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ROMAN ANTIQUITIES. 
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Against the walls are mosaic or tessellated Pavements. 
The oblong piece in Compartment I., decorated with a figure of 
Neptune, amidst fishes and marine monsters, was found in the ruins of 
a Roman villa at Withington, Gloucestershire. The large pieces in 
Compartment II., and the two smaller pieces, to the left hand, in Com- 
partment III., originally formed part of the same pavement, though 
the space does not admit of placing them in juxtaposition. 
The right-hand fragment in Compartment III. was discovered at 
Woodchester, in the same county. 
In each of the first four Compartments stands a Sarcophagus, 
which, like most monuments of Roman sculpture found in this country, 
exhibits, more or less, the rudeness of provincial art. Within the Sarco- 
phagus in Compartment IV. (which was discovered in London) was 
found a leaden coffin, the lid of which may now be seen above the 
Sarcophagus. Within the three other Sarcophagi, were discovered 
various remains, consisting chiefly of vases of glass or red earthen- 
ware, and in one instance a pair of richly-ornamented shoes, all of 
which are exhibited in glass cases in the British Room and Second 
Egyptian Room. 
The large scroll in Compartment V. is probably an ornament from 
the cover of a Sarcophagus. It was found (with the fragment of a 
mill-stone, now placed on it, and two sepulchral Inscriptions, in 
Compartment VI.) at the foot of the old Roman wall of London. 
In the intervening spaces are placed Roman Altars. 
Against four of the pilasters on this side stand Ogham Inscriptions, 
of which three are from Ireland, and one from Fardell in Devonshire. 
Against another pilaster is a remarkable Altar, with a dedication in 
Greek to the Tyrian Hercules. 
Against the Western wall is a large Basin, in the form of half an 
octagon, with bas-reliefs on the sides ; as well as several smaller 
sculptures. 
To the Roman period of the occupation of Britain belong the six 
specimens of mosaic or tessellated work attached to the upper wall on 
the North side of this Room. Those in Compartments VII — IX. 
were discovered in London; and those in Compartments X — XII., at 
Abbot's Ann, in Hampshire. 
AUGUSTUS W. FRANKS. 
KOMAN ICONOGRAPHY. 
Along the North side of the gallery is arranged the series 
of Roman portraits, in chronological order. Upon the 
pedestal of each statue, or bust, are inscribed, when known, 
the name of the person represented, the dates of such person's 
birth, death, and (if an Emperor) of his reign, and the site 
where the sculpture was discovered. 
