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GALLERY OF ANTIQUITIES. 
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armour. Found on thesUecf Hadrian's Villa, at Tivoli . Pt. 10. 
P1 Rust of the Emperor Septimius Severus, draped in the paluda- 
mentum. Found in that part of the Palatine Hill now occupied by 
the Villa Magnani. Pt. 10. PI. xi. v 
Bust of a man, with features resembling those of iEhus Venis, 
on the base is a dedication inscribed by L. iEmilius to his friend. 
Pt 10. PI. xv. 
Bust of the emperor Nero. From Athens. Pt. 10. PI. vi. 
Upper Shelf. -—-Bas-relief of a man rather bald, bending down. 
P Vronfof a sarcophagus, representing the nine rnuses in the following 
order: Clio, the muse of history, with a style and tablet; Calliope, .he 
muse of epic poetry; Erato, the muse of amatory poetry ; Melpomene, 
with the mask and club of tragedy ; Euterpe holding the double pipes ; 
Thalia, with the pedum and mask of comedy ; Terpsichore, with the 
lyre of dancing; Urania, with the celestial globe; Polyhymnia, the 
muse of myths, leaning on her column. Its workmanship is as late as 
the end of the 2nd century, a.d. It was obtained by Mr. 1 ownley 
from the Villa Montalto. Pt. 10, PI. xliv. ~ o 
Bust in relief, similar to the first on the shelf. Pt. 10. PI. lvti. fig. 2. 
Front of Fourth Pilaster .— Torso of a statue, apparently of Mer- 
CU Small circular altar, decorated with stags’ and bulls’ heads and fillets, 
and inscribed with the names of Sosicles of Tlos, and his mother , 
Agathemeris. Formerly in the collection of Col. Roohe, and presented 
by A. E. Impey, Esq., 1825. 
FIFTH COMPARTMENT. 
Terminal bust of the orator .Eschines, inscribed with his name. 
Found at Bitolia, in the ancient Pelagonia, presented by Col. Leake . 
Colossal toe. « , , 
Sepulchral tablet inscribed with the name of Isias, daughter of Me- 
trodorus, a native of Laodic^a ; on it is a bas-relief representing Isias 
or Isis, standing by a tree and holding a sistrum and situlus, above, the 
demic wreath. From Smyrna , presented by Matthew Duane, Esq., 
and Thomas Tyrwhitt, Esq., 1772. 
Small altar or cippus of Roman work, ornamented with Egyptian 
subjects:— in front, a figure kneeling, holding a shrine with two birds ; 
on one side, the bull Apis ; on the other, priests with a torch and roil; 
and, at the back, a figure of the Spring. Pt. x. PL Li. j 
Female head; the hair bound with a broad band. Found near 
Genzano in 1784. Pt. 10. PI. xvn. . . . 
Mithraic group, representing a youth in Phrygian^ attire sacrificing 
a bull, with the usual accompaniments of the scorpion, serpent, and 
dog; and two smaller figures in Phrygian attire, one with an inverted 
torch, the other holding up the tail of the bull. Near the bull s hind 
feet are the remains of those of a raven; it is inscribed on both sides 
with a dedication to the solar god Mithras, by Alcimus, a farm servant 
of T. Cl. Livianus. 
