ROOM XV. 
Antiquities. 
17^ 
No. 288. Ditto, relating to the Erythrseans: 
the characters are very ancient. 
No. 289. A Greek inscription, imperfect at 
the end, being a contract respecting the letting 
of some lands and salt-pits by the people of 
Piraeus. Presented, in 1785, by the Dilettanti 
Society . 
No. 290. A very ancient Greek inscription, 
which has served as an epitaph on the tomb of 
the Athenian warriors killed at Potidaea. This 
inscription, which originally consisted of twelve 
elegiac verses, has suffered from the injuries of 
time. 
No. 291. A piece of the architrave belonging 
to the temple of Erechtheus, at Athens. 
No. 292. A funeral inscription to the memory 
of Polyllus; it consists of one line in prose, and 
two in verse. The line in prose gives us only 
the name and titles of Polyllus, and the verses 
intimate that Polystratus had erected a statue 
to the deceased, and had placed it under the 
protection of Minerva; the marble on which 
this inscription is cut, formed a part of the base 
on which the statue stood. 
No. 292*. The upper part of a sepulchral 
stele, inscribed with the name of Eumachus, who 
was the son of Eumachus, and of the city of 
Alopece. Presented, in 1785, by the Dilettanti 
Society . 
No. 293. A small statue of a boy, imperfect $ 
he is in the attitude of looking up. 
No. 294. 
