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4. An Etruscan draped female figure ; from Sessa, on the Volturno, 
in Italy, — a most ancient and interesting specimen of casting in bronze. 
5. A Mars ; from the lake of Falterona. (Micali, Mon. Ined., pi. xii.) 
6. A cista, round the body of which are engraved scenes supposed to 
refer to the Bacchic mysteries ; on the cover is a group of Peleus 
wrestling with Atalanta. (Gerhard, Kleine Schriften, pi. lvii.-viii.) 
7. A draped female figure (Diana?) ; from the lake of Falterona. 
(Micali, Mon. In., pi. xiii. 1,2.) 
8. A recumbent male figure, which has probably ornamented the 
cover of a bronze oblong cista. 
9. A group of Peleus and Atalanta wrestling. 
10. Hercules ; from the lake of Falterona. (Micali, Mon. In., pi. xv.) 
11. Hercules subduing the horses of Diomecles, king of Thrace; 
from Palestrina (Praeneste). 
12. A cista : round the body is engraved a frieze, representing the 
sacrifice of Trojan captives at the funeral pyre of Patroclus. On 
the cover are engraved three Nereids, riding on marine monsters, and 
carrying the armour of Achilles. The whole is surmounted by a group 
in the round of a Satyr and a Maenad. This cista is remarkable for the 
masterly drawing of the figures in the frieze, and the interest of the 
subject. Found at Palestrina. (Kaoul-Rochette, Mon. In. pi. xx. 1.). 
Formerly in the Durand and Eeville Collections. 
13. A small draped figure, probably of Aphrodite Persephone 
inscribed with a dedication in Archaic Greek letters, and engraved, 
Gerhard, Kleine Schriften, pi. xxxi 6. — Townley. 
14. A Mirror, supported by a draped figure of Aphrodite, on either 
side of whose head is Eros, represented as if floating in the air. 
From Athens. 
15. Demeter seated in a rustic car. From Amelia, in Etruria. 
16. Etruscan helmet, inscribed with a dedication by Hiero I., king 
of Syracuse, after his naval victory over the Tyrrhenians, B.C. 474. 
This helmet was found at Olympia, where it must have formed part of 
the trophy dedicated by Hiero. The inscription is one of the earliest 
specimens of Greek palaeography of which the date can be fixed. 
(Boeckh, C. I., No. 16.) 
17. A mirror, supported by a draped figure of Aphrodite, on either 
side of whose head is a boy, probably Eros. From Sunium in Attica. 
18. Apollo, holding in his left hand a fawn, and similar to a figure 
on the copper coins of Miletus. — Payne Knight. 
19. A bearded warrior, with shoes turned up at the toes. — Pourtales. 
20. Bronze helmet, inscribed, with an Archaic dedication to Zeus 
by the Argives, after a victory over the Corinthians. Found at 
Olympia. (Boeckh, C. I., No. 29.)— Payne Knight 
21. Cista, round the body of which is engraved the sacrifice of 
Polyxena to the manes of Achilles. (Gerhard, Miroirs Etrusques, 
L, pi. xv., xvi.) — Townley. 
Case E contains the following select bronzes : — 
1. A seated figure, probably representing a Greek philosopher, said 
