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ROOM XII. (Case 55.) Stamps for sealing casks. 
Antiquities. (Case 56.) A large collection of Roman weights, 
(Case 57.) Votive offerings in bronze. 
(Case 58.) A brick taken out of the ruins of a 
large city, supposed to have been Babylon, near the 
town'^of Hillah, on the river Euphrates; it has an 
inscription in unknown characters. 
(Case 5^.') Specimens of ancient painting from 
Herculaneum. 
(Case 60.) A brick similar to the one in Case 
58. ■ 
(Cases 61, 62, 63.) Specimens of bas-reliefs in 
stucco, from the walls of Herculaneum. 
Case 64.) Celts. 
(Case 65.) Various instruments'used by the An¬ 
cients. ' ■ 
(Case 66.) Celts. ' 
(Case 67.) A marble patera, fourteen inches in 
diameter, found in the ruins of Hadrian’s Villa: 
in this case are also contained specimens of Roman 
enamel, and inlaid work ; and likewise some figs 
, and other vegetable substances which were found in 
a calcined state in the ruins of Herculaneum.^ 
(Case 68.) Armillse or bracelets, and various un¬ 
known ornaments in bronze. 
(Case 69.) A large patera of Oriental jasper, 
cups of crystal, agate, &c. 
(Case 70.) Hinges and nails. 
(Case 71.) Fibulce, or broaches. 
(Case 
