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forms us that it was built by Ictinus, an architect room xiv. 
contemporary v;ith Pericles, and who built the Antiquities. 
Parthenon at Athens. These marbles are all 
engraved and more fully described in the fourth 
part of the description of the Museum Marbles. 
No. 24. A fragment of a Doric capital of one 
of the columns of the Peristyle. From the same 
temple. 
No. 25. A fragment of an Ionic capital of 
one of the columns of the Celia. From the same 
temple. 
Nos. 26, 27. Two fragments of the tiles which 
surmounted the pediments, and formed the su¬ 
perior moulding. From the same temple. 
No. 28—38. Fragments of the Metopes, found 
in the porticos of the Pronaos and Posticus, 
which were enriched with triglyphs. From the 
same temple. 
No. 39. A small tile, which was used for the 
purpose of covering the joints of the greater 
tiles ; the ornament in front surmounted the 
cornice. From the same temple. 
No. 40. Another tile used for the same pur¬ 
pose, but on the point of the ridge. From the 
same temple. 
THE FOLLOWING ARTICLES CONTAINED IN THIS 
ROOM FORM A PART OF THE COLLECTION WHICH 
BELONGED TO THE EARL OF ELGIN. 
No. 41. An Egyptian scarabaeus, or beetle, 
brought from Constantinople. 
No. 42. An architectural statue; it was one 
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