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ROOM XV. No. 152. A sepulchral Greek inscription, in 
Antiquities, ten verses, of which the two first and the two last 
are in the elegiac measure, and the rest are hexa¬ 
meters. The inscription is in memory of a young 
lady of extraordinary beauty, named Tryphera, 
who died at the early age of 25 years. 
No. 153. A sepulchral Greek inscription, en¬ 
graved on a piece of entablature. It consists of 
two lines in prose, and sixteen in pentameter 
verse. The name of the deceased was Publius 
^ Phaedms, 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 re¬ 
gret of the Athenians, on account of his youth, 
learning, wisdom and personal accomplishments. 
No. 154. A piece of Doric entablature, origin¬ 
ally painted. 
No. 155. The upper part of a sepulchral stele, 
inscribed with the name of Euphrosynus. 
No. 156. A fragment of a colossal female sta¬ 
tue, from one of the pediments of the Parthenon ; 
it has belonged to a sitting figure, of which the 
only remaining part is the left thigh, covered 
with drapery. 
No. 157. A fragment of a decree; the begin¬ 
ning is wanting, and what remains is much mu¬ 
tilated. At the conclusion of the decree, it is 
ordained that the people of Hierapytna in Crete 
shall affix to it the public seal. 
No. 158. A fragment of a bas-relief on which 
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