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Archaic specimens, chiefly from Athens and from Camirus in Rhodes, 
are arranged in Cases 44-47. The greater part of the terracottas from 
Cases 48-51 are probably of Greek origin. Some of the most archaic 
from Camirus, Cyprus, and Sardinia, may be Phoenician. The terra- 
cottas in Cases 52-59 are principally from Magna Graecia. 
On Cases F and I are select terracotta figures, mostly from Athens 
and the Cyrenaica. 
BRONZE ROOM. 
This room contains the collection of Greek, Etruscan, and 
Roman Bronzes, with the exception of such as have been found 
in Great Britain, which are placed in the British Room. It 
was originally composed of the Sloane, Hamilton, Townley, 
and Payne Knight Collections, to which have been added, in 
recent years, the bronzes bequeathed by Sir William Temple, 
those of the Blacas Collection, and many other interesting 
objects acquired by purchase or donation. 
The Collection is arranged as far as possible in chronolo- 
gical order. The bronzes in the Western half of the room 
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are chiefly Etruscan, and of the Archaic period. Those in the 
Eastern half are mostly Roman, or Graeco-Roman. 
On a Circular Table in the centre of the room, is a head of a 
goddess, of heroic size, said to have been found in Armenia. This 
head, which is of the finest period of Greek art, has been called 
Aphrodite, but is more probably Artemis. It has been broken off 
from a statue, the hand of which is exhibited in the same case. 
Castellani. 
Cases 1-4 contain a number of bronzes of the archaic period, 
chiefly from Etruria, among which may be particularly noticed (1) a 
male draped figure from Pizzirimonte, near Prato, in Tuscany ; 
(2) a Marsyas, from Pistoia. These two bronzes are from the 
Payne Knight Collection; (3) Lioness. — Woodhouse ; (4) a nude 
Aphrodite, which has formed the finial of a candelabrum. The 
attitude is that of the Venus of Medicis. It is probably the earliest 
extant example of this type. From the Pulsky Collection; (5) a 
small figure, probably of the Phoenician period, from the island of 
Cerigo (Cythera), presented by M. Roumano, of Corfu. 
Cases 5-11 contain a number of bronzes, two fictile vases, and 
other antiquities, from the Polledrara tomb, near Vulci. (Micali, 
Mon. Ined., pi. iv.) 
Among these antiquities are several porcelain vases, ornamented 
with Egyptian hieroglyphics, which were probably imported into Etruria 
through Phoenician commerce. 
