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GALLERY OF ANTIQUITIES *. 
The Terracotta tablets formerly in Room I. are withdrawn from ex¬ 
hibition until a new Room is provided for them. 
The former contents of Rooms II. and III. and part of Room IV. are 
removed to the Grand Central Saloon and Ante-Room (pp. 81 and 
following) during the rebuilding of the Galleries, and retain the same 
numbers under which they were before described. Nos. 2 and 11 from 
Room IV. are distinguished by the addition of an asterisk. 
The rest of Rooms IV. and V. are removed to the Ante-Room of 
the Phigaleian Saloon. 
Rooms VI., VII., VIII., IX., X., XI., having been pulled down 
for the new Building, the contents have been "incorporated in the 
collections. 
LYCIAN ROOM. 
The contents of this room, consisting of various tombs, bas-reliefs, 
statues, and sarcophagi, recently discovered in Lycia by Sir Charles 
Fellowes, are at present in progress of arrangement. 
In the long temporary passage leading from the Lycian Room to 
the Ante-Room of the Phigaleian Apartment, are deposited a collection 
figures in sandstone and calcareous stone, the work of the ancient in¬ 
habitants of Mexico. Presented by Captain Vetch ? 1842, 
Some other Mexican figures in sandstone. 
The ape-headed Hindu deity Hanuman in the attitude of prayer. 
Hindu female figure holding a tree, j Presented by Mrs. Tucker, 
im. 
Some Hindu bas-reliefs and sculptures. 
An Arabic tombstone from Aden. Presented by Messrs. Newman, 
Hunts , and Christopher , 1840. 
Hindu altar of alabaster, painted and gilt: in the centre is the 
Lingam, and at the four corners, Brahma with three heads, Ganesa, 
elephant headed, the goddess Parsarvati, and the bull Nandi. 
Tablets inscribed in the ancient characters of India. From the col¬ 
lection of Major Jervis. 
A Chinese gingal for a w r ar junk. Presented by G. French Angas, 
Esq., 1841. 
Similar gingal, wdth a detached chamber. Presented by Sir E. 
Belcher , B.N. 
A bronze statue of a female Indian deity, supposed to be Pattinee 
Dewa, gilt, found in the island of Ceylon. Presented by Sir R. 
Brownrigg , 1830. 
A circular bas-relief, with figures of females, discovered in 1809 
near the banks of the sacred river Nerbudda; a fragment probably of 
an ancient temple. Presented by B. D . Inglis , Esq. 
* All the articles in the present catalogue of antiquities, unless where it i s 
otherwise specified, belonged to the collection of the late Charles Townley, Esq. 
More ample descriptions,'with Plates, of the antiquities contained in the British 
Museum, are in the course of publication ; and references to the several parts al¬ 
ready published are affixed to those articles which have been therei nengraved. 
