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GR^CO-ROMAN BASEMENT ROOM. 
Front face of an altar, inserted in a modern frame, with a dedicatory 
inscription to Fortuna Redux from Antonins, a freedman, for the safe 
return from some expedition of the Emperor Septimius Severus, his 
sons Caracalla and Geta, and his wife Julia Domna; the name of Geta 
has been subsequently erased in pursuance of the edict of Caracalla. 
Purchased at the sale of Topham Beauclerk, Esq. 
XIII. CiPPi, or low columns, erected hy the Romans for various 
purposes, chiefly monumental. 
In the fifth window: Capital of a cippus, perhaps originally used 
as the boundary of a vineyard; the bas-reliefs, chiefly of Bacchic 
symbols, represent, in front, two birds drinking beside-a terminus; 
on one side, two masks of Satyrs, each placed on a cista, or mystic 
basket; on the other, masks of a Satyr and Pan, similarly placed, 
with a terminus between them; and at the back, two geese pecking at 
a festoon of fruit. From Rome. Pt. 1. PL xiv. 
In the fifth recess: Large monumental cippus, or perhaps pedestal 
of a statue, having in front a dedicatory inscription from some colonial 
municipalities to Caius Antonius (supposed to be the brother of Mar¬ 
cus Antonins, the Triumvir), and on the side, a trophy in bas-relief. 
Found on the plain of Troy, and purchased of Mr. Patterson, in 1853. 
In the sixth window: 
XIV. Chair of pavonazzo marble, apparently a sella halnearis, used 
for the vapour-bath ; perforated in the centre for the ascent of steam, 
and having wheels sculptured in relief on the sides, in imitation of a 
wheel-chair. Found in the Paths of Caracalla at Rome, and brought 
over hy Mr. Lyde Prowne. 
XV. Architectural fragments and decorations. 
On the North side of the Room: Slab, which appears to have orna¬ 
mented a triumphal arch or column; upon it, in bas-relief, armour 
captured from the Dacians or Sarmatians, similar to that represented 
upon the base of Trajan’s Column, at Rome. 
Against the Eastern Wall of the Room : Ornamental console, W’hich 
originally fronted the key-stone of a triumphal arch ; a double volute, 
elegantly enriched by foliage, supports a small figure of Victory, 
nearly detached. Found near Frascati. Pt. 1. PI. xv. 
On each side of the preceding: Small group, representing Victory 
alighting on the back of a bull, which she is about to immolate, her 
hair and slight drapery still inflated by the breeze; the back portions 
unfinished, the pair having probably formed ornaments of a triumphal 
arch. Found on the Monte Cagnuolo, within the precincts of the Villa 
of Antoninus Pius near Lanuvium, in 1773. Pt. 10. PI. xxv. xxvi. 
Over the left-hand group: Convex slab, apparently part of the 
external frieze of a circular edifice, ornamented, in low relief, with 
foliage and birds. Formerly in the Cavaceppi Collection. Pt. 2. 
PI. XIF. 
Over the right-hand group. Concave slab, from the interior of a 
circular building, with a bas-relief of vine-branches suspended from 
bucrania, and, above them, a mask of a laughing Satyr, crowned with 
ivy. From the same collection. Pt. 2. PI. x. 
On each side of the two preceding slabs : Capital of a pilaster, origi¬ 
nally engaged in the wall of a building, decorated with acanthus 
leaves; amidst these is an eagle grasping in his talons a thunderbolt,— 
