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The remainder were inferted by Abbe Donati, of 
Lucca, in a new colledlion of ancient Roman in- 
fcriptions which he has lately publiflaed by way of 
fupplement to Muratori’s Thefaums. But as feveral 
of the infcriptions, which I had colledled in Germany, 
were copied from bas-reliefs, which appeared to me 
to be curious, and very little known, I thought pro- 
per to have drawings of them made, and take this 
opportunity of communicating them to you j defiring 
at the fame time, that you would be pleafed to pre- 
fent them, in my name, to the learned Society over 
which you prefide, (liould you think they merit their 
attention and acceptance. Permit me at prefent to 
give you the following ihort account of the ori- 
ginals. 
About May, 1755, in digging fome foundations in 
a garden belonging to his ferene Highnefs the Eleilor 
of Cologne, at Bonn in Germany, feveral ancient Ro- 
man fepulchral hones were found. Eight of thefe, 
being thought curious on account of the bas-reliefs 
and infcriptions carved upon them, were foon after 
fixed up againft the wall of an inner open court of the 
cleiftoral palace at Bonn, where they hill remain. 
Thedrawings(2), which I have now the honour to 
fend you, are faithful copies of thefe antiquities, which 
being in the higheft prefervation, and the infcriptions 
upon them containing nothing more than the ufual 
form, it would be impertinent to enter into any par- 
ticular defcription of them. I cannot however omit 
remarking the fingular barbarity of the Roman fol- 
diers names in thefe infcriptions. It will be further 
fatifr 
(2) See Tab. VIII. and IX, 
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