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No. 300. A bronze urn, very richly wrought. roOxM xv. 
It was found inclosed within the marble vase in AxTiTi^nEs, 
which it now stands, in a tumulus on tlie 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 lachrymatoiy of alabaster, and a wreath 
of myrtle in gold. 
No. 301. A large marble vase; it is of an ovaj 
form, and within it was found the bronze urn de¬ 
scribed in the preceding number. 
No. 302. A Greek inscription, engraved on tv/o 
sides of a tablet of marble. It is a decree of the 
council of the Boeotians, ordaining the election of 
three extraordinary magistrates, who, in concert 
with the ordinary magistrates, were to take charge 
of the recasting some articles of gold and silver, 
belonging to the temple of Amphiaraus, and which 
had been injured by the effects of time. 
No. 303. A piece of the shaft of a column, be¬ 
longing to the temple of Erectheus, at Athens. 
No. 304. A piece of the shaft of a column, also 
belonging to the temple of Erectheus. 
No. 305. A Greek inscription, engraved on tw^o - 
sides of a thick slab of marble. It is an inventory 
of the valuable articles which were kept in the 
Opisthodomos of the Parthenon, at Athens. 
^ No. 305*. An imperfect statue of a youth ; it is 
of the size of life, and of the most exauisite work- 
manship. 
No. 30G. 
