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No. 101. The upper part of the head of Minerva, 
(see the following No.) This head was originally 
covered with a bronze helmet, as appears from the holes 
by which it was fastened to the marble : and the sockets 
of the eyes, which were originally filled w r ith metal or 
coloured stones, are now hollow. (118.) 
No. 102. A fragment of the statue of Minerva, one 
of the principal figures in the west pediment, and 
of nearly the same proportions as the torso of Neptune, 
from the same pediment (No. 103.) This fragment 
consists of a portion only of the chest of the goddess, 
which is covered, as usual, with the aegis. The angles 
of the aegis appear to have been ornamented with bronze 
serpents, and the centre of it to have been studded with 
the head of Medusa, of the same metal; the holes in 
which these ornaments were fastened to the marble are 
plainly visible. The upper part of the head of this 
statue, the feet, and a portion of the Erichthonian ser¬ 
pent, are preserved in the collection. See Nos. 101, 
256, and 104. (75.) 
No. 103. The upper part of the torso of Neptune, 
one of the principal figures in the west pediment. (64.) 
No. 104. See No. 102. (271.) 
No. 105. The torso of Victoria Apteros, or Victory 
without Wings, who was represented in this manner by 
the Athenians, to intimate that they held her gifts in 
perpetuity, and that she could not desert them. This 
goddess was represented driving the car of Minerva, on 
the west pediment; the car approached Minerva, as if 
to receive her into it, after her successful contest with 
Neptune. (69.) 
No. 106. A fragment of a group which originally 
consisted of Latona with her two children, Apollo and 
Diana. This group was placed on the right side of the 
west pediment. All that remains in the fragment before 
us, is the lap of Latona, with a small portion of the 
figure of the infant Apollo. (73.) 
No. 107. The celebrated Sigean inscription, first 
published by Chishull, in his “ Antiquitates Asiatics?.’ 5 
and 
ELGIN 
SALOON. 
Antiquities. 
