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• GALLERY OF ANTIQUITIES. 
[ROOM I. 
COMPARTMENT VIII. 
Upper Shelf. —Bas-relief, from the front of the cover of a sarcopha¬ 
gus, representing six recumbent Amazons, with their weapons. jFor- 
merly in the collection of Cardinal Passionei at the Camaldoli , near 
Frascati. Pt. 10. PL xlv. 
Small circular bas-relief, representing a satyr playing on the double 
flute. 
Sarcophagus representing Cupids carrying off the armour of Mars ; 
on the shield is an inscription to Sallustius Jasius, the adopted child 
of Domitius. a steward of the imperial household, and his wife 
Sallustia. Found at Tusculum, and formerly in the collection of 
Cardinal Passionei , in the Hermitage at Camaldoli. Pt. 10. PI. xlvi. 
Lower Shelf. —Bust, probably of Otacilia Severa, the wife of the 
Emperor Philip. From Rome. Pt. 10. PI. xiv. 
Bust of Faustina junior. Pt. 10. PI. x. 
Bust of Domitia, wife of the Emperor Domitian. Found in the Villa 
Casali, upon the Esquiline Hill , 1775. Pt. 10. PI. vm. 
Bust of Olympias ; dedicated to her memory by her freedman Epi- 
thymetus; from the character of the head-dress this bust is probably 
of the time of Traian. From Edmund Burke's collection. 
A bust of Julia Sabina, wife of the Emperor Hadrian. Pt. 10. PL IX. 
Bust of Faustina the younger, wife of the Emperor M. Aurelius. 
Much injured by cleaning. Presented by Peter Ducane , Esq. 
A bust of ASiius Caesar. Bequeathed by R. P. Kniakt , Esq. 
A bust of Augustus. Formerly in the collection of E. Burke. 
Bust of Tiberius. Same. 
Bust of Julius Csesar. 
Underneath. —No. 35. Terminal statue of Pan playingupon a pipe. 
Found near Civita Iwvinia. 
A bas-relief, representing the Apotheosis, or Deification of Homer. 
The Father of Poetry is seated on a throne at the foot of Mount 
Parnassus, the residence of the Muses. Before the poet is a group 
of figures offering up sacrifices to him. Above are Apollo and 
the Nine Muses; and on the summit of the mountain is Jupiter, who 
appears to be giving his sanction to the divine honours which are paid 
to Homer. This highly interesting bas-relief was found about the 
middle of the 17th century, at Frattochi, the ancient Bovilise, on the 
Appian road, ten miles from Rome. It was for many years in the 
Colonna Palace, at Rome, and was purchased for the British Museum 
in the year 1819, at the expense of £1000. 
Inscription recording the srection of a mausoleum by Tiberius 
Claudius Philetus for himself and his family. 
A Case containing the following articles: —Small terminal head of 
the bearded Bacchus, in yellow marble. From the collection of Sir 
Hans Sloane. Small terminal heads of Bacchus and Libera, joined 
back to back. A small terminal head of Libera. From the collection 
of Sir W. Hamilton. A small mask of Silenus. Same. Three 
small terminal heads of Libera, in red and yellow marble. Same. 
A votive marble horn. A small terminal head of Libera, with a 
wreath of ivy leaves; reddish yellow marble. From the collection of 
Sir W. Hamilton. Head of Antinous, in bas-relief. A female head, 
