200 GALLERY OF ANTIQUITIES. [ELGIN 
a sitting figure, of which the only remaining part is the 
left thigh, covered with drapery. (156.) 
No. 170. A circular altar, from the island of Delos; it 
is ornamented with the heads of bulls and festoons in very 
bold relief. (106.) 
No. 180. A piece of frieze or architectural ornament, 
from the same place as No. 177- It consists of three rows 
of scroll-work, all of which are similar representations of 
the revolving of the waves. The colour of the stone is 
bright red. (221.) 
No. 181. A sepulchral column with an inscription to 
the memory of Theodotus, who was the son of Diodorus, 
and a native of Antioch. (225.) 
No. 182. A sepulchral solid urn, with a bas-relief re¬ 
presenting three figures, one of which is seated. The 
inscription presents us with the following names: Archa- 
goras, Pythyllis, and Polystratus. (274.) 
No. 183. A sepulchral column inscribed with the name 
of Socrates, son of Socrates, and a native of Ancyra, a city 
of Galatia. (164.) 
No. 184. A sepulchral column of Menestratus, the son 
of Thoracides, and a native of Corinth. (168.) 
No. 185. A Greek inscription, imperfect, containing an 
account of the treasures of some temple, probably those of 
the Parthenon. The characters which we see on this 
marble are of a much more modern form than in the in¬ 
scription of the same kind, No. 379. (216.) 
No. 186. A sun-dial, with four different dials repre¬ 
sented on as many faces. The inscription imports that 
it is the work of Phsedrus, the son of Zoilus, a native of 
Pseania. From the form of the letters of this inscription, 
the sun-dial cannot have been made much earlier than 
the time of the Emperor Severus. It was found at Athens. 
(285.) 
No. 187* A fragment of a Greek inscription : it is a 
decree of the people of Athens in honour of Hosacharas, 
a Macedonian. This decree was passed in the Archon- 
ship of Nicodorus, in the 3d year of the 116th Olym¬ 
piad. (280.) 
No. 188. A solid urn, or cenotaph, in the front of 
which two figures, a man and a woman, are represented 
joining hands. The former is standing, the latter is 
