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ROOM XV. 
Antiquities. 
No. 165. A portion of the cornice from the 
portico of the Erechtheium, at Athens. 
No. 166. A fragment of a bas-reliefj of large 
dimensions ; it represents Hercules preparing to 
strike Diomed, king of Thrace, whom he has 
already knocked down, and is holding by the 
hair of his head. 
No. 167, A sepulchral solid urn, having 
three figures in bas-relief on the front. The first 
of these is a warrior with a helmet and a shield 
who is joining hands with an elderly man dressed 
in a long tunic; the third figure is a female. 
The inscription underneath these figures proba¬ 
bly contained the names of the parties, but is 
too mutilated to admit of being decyphered. 
No. 168. A sepulchral column of Menestratus, 
the son of Thoracides, and a native of Corinth. 
No. 169. The upper part of a sepulchral stele, 
having the inscription, as well as the arabesque 
ornament on the summit, perfect. The inscrip¬ 
tion is to the memory of Asclepiodorus the son 
of Thraco, and Epicydes the son of Asclepio¬ 
dorus ; both the deceased were natives of Olyn- 
thus, a city in Macedonia, 
No. 170. A fragment of a Greek inscription ; 
it is too imperfect to admit of a full explanation, 
but it seems to have been in honour of a person 
who had distinguished himself on some occasion 
by great humanity. 
No. 171. All amphora. 
No. 172. 
