ROOM XV. 
Antiquities. 
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represented in bas-relief. Above the figures is 
an inscription, consisting of three verses, of 
which the second is a pentameter, and the two 
others hexameters ; they record the name of 
the deceased, Aristocles, who was the son of 
Menon, and a native of Pirseus. 
No. 214. A sepulchral stele, with a very an¬ 
cient inscription to the memory of Aristophosa 
and others. A peculiarity occurs in this inscrip¬ 
tion, namely, that the letters vo are twice used 
for viov. 
No. 215. An Amphora. 
No. 216. A Greek inscription, imperfect, 
containing an account of the treasures of some 
temple, probably those of the Parthenon. The 
characters which we see on this marble are of a 
much more modern form than in the inscription 
of the same kind (No. 200) which we have lately 
described. 
No. 217 . The upper part of a sepulchral co¬ 
lumn, with an inscription to the memory of a 
person named Simon, who was the son of Aris- 
tus, and a native of Halse in Attica. 
No. 218. A fragment of a sepulchral stele 
from which the bas-relief has been almost entirely 
broken away ; the inscription is to the memory 
of Hieroclea, the daughter of Leucius. 
No. 219. A votive monument with two Greek 
verses, signifying that Horarius had dedicated 
some lamps, v>^hich he won in the games, to 
Mercury and Hercules. The bas-relief above, 
which 
