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GALLERY OF ANTIQUITIES. 
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GRAND CENTRAL SALOON. 
GREEK AND ROMAN SCULPTURES. 
At the south side are, 
Plaster cast of the face of the Northern Colossus at the rock temple 
of Ibsamboul, representing the monarch Rameses II. 
A group in alto rilievo ; a man seated on a chair, and a female stand- 
ing near him. 
Oblong bason of granite, similar to such as were used in the temples 
to contain the water necessary for the purification of those who sought j 
admittance to the sacrifices. 
A cistern of green basalt, originally used as a bath ; beneath are two 
rings in imitation of handles, having in the centre an ivy leaf. 
Against the north side is a statue of Cupid or Somnus sleeping on 
the lion’s skin of Hercules, with the club of the hero at his side ; a lizard 
crawls towards him. 
Below, in a metrical inscription, is the epitaph of a dog named Mar- 
garita. From the Collection of Sir Hans Shane. 
Against the square columns on the west side are placed 
A statue of Venus preparing for the bath ; of white marble. Pre- 
sented by His Majesty King William IV. 
A statue of the Emperor Hadrian, in a military dress ; the breastplate 
is in high preservation, and richly ornamented. Purchased in 1821. 
Against a pilaster on the south side is a bust of Jupiter, or Serapis, 
Presented by J . T. Barber Beaumont , Esq., 1836. 
Against the other, a head of a German prisoner. Presented by the 
Hon. Mrs. Darner. 
Against a pilaster on the east side, a mutilated draped statue of a 
youth. 
Against another, a mutilated statue of a draped female. 
In the first recess, 
Plaster cast from the Alhambra. Pr esented by S. Manuel de Y'sasi. ! 
Casts of sculptures and inscriptions from Persepolis, &c. Fr esented 
by the Ft. Hon. Mountstuart Elphinstone. 
Statue of a satyr ; it has been restored as if he was intoxicated, but 
the propriety of this restoration is much doubted: round the head 
are holes by which a metallic wreath of ivy, or vine leaves, has been 
attached to it. 
Persepolitan sculptures and inscriptions ; those numbered 48, 85, 86, 
87, 88 , presented by the JRt. Hon. Sir Gore Ouseley ; 89, 90, 91, 92, 
93, by the Earl of Aberdeen , in 1818. 
Cast of the bas-relief, supposed to represent an Assyrian monarch, 
carved on the rocks of the Nahr-el-Kelb, or Lycus, near the site of the 
ancient Berytus or modern Beyrout, made by Mr. Bonomi. Presented 
by His Grace the Duke of Northumberland, when Lord Prudhoe. 
In the centre recess, 
A mithraic group ; a youth wearing the cidaris, draped in a tunic, 
and anaxyrides stabbing the mithraic bull, which is surrounded by the 
dog, serpent, and scorpion; the whole generally supposed to be of astro- 
nomical import. 
Casts from Persepolitan sculptures, and six plaster casts, taken from 
two inscriptions on the rocks at Hadji Abad, near Persepolis; one in- 
