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Antiquities. 
No. 291. A Greek inscription, engraved on three 
sides of a piece of marble. The characters are ex¬ 
tremely ancient; but unfortunately the marble has 
been very much mutilated, and the letters defaced. 
(309.) 
No. 292. An amphora. (211.) 
No. 293. A bas-relief, representing a votive figure 
of Cybele, seated in a kind of small temple. (97.) 
No. 294. Fragment of a Greek inscription, very im¬ 
perfect. (192.) 
No. 295. 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. (218.) 
No. 296. Fragment of a Greek inscription, very im¬ 
perfect. (188.) 
No. 297. A small tile, in terracotta, which has been 
used to cover the joints of the larger tiles. The front 
is enriched with a fleuron, and is also inscribed with 
the name of the maker, Athenasus. (113.) 
No. 298. A votive monument with two Greek verses, 
signifying that Horarius had dedicated some lamps, 
which he won in the games, to Mercury and Hercules. 
The bas-relief above, which probably represented the 
two deities here mentioned, is almost entirely broken 
away; only the feet of one figure remain. (219.) 
No. 299. Fragment of a Greek inscription, very im¬ 
perfect. (198.) 
No. 300. A small bas-relief, imperfect, represent¬ 
ing Cybele seated. Presented , in 1820, by John P. 
Gandy Peering, Esq. (103*.) 
No. 301—309- Fragments of figures, many of which 
have belonged to the metopes of the Parthenon. (131 
-—134, 136—140.) 
No. 310—315. Fragments of colossal statues, some 
of which have probably belonged to figures which stood 
in the pediments of the Parthenon. (261, 264, 267, 
270, 272, 271*.) 
No. 316. A small statue of a Muse, without a head; 
it 
