UFFIZI GALLERY. 
112 
simple and grand, and probably belonged to the period of 
Phidias. The garland of wheat-ears and the hair are worked 
with the most exquisite finish. Ivy leaves adorn the border of 
the dress ; the eyes are wide open and the pupil indicated. 
No. 197, a carnelian : a splendid portrait ; supposed to 
represent Sextus Pompeius Magnus, the son of Pompey the 
Great. He accompanied his father into Egypt, and was 
present when he was murdered, He fled into Spain, and was 
finally put to death by order of Titus. 
No. 204, a chalcedony : Portrait of Augustus Casar ; an 
exquisite gem and a very pure stone. 
No. 208, a carnelian : Busts of Nero and Lucius, sons of 
Agrippina ; and on the reverse Faustulus discovering Romulus 
and Remus, with the wolf, under a tree. 
No. 217, a carnelian : Bust of Antonia, wife of Drusus, and 
daughter of Marcus Antoninus. 
Case XII., No. 248, an amethyst : the portrait of Massinissa, 
Prince of Cyrene in Africa, whence valuable marbles have 
been brought to the British Museum. Massinissa was educated 
in Carthage, and fought in Spain, whère he was defeated 
by Scipio. He made terms with the Romans and promised 
them his services in Africa. This gem is half Greek, half 
African ; the helmet bears the figure of Victory, finely engraved. 
No. 252, a carnelian : Modesty, a beautiful head. 
No. 260, a carnelian : the head of an old man ; the work 
of a celebrated gem-cutter, Hyllus. 
No. 276, a carnelian : the bust of Apollo of Delos ; a fine 
work, perhaps by Dioscorides or Solon. 
No. 284, a jacynth: the portrait of a Comic Actor in a Mask. 
No. 313, a sardonyx : the Chimæera mortally wounded. 
After this gem follow several representations of animals, 
cows, oxen, horses, lions, cranes, &c., with sphinges, griffins, 
and other fabulous creatures, among which the most interesting 
is a winged sphinx, the signet of Augustus Casar, discovered 
in his tomb, and presented to the Gallery in 1829.