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with Egyptian hieroglyphics, which were probably imported into Etruria 
through Phoenician commerce. 
Cases 12-19, contain Etruscan candelabra, and a number of pieces 
of Etruscan, Greek, and Roman armour. Among these objects may be 
noticed two muzzles for horses, from the Temple Collection. 
Cases 20-25 contain two Etruscan tripods, and Greek and Etrus- 
cau vases and handles of vases. Among these may be particularly 
noticed a krater from the Pourtales Collection, found at Locri, 
(Case 23). 
Cases 26-30 contain Greek and Etruscan vases, mirror handles 
and other objects. In Case 30 is an Etruscan male figure, found 
at Falterona. (Micali, Mon. Ined., pi. xiv. 3.) 
Cases 31-53 contain figures mostly Roman or Graeco-Roman. A 
selection of the finest of these occupies Cases 44-47, in the centre of 
the East side of the room ; the remainder are arrauged in mytho- 
logical classes. Among the select bronzes in the central Cases the 
following may be particularly noticed : 
Venus stooping to adjust her sandal. This figure, which was ob- 
tained from Greece, belongs to the best period of ancient art. 
Bacchus. — Temple. 
Apollo. The god appears to be pointing with his forefinger towards 
some object on the ground; hence it has been conjectured that 
Apollo is here represented at the moment when he orders the flaying 
of Marsyas. — Towneley. 
Hercules holding the apples of the Hesperides ; from Byblus, in 
Phoenicia. (Museum Marbles, iii. pi. 2.) 
A seated figure, probably representing a Greek philosopher, said to 
have been found in dredging the harbour of Brindisi. 
Meleager aiming a spear. — Pulsky. (Monumenti of Roman Insti- 
tute, 1854, pi. 8.) 
Bust of the Emperor Lucius Verus.< — Blacas. 
Bacchus. — Payne Knight. 
Mercury. ■ — From the Basilicata. Presented by Robert Goff, Esq. 
Cases 54-5 contain a figurehead of an ancient galley found on the 
scene of the battle of Actium (Arch. Zeit. 1872, pi. 62). Presented 
by Her Majesty the Queen. 
Cases 54-60 contain Roman candelabra, lamps, and other anti- 
quities, among which may be particularly mentioned, a bronze lamp, 
found at Paris, ornamented with dolphins, lions, and Satyric masks 
(Case 56], and a Roman seat, bisellium, inlaid with silver (Cases 54-5). 
In Case B are the following select bronzes, of the Archaic 
period, and of Etruscan or Greek origin : — 
1. A bronze Etruscan lebes, with engraved frieze of exploits of 
Hercules, athletic games and animals round the body, and figures of 
mounted Amazons round the rim, found at Capua. (Monumeuti of 
the Roman Institute, v. pi. 25.) 
2. An amphora, the handles formed of male figures bent backward* 
found at Vulci. — Pom-talcs. 
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