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It was found in the maritime baths of Claudius, at 
Ostia. 
No. 12. A bronze statue of Apollo. 
No. 13. One of the feet, or supports, of an an¬ 
cient tripod table, executed in porphyry. It re¬ 
presents the head and leg of a panther. 
No. 14. A vase, two feet eight inches high, of an 
oval form, with two upright double handles, which 
spring from the necks of swans. The body of the 
vase in front is enriched with a group - of Baccha¬ 
nalians. 
No. 15. A fountain ornamented with ivy and olive 
branches. The water was conveyed through a per¬ 
foration on the back part of this monument to a ser¬ 
pent’s head, in which a leaden pipe was introduced, 
part of which still remains in the mouth. 
No. 16. A colossal head of Hercules, dug up at 
the foot of Mount Vesuvius, where it had been bu¬ 
ried by the lava of that volcano. From the collec¬ 
tion of Sir JVilliajn Hamilton, 
No. 17. A colossal head of Hercules, in a very 
ancient style of Greek sculpture. 
No. 18. A fragment of one of the three supports 
of a tripod basin, composed of the head and neck of 
a lion. On the forehead are the horns of a goat. 
No. 19. The capital or upper division of a votive 
cippus. 
No. 20. The key-stone of a triumphal arch, or¬ 
namented with a figure of Victory elaborately hol¬ 
lowed 
ROOM II. 
Antiquities. 
