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No. 172. A fragment of a decree; the beginning is wanting, and 
what remains is much mutilated. At the conclusion of the decree it 
is ordained that the people of Hierapytna in Crete shall affix to it the 
public seal. (157.) 
No. 173. A Greek inscription, written in two columns; it contains 
a list of names arranged in the order of the tribes to which they respec¬ 
tively belonged. (92.) 
No. 174. A votive Greek inscription, dedicated by some sailors, as 
a mark of their gratitude, to Apollo of Tarsus. (223.) 
No. 175. A sepulchral column, of large dimensions ; it is inscribed 
with the name of Aristides, who was the son of Lysimachus, and a na¬ 
tive of Estiaea. (305*.) 
No. 176. A fragment of a bas-relief, representing a figure standing 
upright in a dignified attitude; it is probably intended for Bacchus. 
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No. 177. A piece of a frieze, or architectural ornament, from the 
tomb of Agamemnon at Mycenae. The sculpture is exceedingly an¬ 
cient, and consists of two kinds of scroll-work, one of which represents 
the curling of the waves, and the other a series of paterae, which are 
perfectly flat and plain. This stone is of a brilliant green colour. 
( 220 .) 
No. 178. A fragment of a colossal female statue, 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. 
(156.) 
No. 179. A circular altar, from the island of Delos; it is orna¬ 
mented with the heads of bulls and festoons in very bold relief. 
(106.) 
No. 180. A piece of frieze, or architectural ornament, from the 
same place as No. 177. It consists of three rows of scroll-work, all 
of which are similar representations of the revolving of the w T aves. The 
colour of the stone is bright red. (221. ) 
No. 181. A sepulchral column with an inscription to the memory 
of Theodotus, who was the son of Diodorus, and a native of Antioch. 
(225.) 
No. 182. A sepulchral solid urn, with a bas-relief representing 
three figures, one of which is seated. The inscription presents us with 
the following names : Archagoras, Pythyllis, and Polvstratus. (274.) 
No. 183. A sepulchral column inscribed with the name of Socrates, 
son of Socrates, and a native of Ancyra, a city of Galatia. (164.) 
No. 184. A sepulchral column of Menestratus, the son of Thora- 
cides, and a native of Corinth. (168.) 
No. 185. A Greek inscription, imperfect, containing an account 
of the treasures of some temple, probably those of the Parthenon. 
The characters which we see on this marble are of a much more modern 
form than in the inscription of the same kind, No. 379. (216.) 
No. 186. A sun-dial, with four different dials represented on as 
many faces. The inscription imports that it is the work of Phsedrus, 
the son of Zoilus, a native of Poeania. From the form of the letters of 
this inscription, the sun-dial cannot have been made much earlier 
than the time of the Emperor Severus. It was found at Athens. 
(285.) 
