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ROOM XV. 
Antiquities. 
the hair, which is curiously plaited, we may fix 
the sculpture to about the time of Antoninus Pius. 
No. 124. Part of the stem of a candelabrum 
ornamented with four female figures, one of 
which is playing on the lyre, and the others, 
with joined hands, are leading the dance. 
No. 125. A fragment of a statue of Hygeia. 
No. 126. A fragment of a bas-relief, with part 
of an inscription. 
No. 127—130. Four pieces of the frieze from 
the temple of Erechtheus at Athens ; they are 
enriched with flowers and other ornaments, which 
are designed with the most perfect taste, and 
are chiseled with a degree of sharpness and pre¬ 
cision truly admirable. 
No. 131—147. Fragments of figures, many of 
which have belonged to the metopes of the Par¬ 
thenon. 
No. 148. A cinerary urn, ornamented in front 
with four standing figures; two of these, in the 
centre, are joining hands, the other two are in a 
pensive attitude. The names of all the figures 
were originally inscribed on the urn ; the first 
name is not legible ; the others are Philia, Me- 
trodora, and Meles. 
No. 149. A sepulchral column of Thalia, the 
daughter of Callistratus, of Aexone. 
No. 150. A fragment of a sepulchral stele ; 
the inscription is very imperfect, but records the 
name of Musonia. The summit is ornamented 
with the figure of a butterfly on some fruit. 
No. 151. 
