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Case 92. Eight mirrors, from Athens ; mirror, elegant bronze 
cylix, and patera, astragali; knuckle bones of a small goat or sheep, par- 
ticularly prized by the ancients ; part of an iron strigil, all from Ithaca ; 
pair of bronze drop earrings, from a tomb at Same in Cephallenia \ 
bronze astragalus from Cephallenia ; four glass astragali, and an ancient 
terracotta impression of a coin of Larissa, found at Leucas in Arca- 
dia ; strigil, from Melos, and a conical and pyramidal terracotta object 
from Castrades in Corey ra ; seven leaden sling bullets found at 
Saguntum. 
Case 93. Part of a lyre, and two flutes of wood, found in a tomb 
near Athens ; gilt myrtle crown of lead and terracotta, from the same 
place ; glass mosaic tesserae from the ceiling of the Parthenon, when a 
Greek church, before the taking of Athens by the Turks ; leaden sling 
bullets. 
Case 94. Three iron strigils, and parts of others found at Athens ; 
iron knife from the same place, and a pair of iron fetters found in a 
cell behind the Pnyx ; bronze lecythus ; arrow heads ; leaden sling 
bullets; a cramp ; circular ornaments, perhaps weights for the dress; 
little jar to hold the celebrated Lycian eye ointment, with the name of 
the physician, Paramouseeus ; series of lead weights called market 
weights, and as heavy as a mna ; the mna, with dolphins, tetarton or 
quarter mna, marked with tortoises, and the hemitetarton or half 
quarter with half tortoises ; smaller divisions with crescent ; conical 
terracotta ornaments, and one of the bronze tickets delivered to a 
judge ; pecten shell found in a tomb at the Piraeus. 
Case 95. An Erinnys or Fury ; thirteen figures of Hercules in 
various attitudes ; a terminal Hercules ; the same subduing the Ache- 
lous ; two Sirens ; two sphinxes ; a dwarf, one of the Lares holding 
a cup and cornucopise ; Philoctetes ; two figures of Victory and one 
of Fortune. 
Case 96. Head of Polyphemus; six figures of boys, perhaps 
Cupids; figures of Lares; Camilli, augurs, and Fortune, unarranged. 
Case 98. Astragali, some of crystal, carnelian, and ivory; dice, 
many of which appear to have been anciently loaded, and tesserae or 
tickets for the games ; with these are some fish probably used by the 
Christians at a later period, the name, IX ©TX, being the pentagram 
of Christ. 
Case 99. Hair pins of ivory ; busts of the same ; large bands of 
beads, and portions of architectural members in opaque glass or com- 
position ; bronze needles, &c., and a patera in porphyry. 
Case 100. Various specimens of ancient glass, cenochose, and ala- 
bastra, or lecythi, of opaque substance and many colours; a small vessel 
with a remarkable iridiscence, found in the vicinity of Naples ; frag- 
ments of rich cups of carnelian, onyx, &c., and a crystal vessel holding 
gold. 
Cases 101 — 103. Various figures of animals in bronze; among 
them are some bulls of fine work, and a hare dedicated to the Apollo 
of Priene, by Hephaistion, found in the temple of the god at that place; 
head of a lion ; ram and panther, from the soffits of Etruscan se- 
pulchres. 
Case 104. Styli for writing, the flat ends to erase or smooth the 
wax ; compasses, medical instruments, forceps, spoons. 
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