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GREEK AND ROMAN SCULPTURES. 
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scription in the Pehlevi, and the other in the Parthian character ; both 
relate to the monarch Sapor I. Presented by the Rt. Hon. Mountstuart 
Elphinstone. 
In the third recess, „ 
Casts of Persepolitan sculptures. Presented by the Might Mon. 
Mountstuart Elphinstone. 
Arabic inscriptions. The three marked F presented by Col. Frank- 
lin. Of these, the small one was placed over the door ot Firuz Shah s 
Minaret at Gour ; the large one upon the same shelf was in front ot 
the Golden Mosque at Purrooah ; and the one upon the ground was 
upon the mosque of Mohajen Tola, at Gour. , , 
Statue of a sleeping youth, wearing a petasus, and draped in a chlamys, 
shod with endromides ; supposed to be Mercury, but more probably 
^ Two lions’ heads, in very salient relief, which have formed part of an 
ancient sarcophagus. * _ _ 
No 1. A colossal head of Minerva. Ft. 1. FI. I. . 
No. 1*. A bust of Trojan, with the breast naked, hound in an 
excavation made in the Campagna di Roma, a.d. 1776. . 
No. 2. A funeral urn, ornamented with equestrian and pedestrian 
combatants : formerly in the collection of Victor Amadei, at Rome ; 
whence it was purchased in 1768. Ft. 1. PI. n. 
No. 2*. A statue of Apollo, of very early Greek work. Pur- 
chased in 1818, at the sale of the Comte de Choiseul- Gouffier s Anti - 
^No!* 3. One of the feet or supports of an ancient tripod table, 
found in 1769, in the Pantanella, within the grounds of Hadrian’s Villa, 
116 No. 3*. Head of Apollo, of very early Greek work. Brought from 
Rome by the late Lord Cawdor. 
No 4. A statue of a canephora, anciently made use of as a column. 
It was one of the Caryatides which supported the portico of a small 
temple dedicated to Bacchus. It was found durmgMhe pontificate 
of Sixtus V. , among some ancient ruins in the Villa ^trozzi, situated 
upon the Appian Road. Pt. 1. PL it. . . 
No. 4*. A head, supposed to be that of Armmius or Thumelicus. 
No. 5. A candelabrum. The upper part was found m the rums ot 
the villa of Antoninus Pius. Pt. L PI. v. 
No. 5*. Statue of Thalia, holding the pedum. Found, a.d. 1770, 
in the maritime baths of the Emperor Claudius, at Ostia. , . , 
No 6. The triangular base of a candelabrum, on the sides ot which 
three Genii hold each a part of the armour of Mars; namely, his 
helmet, his shield, and his sword. The work is of the Roman period. 
Pt. 1. PI. vi. 
No. 6*. Colossal head of Marcus Aurelius, in the character of one 
of the Fratres Arvales. Formerly in the Mattei collection. 
No. 7. A vase three feet high, with upright massive handles ; it is 
of an oval form, and is ornamented all round with Bacchanalian figures. 
It was found at Monte Cagnuolo, the site of the villa of Antoninus Pius 
at the ancient Lanuvium. Pt. 1. PI. vii. . . . 
No. 7*. Colossal bust of Lucius Verus, draped m the imperial 
paludamentum. Formerly in the Mattei collection. 
