176 GALLERY OP ANTIQUITIES. [[CENTRAL 
Underneath, a cistern of green basalt, originally used 
as a bath. On the sides are carved two rings in imi¬ 
tation of handles, in the centre of which is a leaf of 
ivy. 
No. 17. A head of Minerva. 
No. 18. A colossal head of Antinous in the character 
of Bacchus; it is crowned with a wreath of ivy. 
No. 19. A shelf containing 
A head, apparently of a trumpeter. 
A head of Diana, the hair of which is drawn up from 
the sides, and tied in a knot at the top of the head. 
From the collection of Sir WilliamHamilton . 
A head of a goat. 
Underneath, a small domestic fountain, of a square 
form, which was used for sacred purposes. 
No. 20. A bust of Minerva ; the head only is antique. 
The helmet and the bust, which are of bronze, are, with 
some variations, copied from an ancient bust of Minerva 
which was formerly in the Vatican, but is now at Paris. 
Placed upon 
An upright narrow piece of marble, ornamented with 
branches of the olive and the pine. 
GRAND CENTRAL SALOON. 
Against the square columns on the west side are 
placed 
A statue of Venus, preparing for the bath ; of white 
marble. Presented 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 orna¬ 
mented. Purchased in 1821. 
Against the opposite pilasters are placed 
A mutilated statue of a draped female. 
A mutilated draped statue of a youth. 
In the first recess, 
Casts of sculptures and inscriptions from Persepolis, 
&c. Presented by the Rt . Hon . Mountstuart Elphinstone. 
Persepolitan sculptures and inscriptions ; those num¬ 
bered 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, presented by the Rt, Hon . Sir 
Gore Ouseley; 89, 90, 91, 92, 95, by the Earl of Aber¬ 
deen, in 1818. 
