ELGIN 
SALOON. 
Antiquities. 
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No. 267. A Greek inscription, engraved on two 
sides of a thick slab of marble. It is an inventory of 
the valuable articles which were kept in the Opistho- 
domos of the Parthenon, at Athens. (305.) 
No. 268. A fragment of the capital of a Corinthian 
column: it is ornamented with the leaves of the laurel 
and acanthus. (102.) 
No. 269. Fragment of a Greek inscription, very im¬ 
perfect. (193.) 
No. 270. Ditto. (190.) 
No. 271. Ditto. (197.) 
No. 272. Ditto. (189.) 
No. 273. Ditto. (179.) 
No. 274. A sepulchral Greek inscription, engraved 
on a piece of entablature. It consists of two lines in 
prose, and sixteen in pentameter verse. The name of 
the deceased was Publius Phaedrus, a native of Sunium, 
son of Theophilus and Cecropia, and grandson of 
Pistoteles. The inscription states that he was of noble 
family, and that his death was followed by the universal 
regret of the Athenians, on account of his youth, learn¬ 
ing, wisdom, and personal accomplishments. (153.) 
No. 275. A fragment of a cinerary urn, on which 
are represented four figures in bas-relief. The two 
central figures consist of a young man and woman 
who are joining hands, and whose names are inscribed 
above in Greek characters, Demostrata and Oallistus. 
Two other figures are standing by the side of these, 
in a pensive attitude. (104.) 
No. 276. A Greek inscription, engraved on two 
sides of a large piece of marble. It is an inventory of 
the sacred treasures belonging to the Parthenon. (298.) 
No. 277. Fragment of a figure. (147.) 
No. 278. A bas-relief, representing Hygeia feeding 
a serpent out of a patera. She is seated on a throne 
which is covered with a cushion, and her feet are placed 
upon a footstool. She wears a high ornament, or tu- 
tulus, on her head, and she has a fan, in the shape of 
an ivy leaf, in her left hand. (238.) 
No. 279. 
