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combatants, and is armed with a sword and 
shield* 
No. 9. Repetition of No. 6. 
No. 10. A bas-relief, representing a head of 
Medusa, on each side of which is an eagle in the 
act of seizing, with its talons, one of the snakes 
entwined in the locks of her hair. 
No. 11. Ditto, representing a couple of chi- 
maeras lapping water out of vessels held to them 
by two youths who are attired in Phrygian dress¬ 
es, and are each kneeling on one knee. 
No. 12. Ditto, representing a female, who 
seems to be overwhelmed with affliction. She is 
seated, and is resting her head upon her right 
arm, while her attendants, from the concern 
visible in their countenances, appear to partici¬ 
pate in her sorrow. This bas-relief probably 
represents Penelope dejected at the departure of 
Ulysses. 
No. 13. A bas-relief, imperfect, representing 
a fragment of Medusa’s head, on one side of 
which is a figure of Minerva. 
No. 14. Ditto, representing the bearded Bac¬ 
chus, and a female attendant on Bacchus, each 
of them holding a thyrsus. From the collection 
of Sir Hans Shane . 
No. 15. Ditto, imperfect, representing a head 
of Minerva and a head of Jupiter. 
No. 16. Ditto, representing Minerva assisting 
the Argonauts to build the famous ship Argo. 
ROOM I. 
Antiquities. 
