116 GALLERY OF ANTIQUITIES. [CENTRAL 
Rude stone figure of a man, life size, from the wall of a building ; 
found at Nicaragua. Presented by J. E. Naylor, Esq. 
Square block of granite, with the figure of a dragon attached ; from 
Mexico. 
Stone figure of a man, crouching, and supporting a large vessel in 
his lap. 
Mutilated stone figure of a male infant held, by the left thigh, in the j 
right hand of a colossal female figure, the rest of the group being lost. 
Marble front of a sarcophagus, of Byzantine style, representing in 
relief the upper part of two female figures, draped, and with their hands i 
joined. Underneath is the inscription — Fonteia . L . eleusis . 
hodata . fonteia . l . Helena.” Height 1 ft. 9 in.; length 2 ft. 9 in. 
A Hindu Linga, of black marble. Presented by H. Pay , Esq. 
GRAND CENTRAL SALOON. 
GREEK AND ROMAN SCULPTURES. 
On the South side are placed, 
In the large intercolumniation, a plaster cast from the face of the 
Northern Colossus of Rameses II., at the rock temple of Ibsamboul. 
Within the recess beneath, a fragment of a marble group in alto 
rilievo, a man seated in a chair, and a female standing beside him ; both 
draped. 
In front of this are placed, 
A statue in tufo, of a man habited in a tunic, and sitting in a round- 
backed chair; from Chiusi. It is in two pieces, of which the lower 
contains a bowl-shaped cell, being in the middle of the entire figure, 
and intended for the ashes of the deceased. Total height, 4 ft. 4 in. 
At the foot of the preceding is a small cinerary urn, of tufo, with a 
sculptured relief in front, representing Achilles killing Penthesilea, a 
falling warrior, and a Fury bearing a torch : the cover is in the form of 
a graduated plinth. Length, 2 ft. I in. ; height, 1 ft. 6 in. Within it 
are ashes. 
To the right is a larger cinerary urn, of alabaster, with remains of 
paint ; in front a Centaur carrying off a female, and an overthrown vase 
beneath his feet. On the cover is a woman reclining on a cushion, 
draped, and holding a patera. Length, 2 ft. 6. in. ; height, 2 ft. 5.| in. 
Below this is another, with a representation, in front, of Scylla 
seizing two of the companions of Ulysses. On one side an arch is 
sculptured in relief. Upon the cover a recumbent male statue, half 
draped, and decorated with a garland, holding a patera, and leaning on 
a cushion. Length, 1ft. 5 in. ; height, 2 ft. 3 in. 
In the corresponding position, to the left, a similar urn, having in 
front two Centaurs, each bearing a female on his back, and a tree in his 
hand, with two vases falling beneath their feet. On the cover, a recum- 
bent female, half draped, and wearing a garland, in her right hand a 
patera, her left arm resting on a cushion. Height, 1 ft. 11 in.; length, 
1 ft. 6J in. 
The above four objects were found in the grounds of the convent of 
Spirito Santo, near Chiusi. 
Over the last mentioned stands another alabaster cinerary urn, with 
