ROOM I.] 
BRITISH ANTIQUITIES. 
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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. vhl 
Bust of Olympia; dedicated to her memory by her freedman Epi- 
thymetus; from the character of the head dress this bust is probably 
of the time of Trajan. From Edmund Burke's collection. 
A bust of Julia Sabina, wife of the Emperor Hadrian. Pt. 10. 
PI. IX. 
Bust of Faustina the younger, wife of the Emperor M. Aurelius. 
Much injured by cleaning. Presented hy Peter Bucane , Esq . 
A bust of iElius Caesar. Bequeathed by R. P. Knight , Esq . 
A bust of Augustus. Formerly in the collection of E. Burke. 
Bust of Tiberius. Same. 
Upper Shelf. —Bas-relief, from the front of the cover of a sarcopha¬ 
gus, representing six recumbent Amazons, with their weapons. For¬ 
merly in the collection of Cardinal Passionei at the Camaldoli, near 
Frascati. Pt. 10. PI. 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. 
Front of Fifth Pilaster. —The youthful Bacchus, standing, clad in a 
panther skin. Found in the Villa of Antoninus Pius , near the ancient 
Lanuvium. 
Altar of square form, ornamented with sphinxes at the upper and 
lower corners, and with bas-reliefs; in front, Apollo holding a lyre at 
a table, on which are a raven, tripod, and three rolls of manuscripts; 
on one side is a sacrifice of a ram, and a female holding a torch and 
feeding a deer. Presented by Sir W. Hamilton , 1775. 
ASSYRIAN ANTIQUITIES. 
Towards the west end of the south side of this room are several 
reliefs, from an excavation made at Khorsabad, in the neighbourhood 
of Nimroud.by Mr. Hector. They consist of three full-length figures, 
one of them a monarch; a figure with a bow and arrows; and other 
slabs with single figures; heads, some with and some without beards; 
two horses’ heads. The accoutrements of the horses’ heads in these 
reliefs are very richly decorated, and present many curious details. 
Both in the Nimroud and Khorsabad sculptures traces remain of the 
coloured enamels by which the eyes of the men and animals have 
been represented. 
BRITISH ANTIQUITIES. 
Ancient sarcophagus of cylindrical shape, with base and cover of 
rude unhewn stone, having in the centre a small hole, discovered 
in 1831, at Harpenden, near St. Alban’s. In this sarcophagus were 
found a glass vase, and four small vases of red Roman w r are, which 
are incorporated in the collection of British Antiquities. Presented 
by C. W. Packe , Esq., M.P. , 1844. 
