as 



Seventh Room. 



In this small apartment are several Pigs of Lead in- 

 teresting from their having the names of several of the 

 Roman Emperors inscribed on them. 



The Eighth Room is closed. 



On the right hand is a flight of stone stairs, leading 

 to the 



Ninth Room, 



and another Room containing various Antiquities col- 

 lected by Sir William Hamilton. 



In the centre of the Ninth Room, on the top of the 

 stairs, is placed on a table 



No. 1. The celebrated Portland or Barberini Vase, 

 which is a most exquisite and unmutilated specimen of 

 Grecian workmanship. The material on which the 

 graceful and animated Bas-relief figure is laid is thought 

 by some to be a sort of vetrified paste, by others glass 

 or stone : but how they were so firmly and neatly uni- 

 ted with the ground work, we leave the Visitor to con- 

 jecture. It was found about the middle of the six- 

 teenth century near Rome, enclosed in a Sarcophagus 

 within the monument of the Emperor Alexander Sev- 

 erus. It was for more than two centuries, in the pal- 

 ace of the Barbarini family, where it was considered as 

 one of the chief ornaments. Its next possessor was Sir 

 William Hamilton ; then the Duke of Portland, who in 

 1810 deposited it in the British Museum. 



Nos. 2, 4, and 5, consist of Ancient Paintings in 

 fresco, No. 2, found in a subterraneous chamber near 

 Rome. In 



Case A, under the window, are Antiquities from Per- 

 sepolis, Babylon, and Nineveh. 



Case B. Antiquites found by Sir Robert Ker Porter, 

 in Persepolis, Babylon, &c. 



Shelves C. Antiquities from Nineveh. 



Shelves D. Antiquities from Babylon. In the 



