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senting on a colossal scale, the head of a Marine Deity, who has been 
identified as Glaucus, but may be Neptune (engraved, Monuraenti of 
the Roman Institute, v. pi. 38). This mosaic was found at Carthage, 
and was presented to the Museum in 1844 by Mr. Hudson Gurney. 
Against the same wall are two marble groups representing Victory 
sacrificing a bull, and a marble relief, from the Pourtales Collectioi], 
representing two gladiators fighting "^'ith a bull. Along the sides of 
this room are placed sculptures in the round and in relief, marble 
candelabra, altars, vases, and other objects. Among the statues may 
be specially noted, the Nymph Cyrene struggling with a lion, found at 
Cyrene, and two small figures of fishermen, near which, on the party 
wall, is a mosaic representing a basket of fish. In the recess, in the 
middle of the party wall, are two curious reliefs from Amyclae, con- 
taining sculptured representations of articles of toilet, dedicated, the 
one by a priestess, Claudia Ageta, the other by a lady named Anthusa. 
Against the wall of one of the entrances into the Annex is a relief 
representing the Nymph Cyrene crowned by Libya, with a metrical 
inscription. 
The Annex: formed by the Lycian Basement contains mosaics, 
sculptures in the round and in relief, and a number of miscellaneous 
objects. The mosaics arranged on the South side of the Annex are 
chiefly from the Roman Villa at Halicarnassus. Among them may 
be noticed two pieces representing Meleager and Atalanta, severally 
inscribed with their names, and a third piece with the figure of 
Dionysos, with his name inscribed, attended by a panther. 
On the North side of the Annex is a piece of mosaic from Ephesus, 
representing a Triton of unusual form, accompanied by a dolphin 
with a trident in its mouth. On the same side, in bays near the 
windows, are arranged a number of mosaics from Carthage. Among 
them may be noticed three pieces from the angles of a pavement, each 
with a full length figure representing one of the Seasons. Two of 
them have, besides this figure, also a female bust, apparently each the 
personification of a Season, set in a circle in the corner. Among the 
other mosaics from Carthage are two scenes of hunting, one of fishing 
from a boat, and a horseman followed by a dog. 
Among the sculptures in the round in this Annex are a draped 
female figure, perhaps a Muse, found at Clazomenae, with a base in- 
scribed with the name of the sculptor, Apollodorus of Phocaea. 
Among the marble reliefs may be noticed one from the Pourtales 
Collection, representing a physician named Jason, examining a patient ; 
on the ground, behind the patient, is an object, which has been recog- 
nized as a cupping-glass. 
The miscellaneous series comprises a small sarcophagus, with tl)e 
subject of Phaedra and Hippolytus in relief; a sarcophagus, with a 
relief of children at play ; an altar dedicated to Silvanus, by Callistus ; 
an altar sculptured with figures of Muses, from Halicarnassus ; another 
altar with a sepulchral relief, in which the figure of Mercury occurs in 
his character of Psychopompus, or conveyer of the departed spirits to 
Hades; a marble chair, with a wheel sculptured on either side: a 
