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ROOM VI. 
Antiquities. 
brought from Smyrna. Presented^ in 1772, by 
Matthew Duane^ Esq, and Thomas Tyrwhitt^ Esq. 
No. 65. A statue of Bacchus, represented as 
a boy about five years old. The head is crowned 
with a wreath of ivy, and the body is partly co¬ 
vered with the skin of a goat. 
No. 64. The front of a votive altar, with an 
inscription for the safe return of Septimius Se- 
verus and his family from some expedition. 
The parts in the inscription which are erased 
contained the name of Geta, which by a se¬ 
vere edict of Caracalla was ordered to be erased 
from every inscription throughout the Roman 
empire. 
No. 65. A bust of Caracalla; the head only 
is antique. 
No. 65^. A bas-relief, representing the god- 
des Luna surrounded by the signs of the zodiac. 
Presented^ in 1818, CoL de Bosset, 
No, 66. A votive statue of a fisherman, hold¬ 
ing a basket of fish in his left hand. 
No. 67. A votive altar sacred to Bacchus. 
On the front, Silenus is represented riding on a 
panther. 
No. 68. A group of two dogs, one of which 
is biting the ear of the other in play. 
No. 69. An unknown bust, dressed in the 
Roman toga. 
No. 70. A head of a female child. The hair 
is divided into plaits, which are twisted into a 
knot 
