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room xv. No. 275. A sepulchral column, with an inscrip* 
Antiquities, tion to the memory of Biottus, who was the son of 
Philoxenus, and a native of Diradium. 
No. 276. A bas-relief, representing a narrow 
upright vase with one handle: the form of this 
vase very much resembles that of the solid urns, 
so often used by the Greeks as sepulchral monu¬ 
ments. 
No. 277. A Greek inscription, imperfect, and 
very much defaced. It seems to be an inventory 
of valuable articles contained in some temple. 
No. 278. A sepulchral column, inscribed with 
the name of Botrichus, son of Euphanus and a na¬ 
tive of Heraclea. 
No. 279. A fragment of a bas-relief, represent¬ 
ing a female sitting. 
No. 280. 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 Archonship of Nicodorus, in the 3d year of 
the 116th Olympiad. 
No. 281. A fragment of a decree of the Athe¬ 
nians engraved on a very large piece of marble. 
So much has been broken away from this inscrip¬ 
tion, that the precise object of it is not easily col¬ 
lected; it is ordained, however, that the decree 
shall be fixed up in the Acropolis. 
No. 282. A fragment of a Greek inscription, 
engraved in very ancient characters. It seems to 
be 
