausus. This discovery, examined in connection with the known fact of Agrippa's visit to Nemausus in 20 B.C., indicates that the construction of the building was begun at this date, and completed before 12 B.C., the year of Agrippa's death. The second inscription, in honor of Agrippa's sons, is to be dated ca. 1-4 A.D.

PARIS. An Egyptian Statue.-In Gaz. B.-A. I, 1920, pp. 313-318 (pl.; fig.), G. BÉNÉDITE publishes a silicon statue of the chief of the prophets, Amenem-hat-ânkh, recently acquired by the Louvre. This priest of high rank lived in the reign of Amenophis III, whose beautiful statue is the pride of the museum of Berlin. The statue of the priest is small, but it has all the dignity of a work

of heroic size, thus combining the two extremes of sizes given to the sculptures carved in the period of transition to which it belongs, the Middle Empire.

A Statuette of Jupiter Heliopolitanus.-In Syria, I, pp. 3-15 (4 pls.; 3 figs.) a bronze statuette of Jupiter Heliopolitanus (Fig. 2), discovered at Baalbek,

and now in the collection of M. Charles Sursock, is the subject of a detailed study by RENÉ DUSSAUD. The figure stands on a cubical base, which is flanked by figures of bulls supported by a wider pedestal. The god, a beardless figure, is crowned with a calathos, and wears over a chiton a sort of cuirass reaching nearly to the feet, and divided by horizontal and vertical bands into small compartments in which are represented in relief symbols associated with the cult of this Syrian god, and busts of Greek gods. On the cubical base is a relief representing Tyche, who is a Hellenized form of the Syrian goddess Atargatis. The bronze is to be dated in the second century. A large opening in the top of the wider base may have been intended for the insertion of tablets with questions addressed to the god.

BELGIUM

HOARDS OF COINS.-The R. Belge Num. LXXI, 1919, pp. 344-348, reports several finds: (1) At Meux, in 1916, a Roman urn was dug up containing more than 800 Roman bronze coins of the first and second centuries A.D., from the reign of Augustus to that of Commodus-all already known. (2) At the Villa de Baucelenne at Mettet twenty-one coins of the Roman Empire (first to third centuries A.D.) were discovered. Some are undecipherable. One-a coin of Antoninus Pius-appears to be new. (3) In the forest of Soignes, in 1919, a small bronze coin of the Emperor Julian (355-363 A.D.) was found (see Cohen 2d ed. p. 82, for a description).

BRUSSELS. The Royal Society of Numismatics. In a prefatory notice in the R. Belge Num. LXX, 1914 (published in 1919) the president of the Royal Society of Numismatics describes the injuries and losses suffered by the collections and library of the society during the German occupation of Belgium.

GERMANY

BERLIN. A Statuette of Athena.-In Ber. Kunsts. XLI, 1920, pp. 62-64 (2 figs.) B. SCHRÖDER describes a fragmentary marble statuette of Athena recently acquired by the Berlin Antiquarium, and said to have been found at Eskischehir (Fig. 3). The figure wears a chiton and an overgirt peplos, and carries spear and shield. It is a Roman copy from a type of the Phidian period.

LONDON. Coins of Sinope.-The recent acquisition by the British Museum of 34 drachms of Sinope, purporting to have been found together in the Crimea, yields assistance toward a closer classification of the coin issues of Sinope in the first part of the fourth century B.C. The coins are described in detail and figured by E. S. G. ROBINSON in Num. Chron. 1920, pp. 1-16 (pl.). Greek Coins Acquired by the British Museum.-A special grant of £10,000 by the Government, and liberal gifts by individuals have enabled the British Museum to purchase many Greek coins from the collection of the late Sir Hermann Weber. With the omission (except by mere mention) of such of these as the former owner had already published, or as will be shortly included in the printed catalogues of the Museum, the new acquisitions are described in detail by G. F. HILL in Num. Chron. 1920, pp. 97-116 (2 pls.). For the Aphrodite tetradrachm of Telesiphron (cf. Num. Chron. 1892, pl. XVI, 15) £450 was paid.

A Palaeolithic Flint.-In Proc. Soc. Ant. XXXI, 1919, pp. 50-55 (2 figs.) R. A. SMITH publishes a flint point of palaeolithic type, belonging to a hand axe, and remarkable as being polished. It seems to have been found at Clapton