ROOM XI.] GREEK AND ROMAN SCULPTURES. 169 
No. 14. Mithraic group. Brought from Rome , in 
1815, by Charles Standish , Esq., from whom it was pur¬ 
chased by the Trustees in 1826. 
At the back of the pedestal, a bas-relief, representing 
two persons, one abandoning his arms, the other sacri¬ 
ficing at an altar; beneath, an inscription recording the 
death of a warrior. 
A bas-relief of Mercury, seated upon a heap of stones. 
A sepulchral monument, with a Greek inscription, 
and a bas-relief of a skeleton. 
No. 15- A sepulchral cippus, without any inscrip¬ 
tion. It is richly ornamented on the four sides with 
festoons of fruit. 
Upon it is a Greek sepulchral urn, solid, and with a 
bas-relief in front; it is inscribed with the names of 
Pytharatus and Herophilus. From the collection of Sir 
Hans Sloane. 
No. 16. A statue of an intoxicated Faun. 
No. 17- A votive altar, dedicated to Silvanus. 
Upon it is a trophy found on the plains of Marathon. 
Presented , in 1802, by John Walker , Esq. 
No. 18. A statue of a Faun. Purchased in 1826. 
No. 19. A statue of a Discobolus, who is repre¬ 
sented at that precise moment of time which imme¬ 
diately precedes the delivery of the discus. It is an 
ancient copy in marble, from the celebrated bronze 
statue executed by Myro. 
No. 20. A sepulchral cippus, the inscription upon 
which appears to have been erased. 
Upon it is a circular altar. Formerly belonging to Col. 
Rooke , and presented, in 1825, by A. E. Impey , Esq. 
On this is placed a fragment of a youthful statue. 
No, 21. A statue of Mercury, sleeping upon a rock. 
No. 22. A Grecian altar. Presented , in 1775, by Sir 
William Hamilton. 
Upon it is a statue of Bacchus, represented as a boy 
about five years old. The head is crowned with a 
wreath of ivy, and the body is partly covered with the 
skin of a goat. 
No. 23. A statue of Cupid bending his bow. Pur¬ 
chased, in 1812, at the sale of the late Right Hon. Ed¬ 
mund Burke's Marbles. 
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