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room xiv. Nos. 26, 27. Two fragments of the tiles which 
Antiquities, surmounted the pediments, and formed the su¬ 
perior moulding. From the same temple. 
No. 28—38. Fragments of the Metopes, found 
in the porticos of the Pronaos, and Posticus, 
which were enriched with triglyphs. From the 
same temple. 
No. 39. A small tile, which was used for the 
purpose of covering the joints of the greater 
tiles; the ornament in front surmounted the 
cornice. From the same temple. 
No. 40. Another tile used for the same pur¬ 
pose, but on the point of the ridge. From the 
same temple. 
THE FOLLOWING ARTICLES CONTAINED IN THIS 
ROOM FORM A PART OF THE COLLECTION WHICH 
BELONGED TO THE EARL OF ELGIN. 
No. 41. An Egyptian scarabasus, or beetle, 
brought from Constantinople. 
No. 42. An architectural statue; it was one 
of the Caryatides which supported the roof under 
which the olive tree of Minerva was sheltered, in 
the temple of Pandrosus at Athens. 
No. 43. A piece of the shaft of an Ionic 
column. 
No. 44. The capital of an Ionic column be¬ 
longing to the temple of Diana, at Daphne, on 
the road from Athens to Eleusis. 
No. 45. 
