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but it is probably later, and may be assigned to the reign of 

 the Emperor Titus. (See "Aquae Solis," pp. 27, 28.) 



There are other fragmentary remains which we have 

 not space to enumerate. The most interesting are those 

 contained in the vestibule of the Royal Literary Institution, 

 being portions of the pediment of a temple, having in the 

 centre of a shield a human face, the hair and beard inter- 

 twined with snakes, and with a moustache. This sculpture 

 is drawn in Lysons' great work, and in the Archaeologia, 

 and has been variously interpreted. The carving is of a 

 good period. Here is also another smaller pediment con- 

 taining a head of Diana the charioteer, or Luna, with a 

 crescent at the back. With it were found fragments of sculp- 

 tures representing the four seasons. The whole seems to have 

 formed the front of a small chapel dedicated to the goddess. 



Roman Bronzes, Fictilia, Tiles, Coins, &c., found 

 IN Bath. 



The Bronze Head, now in the inner room of the Bath 

 Literary and Scientific Institution, was found in 1727, in 

 Stall-street, near the corner of Bell Tree Lane, and with it 

 were found Roman coins. It has formed the head of a 

 statue, but it is not agreed whether it had been erected to 

 the Goddess Sul-Minerva, or to Apollo or other divinity. 



A Bronze Medallion, with a female head on the 

 obverse, and an inscription running round with the lettering, 

 PoMPEiA. I.e. v., is placed in one of the cases. Here are also 

 Three Penates and some bronze keys (see " Aquse SoHs," 

 p. 85). The medallion was found on the site of the Pump- 

 room. Many articles have been carried out of the city 

 and exist in private collections. 



The fragment of a Tabula Honesty Missionis was 



