SALOON.] GREEK AND ROMAN SCULPTURES. 95 
of the steles or pillar tombs; and at the other, a fragment of a Lycian 
inscription, and a bas-relief of a sphinx. 
At the east side of the room, on another temporary framework, is a 
narrow frieze from the same place, representing combats, persons bear¬ 
ing offerings, a bear and boar hunt, combat of persons on foot and 
others on horseback. 
The base and shaft of a fluted column, the apex of a pediment, 
some cornices and mouldings, one peculiar for the representation of 
wood work, all from the same place, are exhibited in this room. 
Over the entrance, 
Plaster cast of the face of the Northern Colossus at the rock temple 
of Ibsamboul. 
Against the square columns on the west side are placed 
A statue of Venus preparing for the bath ; of white marble. Pre¬ 
sented by His Majesty King William IV. 
A statue of the Emperor Hadrian, in a military dress; the breast¬ 
plate is in high preservation, and richly ornamented. Purchased in 
1821. 
Against one pilaster on the north side is a bust of Jupiter. Pre¬ 
sented by J. T. Barber Beaumont, Esq., 1836. 
Against the other, a head of Apollo. Presented by the Hon. Mrs. 
Hamer. 
Against a pilaster on the east side, a mutilated draped statue of a 
youth. 
Against another, a mutilated statue of a draped female. 
In the first recess, 
A female statue without head and arms, found in the temple of The¬ 
mis at Rhamnus in Attica. Presented, in 1820, by John P. Gandy 
Heering, Esq. (307*.) 
Casts of sculptures and inscriptions from Persepolis, &c. Presented 
by the Rt. Hon. Mountstuart Elphinstone. 
Persepolitan sculptures and inscriptions; those numbered 48, 85, 86, 
87, 88, presented by the Rt. Hon. Sir Gore Ouseley ; 89, 90, 91, 92, 
93, by the Earl of Aberdeen, in 1818. 
In the centre recess, 
Casts from Persepolitan sculptures. Presented by the Rt. Hon. 
Mountstuart Elphinstone. 
In the third recess, 
Casts of Persepolitan sculptures. Presented by the Right Hon. 
Mountstuart Elphinstone. 
Arabic inscriptions. The three marked F presented by Col. Frank¬ 
lin. Of these, the small one was placed over the door of Firus Shah’s 
Minaret at Gour; the large one upon the same shelf was in front cf 
the Golden Mosque at Purrooah; and the one upon the ground was 
upon the mosque of Mohajen Tola, at Gour. 
No. 1. A colossal head of Minerva. Pt. 1. PL i. 
No. 2. A funeral urn, ornamented with equestrian and pedestrian 
combatants : formerly in the collection of Victor Amadei, at Rome ; 
whence it was purchased in 1768. Pt. 1. PI. n. 
No. 2*. A statue of Apollo, of very early Greek work. Purchased, 
in 1818, at the sale of the Comte de Choiseul- Gouffier's Antiquities. 
No. 3. One of the feet or supports of an ancient tripod table, 
