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boom xir. 
•Antiquities. 
(Cases 39, 40 , 41, 42.) Miscellaneous anti¬ 
quities in bronze, comprising scales, knives, pa¬ 
terae, and simpula; mirrors, lamps, bells, and 
mortars ; measures and wine-strainers ; large ves¬ 
sels for culinary and other purposes ; several smalt 
candelabra, and other articles. 
(Casez 43, 44, 45.) A large collection of 
Roman lamps in terracotta. 
(Cases 46, 47, 48.) Ditto. 
(Cases 49, 50, 51.) Ditto. 
(Case 52.) Dice and tali, formed of various 
substances. 
(Case 53.) A great variety of Tesserae in 
ivory, bronze, crystal, agate, and terracotta, 
many of which were tickets of admission to the 
theatres. In this case also is a considerable num¬ 
ber of styles for writing on wax tablets; pins fo r 
the hair; bodkins, and needles both for sewing 
and netting. 
(Case 54.) Architectural mouldings in por¬ 
phyry, part of a frieze in rosso antico ; handles of 
knives, fragments of lectisternia, &c. &c. 
(Case 55.) Stamps for sealing casks. 
(Case 56.) A large collection of Roman 
weights. 
(Case 57.) Votive offerings in bronze, 
(Case 58.) A brick taken out of the ruins of 
a large city, supposed to have been Babylon, near 
the town of Hillah, on the river Euphrates ; it haf 
an inscription in unknown characters. 
(Case 59.) 
