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two subjects, in relief, from the fall of Troy, Ajax struggling with Cas- 
sandra, attended by a Fury, and Neoptolemus, followed by a Greek 
warrior, massacring Priam. Upon the cover a male figure, half draped, 
and wearing a garland, reclines with his left arm on two cushions. 
Height, 3 ft. 6 in.; length, 2 ft. 6 in. Found at Chiusi. 
On either side of the preceding objects are, 
An oblong granite basin, supported upon tw T o standards, 3 ft. 9 in. 
long. Such basins were used in temples to contain w-ater for the 
purification of the worshippers. 
An oval bath of green basalt, having on its side two rings sculptured 
in imitation of handles, with an ivy leaf within each. Length, 6 ft. 3 in. 
To the right of the recess is a Mosaic pavement, on which is the 
head of Triton ; found on the site of Carthage. Presented by Hudson 
Gurney, j Esq. 
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 Sloane. 
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 breast- 
plate is in high preservation, and richly ornamented. Purchased in 
!82i. 
A bronze head of Hadrian, in heroic size. Found in the Thames. 
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. Hamer. 
Against a pilaster on the east side, a mutilated draped statue of a 
youth. 
Against another, a mutilated statue of a draped female. 
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. 
In the first recess, 
On the upper shelf are cast of seven heads, and a rosette. From the 
palace atPersepolis. Cast of the 21-25 lines of the inscription placed 
on the south staircase, and on the high pilaster of the palace of Xerxes, 
at Persepolis, and of part of another. Presented by the Right Hon. 
Mountstuart Elphinstone. 
On the second shelf, 
Plaster cast of an Arabic inscription from the Alhambra, at Gra- 
nada. Presented by Hon Gregorio Manuel H' Ysasi. 
Slab on which, in two compartments, is the dedication of the palace 
of Xerxes, at Persepolis, inscribed in the Assyrian and Median cunei- 
form character. Presented by the Earl of Aberdeen . 
Fragment of the tree which seems to have formed part of the bas- 
relief on the staircase at Persepolis, with portion of the Persian cunei- 
form inscription. Presented by Sir Gore Ouseley , Bart . 
