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ROOM XV. 
Antiquities. 
No. 81. A fragment of a boy, holding a bird 
under his arm, and feeding it. 
No. 81*. A small fragment of a very ancient 
Greek inscription, written in the bustrophedon 
manner. Presented, in 1785, by the Dilettanti 
Society. 
No. 82. A bas-relief, representing a young 
man standing between two goddesses, Vesta and 
Minerva, who are crowning him. 
No. 83. A Greek inscription in the Doric 
dialect; it is a dedication to Bacchus, by Alexas 
the son of Nicon, and Cephisodorus the son of 
Aglaophaedas, who had both been victorious in 
the choruses of men. 
No. 84. A fragment of a bas-relief, repre¬ 
senting an elderly man before one of the gods, 
probably Bacchus, who appears to hold a vase in 
his right hand. 
No. 85. A piece of the architrave of the 
Erechtheium, at Athens. 
No. 86. A votive Greek inscription of Anti- 
sthenes, the priest of Pandion : he was the son 
of Antiphates, and belonged to the tribe of Pan- 
dionis. 
No. 87. An imperfect Greek inscription, en¬ 
graved on three sides of a piece of marble, in 
very ancient letters. Presented , in 1785, by the 
Dilettanti Society . 
No. 88. A Greek inscription from Athens, 
signifying that certain gifts, which are specified, 
had been consecrated to some goddess, probably 
Venus, 
