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GALLERY OF ANTIQUITIES. 
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No. 170. A capital of a pilaster. (174.) 
No. 171. A fragment of a very ancient Greek inscription from the 
Acropolis: it contains an account of certain expenses defrayed by those 
to whom the care of the public games w 7 as confided. The name of the 
Archon, under whom the stone was engraved, is effaced. (159.) 
No. 172. A fragment of a decree; the beginning is wanting, and 
what remains is much mutilated. At the conclusion of the decree it 
is ordained that the people of Hierapytna in Crete shall affix to it the 
public seal. (157.) 
No. 173. A Greek inscription written in two columns; it contains 
a list of names arranged in the order of the tribes to which they respect¬ 
ively belonged. (92.) 
No. 174. A votive Greek inscription, dedicated by some sailors, as ; 
a mark of their gratitude, to the Apollo of Tarsus. (223.) 
No. 175. A sepulchral column, of large dimensions; it is inscribed i 
with the name of Aristides, who w 7 as the son of Lysimachus, and a 
native of Histissa. (305*.) 
No. 176. A fragment of a bas-relief, representing a figure standing j 
upright in a dignified attitude; it is probably intended for Bacchus. 
( 107 -) 
No. 177. Apiece of a frieze, or architectural ornament, from the 
tomb of Agamemnon at Mycenae. The sculpture is exceedingly 
ancient, and consists of two kinds of scroll-work, one of which repre¬ 
sents the curling of the waves, and the other a series of paterae, which 
are perfectly flat and plain. This stone is of a brilliant green colour, i 
( 220 .) 
No. 177*. Bas-relief representing a bearded man, named Xanthip- 
pus, seated on a chair, and holding in his right hand a votive foot, his left 
hand presses to him a child, w hose looks are directed towards the foot; 
another girl looks towards him. Brought from Athens, by Dr. Antony j 
Askew, a.d. 1775, and purchased by Mr. Townley. 
No. 178. A fragment of a colossal female statue, from one of the 
pediments of the Parthenon ; it has belonged to a sitting figure, of 
which the only remaining part is the left thigh, covered w T ith drapery. 
(156.) 
No. 179. A circular altar, from the island of Delos; it is-orna¬ 
mented with the heads of bulls and festoons in very bold relief. 
( 106 .) 
No. 180. A piece of frieze, or architectural ornament, from the 
same place as No. 177. It consists of three rows of scroll-work, all 
of which are similar representations of the revolving of the waves. The 
colour of the stone is bright red. (221.) 
Under No. 180 are— 
Two fragments from the pillars of the tomb of Agamemnon, at My¬ 
cenae. Presented in 1843, by the Institute of British Architects. 
No. 181. A sepulchral column wdth an inscription to the memory 
of Theodotus, w 7 ho was the son of Diodorus, and a native of Antioch. 
(225.) 
No. 182. A sepulchral solid urn, with a bas-relief representing 
three figures, one of which is seated. The inscription presents us with 
the following names: Archagoras, Pythyllis, and Polystrasus. (274.) 
No. 183. A sepulchral column inscribed with the name of Socrates, 
son of Socrates, and a native of Ancyra, a city of Galatia. (164.) 
