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ELGIN 
SALOON. 
Antiquities. 
and afterwards more correctly by Chandler in his “ In- 
scriptiones Antiquae.” It is w'ritten in the most ancient 
Greek characters, and in the bustropliedon manner, 
that is to say, the lines follow each other in the same 
direction as the ox passes from one furrow to another 
in ploughing. The purport of the inscription is to re¬ 
cord the presentation of three vessels, namely, a cup, 
a saucer or stand, and a strainer, for the use of the 
Prytaneum, or hall of justice, of the Sigeans. The 
name of the donor was Phanodicus, the son of Hermo- 
crates, and a native of Proconnesus. (199.) 
No. 108. A piece of the ceiling of the temple of 
Erechtheus at Athens. (299.) 
No. 109. The lower part of a female statue covered 
with drapery. (299*.) 
No. 110. A piece of the shaft of an Ionic column, 
belonging to the temple of Erechtheus at Athens 
(312.) 
No. 111. A colossal statue of Bacchus, from the 
choragie monument of Thrasyllus, at Athens. It is a 
sitting figure covered with the skin of a lion, and with 
a broad belt round the waist; it was originally placed 
on the summit of the edifice, at a height rather exceed¬ 
ing twenty-seven feet. (205.) 
No. 112. The capital, and a piece of the shaft, of 
one of the Doric columns of the Parthenon. (207.) 
No. 113. A female statue without head and arms, 
found in the temple of Themis at Rhamnus in Attica. 
Presented , in 1820, by John P. Gandy Peering , Esq , 
(307*.) . - 
No. 114. A piece of the shaft of a column, belong¬ 
ing to the temple of Erechtheus at Athens. (304.) 
No. 115. A bronze urn, very richly wrought. It was 
found inclosed within the marble vase in which it now 
stands, in a tumulus on the road that leads from Port 
Piraeus to the Salaminian ferry and Eleusis. At the 
time of its discovery, this beautiful urn contained a 
quantity of burnt bones, a small vase of alabaster, and 
a wreath of myrtle in gold. (300.) 
No. 116, 
