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GALLERY OF ANTIQUITIES. 
[central. 
Front of a sarcophagus with an inscription; in the centre is a metrical 
inscription to M. Sempronius Neicocrates, recording that he was 
poet ’ lyrht, and dealer in female slaves ; h.s portrait two poets and 
Pluses and a tragic mask, are represented on the sarcophagus. 
M Claw • on a pedestal. From the collection of the Earl of Belmore. 
T» f ’ £ Minerva, probably from a statue, which the eyes of were 
originally inlaid. The helmet and mgis, which are of bronze, are mo- 
dem. Found in 1784, in the Villa Casali, in the supposed baths of 
0i 'Smmhtral S tnonument of Exacestes, son of Androbulus, mother of 
Hemippus, and Metreis his wife, who is represented bidding adieu to 
her husband • each have a child, or slave, at their side ; in the area a 
double cornucopia on a stele, and a censer, (thym.aterion above, two 
a ..a mo 
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man with a horse ; from Tarentum. Presented by W. P. Hamilton , 
^ Small tablet, on which are the words Melanthius Zopyrion; from 
1 amnia From Mr. Inwood’s Collection. 
Part of a tablet, with portion of a male, female figure, and attendan 
bov From Mr. Inwoods Collection. e Q nf 
Part of a frieze from a temple at Paleokastro, ten miles S. of 
Joannina in Epirus, supposedly some to J^ve been the temple of 
Jupiter at Dodona. Presented by Col Leake, 1839. 
Sepulchral tablet ; seated and standing female and child, all under 
an arch, traces of red colour. Earl of Belmore s Collection. 
Bas-relief, Artemis, or Hecate, with a torch, accompanied by a dog, | 
and making the lustration of a horse ; from Crannon in Thessay. ; 
holding up a wreath, in which is a 
Medusa’s head. Obtained by the Euphrates’ expedition. Presented 
by the Board of Control. 
eas-reliefs. 
No. 1. A bas-relief, representing an old Satyr struggling with a 
nJ No!* 2. ^Ditto, representing a candelabrum, formerly in the collec- 
tionof ae Mattel a timerd column, near which is a statue; 
No. °Di to™ representing Uchus received as a guest by Icarius. 
Pt No. I! Ditto, representing warriors consulting the oracle of Apollo. 
It was presented to Mr. Townley by the Duke of Bedford in 1805. 
Pt No 6. 1 ^Ditto, in the flat early style of Grecian sculpture. Itrepre- 
sents Castor managing a horse. Found in the rums, of Hadrian s Villa, 
ab Ifo* e ye DUto 70 repre P enring P! Hmcules securing the Mmnalian stag, 
M , It the command of Eurystheus, he had pursued , a whole 
