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this sarcophagus were found the bones of the deceased, with his shield, 
and other armour. The other sarcophagus was found at Polomarzo. 
The cover is in form of a roof, terminating at the cornice with tiles, 
masks, &c. Upon the ridge of the roof are, at each end, a sphinx, and 
in the middle two serpents. All the sides are decorated with sculp¬ 
tures, amongst which, on the front are two genii, on the back a genius 
and an armed warrior. 
In the centre of the Room stands a magnificent marble Tazza or 
vase of very large dimensions, the height being 4 feet 3J inches, and 
the diameter of the cup 3 feet 7 inches. It stands upon~a single stem, 
and has handles very curiously formed of swans’ necks and heads grace¬ 
fully intertwined. It was brought to England in 1825. Presented by 
Lord Western, 1839. 
A pedestal on which, as appears from the inscription, was a statue of 
Feraia, daughter of Apollonius, son of Hermogenes, erected by her 
son Socrates. 
On this pedestal is a statue in w’hite marble representing the youth¬ 
ful Bacchus or a Faun, found at Antium. 
Pedestal of calcareous stone, on w 7 hich has apparently been placed 
the statue of Apollonius, son of Hermogenes, and father of Peraia, the 
mother of Socrates ; erected to him by the same Socrates. 
PHIGALIAN SALOON. 
Nos. 1—23. Bas-reliefs, representing the battle of the Centaurs and 
Lapithse, and the combat between the Greeks and Amazons; they were 
found in the ruins of the temple of Apollo Epicurius (or the deliverer) 
built on Mount Cotylion, at a little distance from the ancient city of 
Phigalia in Arcadia. These bas-reliefs composed the frieze in the 
interior of the Celia. The battle of the Centaurs and Lapithoe is sculp¬ 
tured on eleven slabs of marble (1—11). That of the Greeks and 
Amazons occupies tw r elve (12—23). The direction of the slabs be¬ 
longing to the former subject w T as from right to left; that of the latter 
from left to right. 
A circumstance which adds very much to the interest of these mar¬ 
bles is our knowledge of the precise time when they w T ere executed ; 
for Pausanias, in his description of this temple, informs us that it w r as 
built by Ictinus, an architect contemporary with Pericles, and who 
built the Parthenon at Athens. These marbles are all engraved and 
more fully described in the fourth part of the description of the Mu¬ 
seum Marbles. 
No. 24. A fragment of a Doric capital of one of the columns of the 
peristyle. From the same temple. 
No. 25. A fragment of an Ionic capital of one of the columns of the 
cella. From the same temple. 
Nos. 26, 27. Tw 7 o fragments of the tiles which surmounted the pe¬ 
diments, and formed the superior moulding. From the same temple. 
Nos. 28—38. Fragments of the Metopes, found in the porticos of 
the pronaos and posticus, w T hich were enriched with triglyphs. From 
the same temple. 
No. 39. A small tile, which was used for the purpose of covering 
