ROOM XV. 
Antiquities. 
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No. 294. A fragment of a metope of the Par¬ 
thenon ; it is the torso of one of the Lapithse. 
No. 295. The capital of an Ionic column be¬ 
longing to a temple of Diana, at Daphne, in the 
road to Eleusis. 
No. 296. A female torso, covered with drapery. 
No. 297. A piece of the shaft of a small Ionic 
column, the lower part of which is fluted and 
reeded. 
No. 298. A Greek inscription, engraved on 
two sides of a large piece of marble. It is an in¬ 
ventory of the sacred treasures belonging to the 
Parthenon. 
No. 299. A piece of the ceiling of the temple 
of Erectheus, at Athens. 
No. 299*. The lower part of a female statue 
covered with drapery. 
No. SOO. A bronze urn, very richly wrought. 
It was found inclosed within the marble vase in 
which it now stands, in a tumulus on the road 
that leads from Port Piraeus to the Salaminian 
ferry and Eleusis. At the time of its discovery, 
this beautiful urn contained a quantity of burnt 
bones, a small vase of alabaster, and a wreath 
of myrtle in gold. 
No. 301. A large marble vase ; it is of an oval 
form, and within it was found the bronze urn de¬ 
scribed in the preceding number. 
No. 302. A Greek inscription, engraved on 
two sides of a tablet of marble. It is a decree of 
the 
