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room xv. payment of the stipulated sums, and renews the 
Antiquities, treaty of pasturage for four years. 
No. 177 # , 178*. Two fragments of the north 
frieze of the Parthenon ; the former is a part of 
the slab marked No. 35. 
Nos. 178—198. Twenty-one fragments of 
Greek inscriptions, so imperfect as not to admit 
of particular description. 
No. 199. The celebrated Sigean inscription, 
first published by Chishull in his “ Antiquitates 
Asiatics,” and afterwards more correctly by 
Chandler in his “ Inscriptiones Antiquas.” It 
is written in the most ancient Greek characters, 
and in the bustrophedon manner, that is to say, 
the lines follow each other in the same direction 
as the ox passes from one furrow to another in 
ploughing. The purport of the inscription is to 
record the presentation of three vessels, namely, 
a cup, a saucer or stand, and a strainer, for the 
use of the Prytaneum, or hall of justice, of the 
Sigeans. The name of the donor was Phanodi- 
cus, the son of Hermocrates, and a native of 
Proconnesus. 
No. 200. A Greek inscription, imperfect, en¬ 
graved in very ancient characters ; it seems to 
be an inventory of some treasures, probably 
those contained in the Parthenon, and which the 
Quaestors acknowledge to have received from 
their predecessors in the same office. The in¬ 
scription not only fills one side of the marble, 
but also the right edge. 
No. 201. 
