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No. 296. Fragment of a Greek inscription, very im¬ 
perfect. (188.) 
No. 297- A small tile, in terracotta, which has been 
used to cover the joints of the larger tiles. The front is 
enriched with a fleuron, and is also inscribed with the 
name of the maker, Atheneeus. (113.) 
No. 298. A votive monument with two Greek verses, 
signifying that Horarius had dedicated some lamps, which 
he won in the games, to Mercury and Hercules. The bas- 
relief above, which probably represented the two deities 
here mentioned, is almost entirely broken away; only the 
feet of one figure remain. (219.) 
No. 299. Fragment of a Greek inscription, very im¬ 
perfect. (198.) 
No. 300. A small bas-relief, imperfect, representing 
Cybele seated. Presented , in 1820, by John P. Gandy 
Deering , Esq. (103*.) 
Nos. 301—309. Fragments of figures, many of which 
have belonged to the metopes of the Parthenon. (131 —134, 
136—140.) 
Nos. 310—315. Fragments of colossal statues, some of 
which have probably belonged to figures which stood in the 
pediments of the Parthenon. (261, 264, 267> 270, 272, 
271*.) 
No. 316. A small statue of a Muse, without a head; it 
was probably intended to represent Polyhymnia. (208.) 
No. 317. A sepulchral column, inscribed with the 
name of Callimachus, who was a native of the* city of 
Aexone,' and the son of Callistratus. (209.) 
No. 318. A base of a column brought from the plains 
of Troy. (210.) 
No. 319. Fragment of a figure. (143.) 
No. 320. Fragment of No. 327. (141.) 
No. 321. The chest of a female figure, covered with 
drapery ; it has probably belonged to one of the metopes 
of the Parthenon. (79.) 
No. 322, Fragment of No. 327. (142.) 
No. 323. A fragment of a metope of the Parthenon ; 
it is the torso of one of the Lapithae. (294.) 
No. 324. An oblong shallow vessel for containing holy 
water. The front is ornamented with a bas-relief repre¬ 
senting five figures, one of which, probably Juno, is seated 
