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GALLERY OF ANTIQUITIES. 
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chante is pouring wine from a monota, or vase with one handle. On 
each side of these figures is an elderly Faun, in a dancing attitude, one 
of whom is glancing his eye at the contents of a large vessel of wine 
placed on the ground. (235.) 
No. 194. The upper part of the head of an Egyptian idol, in granite; 
the head is that of a lion, and is remarkable for being ornamented with 
a crown of serpents, similar to that which is spoken of in the Rosetta 
inscription. (105.) 
No. 195. A very large funeral urn, solid, and without any in¬ 
scription. It has three figures in‘bas-relief; the first of these is clothed 
in a tunic and is seated; the second is a warrior standing up and join¬ 
ing hands with the former; and the third is a boy carrying a large cir¬ 
cular shield. (228.) 
No. 196. A fragment of a bas-relief, representing a female figure 
seated in a chair, with a child standing by her side; the upper part of 
the woman is wanting. This fragment is probably part of a sepulchral 
monument. (162.) 
No. 197. A bas-relief, imperfect, representing a charioteer driving 
four horses at full speed; a figure of Victory is flying towards him with 
a crown. (236.) 
No. 198. A fragment of a bas-relief, representing part of the body 
and legs of a boy. (109.) 
No. 199. A cinerary urn, ornamented in front with four standing 
figures ; two of these in the centre, are joining hands, the other two are 
in a pensive attitude. The names of all the figures were originally in¬ 
scribed on the urn ; the first name is not legible ; the others are Philia, 
Meirodora, and Meles. (148.) 
No. 199*. A bronze urn, very richly wrought. It was found in¬ 
closed within the marble vase in which it now stands, in a tumulus on 
the road that leads from Port Pirseus to the Salaminian ferry and 
Eleusis. At the time of its discovery, this beautiful urn contained a 
quantity of burnt bones, a small vase of alabaster, and a w ? reath of myrtle 
in gold". (300.) 
No. 199**. A large marble vase ; it is of an oval form, and within 
it was found the bronze urn described in the preceding number. 
(301.) 
No. 199***. A circular votive altar, ornamented with the heads of 
bulls, from which festoons are suspended. The inscription, in Greek, 
near the bottom, is a prayer for the prosperity and health of a person 
named Casiniax. (91.) 
No. 200. A small female figure, covered with drapery ; it is without 
a head. (90.) 
No. 201. A sepulchral column of Thalia, the daughter of Callistratus, 
of Aexone. (149.) 
On shelf 2 are— 
I. 35. Elegant ornament from a cornice. 
I. 26. Portion of a volute of a Corinthian capital inside the Par¬ 
thenon. 
I. 25. Fragment of meeander ornament over the frieze of the inner 
peristyle of the Parthenon. 
I. 37. Fragment of a stele having O AHM02 in a v/reath, found on 
the acropolis of Athens. 
