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room xv. cuted in the early hard style of Greek sculp- 
Antiquities. ture. 
No. 116. The head of a middle-aged man, 
with a conical bonnet; it appears to have had 
very little beard, and is most probably the head 
of a mariner. 
No. 117. A head of the bearded Hercules. 
No. 118. The upper part of the head of Mi¬ 
nerva : the statue to which it belonged formed 
one of the principal figures in the west pediment 
of the Parthenon. This head was originally co¬ 
vered with a bronze helmet, as appears from the 
holes by which it was fastened to the marble: 
and the sockets of the eyes, which were origi¬ 
nally filled with metal or coloured stones, are now 
hollow. This fragment of a head, and the por¬ 
tion of a female chest, already described (No. 
75), have both belonged to the same statue of 
Minerva. 
No. 119. An unknown bearded head, very 
much mutilated: it is larger than life, and is 
crowned with a very thick cord-shaped diadem. 
No. 120. A head of the bearded Hercules, 
similar to No. 117, but of smaller dimensions. 
No. 121. A fragment of a head, crowned with 
vine leaves ; it appears to have been executed 
at a declining period of the arts. 
No. 122. An unknown female head, the hair 
of which is concealed within a close head-dress. 
No. 123. A fragment of a bas-relief, represent¬ 
ing an unknown female head : from the style of 
the 
