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Antiquities. 
a Triton, on each side of which is a Cupid riding 
on a dolphin. 
No. 6. A bas-relief, representing a group of 
Silenus and Cupid, before whom is a female Bac¬ 
chante dancing and playing on the tambourin. 
No. 7* Ditto, representing an engagement 
between one of the Arimaspi and a Griffin ; on 
the left of the combatants is the bust of an ath¬ 
letic figure, armed with a battle-axe. 
No. 8, Ditto, intended by the artist as a 
companion to No. 7> and to be joined to it in the 
manner in which it is here seen. The subject in 
both pieces is precisely the same : the bust, how¬ 
ever, in this piece is placed on the right of the 
combatants, and is armed with a sword and 
shield. 
No. 9- Repetition of No. 6. 
No. 10. A bas-relief, representing a head of 
Medusa, on each side of which is an eagle, in 
the act of seizing, with its talons, one of the 
snakes which are entwined in the locks of her hair* 
No. 11. Ditto, representing a couple of chi- 
maeras lapping water out of vessels, held to them 
by two youths who are attired in Phrygian dres¬ 
ses, and are each kneeling on one knee. 
No. 12. Ditto, representing a female, who 
seems to be overwhelmed with affliction. She is 
seated, and is resting her head upon her right arm, 
while her domestics, from the concern which is 
visible in their countenances) appear to participate 
in 
