122 GALLERY OF ANTIQUITIES. [ELGIN 
No. 265. A piece of the shaft of a small Ionic column, the lower 
part of which is fluted and reeded. (297.) 
No. 266. A sepulchral stele, with a very ancient inscription to 
the memory of Aristophosa and others. A peculiarity occurs in 
this inscription, namely, that the letters vo are twice used for viov. 
(21.4.) 
No. 267. A Greek inscription, engraved on two sides of a thick 
slab of marble. It is an inventory of the valuable articles which were 
kept in the OpisthodomGs of the Parthenon at Athens. (305.) 
No. 268. A fragment of the capital of a Corinthian column: it is 
ornamented with the leaves of the laurel and acanthus. (102.) 
Shelf 6: — 
No. 269. Fragment of a Greek inscription, very imperfect. (193.) 
No. 270. Ditto. (190.) 
No. 271. Ditto. (197.) 
No. 272. Ditto. (189.) 
No. 273. Fragment of a Greek inscription. (179.) 
No. 274. A sepulchral Greek inscription, engraved on a piece of 
entablature. It consists of two lines in prose, and sixteen in pen¬ 
tameter verse. The name of the deceased was Publius Phaedrus, a 
native of Sunium, son of Theophilus and Cecropia, and grandson of 
Pistoteles. The inscription states that he was of noble family, and that 
his death was followed by the universal regret of the Athenians, on 
account of his youth, learning, wisdom, and personal accomplishments. 
(153.) 
No. 275. A fragment of a cinerary urn, on which are represented 
four figures in bas-relief. The two central figures consist of a young 
man and woman who are joining hands, and whose names are inscribed 
above in Greek characters, Demostrata and Callistus. Two other 
figures are standing by the side of these, in a pensive attitude. (104.) 
No. 276. A Greek inscription, engraved on two sides of a large 
piece of marble. It is an inventory of the sacred treasures belonging 
to the Parthenon. (298.) 
No. 277. Fragment of a figure. (147.) 
No. 278. A bas-relief, representing Hygieia feeding a serpent out 
of a patera. She is seated on a throne which is covered with a cushion, 
and her feet are placed upon a footstool. She wears a high ornament, 
or tutulus , on her head, and she has a fan, in the shape of an ivy leaf, 
in her left hand. (238.) 
No. 279. A bas-relief, imperfect, representing a goddess seated on 
a chair or throne, behind whom are seven figures, four of which are 
children; one of the latter is lea ling a ram to an altar, the rest are in 
the attitude of devotion. (94.) 
No. 280. A fragment of a bas-relief, representing a female sitting. 
(279.) 
No. 281. Fragment of a figure. (146.) 
No. 282. A Greek inscription, engraved on two surfaces of a tablet 
of marble. It is an inventory of articles of gold and silver belonging 
to the Parthenon, and which the qussstors of the temple acknowledge 
that they have received from their predecessors. (311.) 
No. 283. The upper part of a sepulchral stele, inscribed with the 
