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Mr. Gavin Hamilton in the ruins of the villa of Antoninus Pius. Pt. 2. 
PI. xxxv. 
No. 36. A Greek inscription upon the convex side of a circular 
shield, containing the names of the Ephebi of Athens under Alcamenes, 
when he held the office of Cosmetes. This marble was procured at 
Athens, about the year 1748, by Dr. Anthony Askew, who was informed 
by the people of the place that it had been removed from the Parthenon. 
Pt. 2. PI. xxxvi. 
No. 37. A terminal statue, supposed to be that of Venus Architis: 
it was found in 1775, about six miles from Tivoli, near the Prseneste 
road. Pt. 2. PI. xxxvii. 
No. 38. A circular votive patera; having on one side, within a 
wreath of ivy, an eagle standing upon a slaughtered hare; on the other 
side, Cupid sacrificing to the god of Lampsacus. Pt. 2. PI. xxxviii. 
No. 39. An unknown bronze head, supposed to be that of Sopho¬ 
cles ; formerly called that of Homer or of Pindar. It was brought to 
England at the beginning of the seventeenth century, for the collection 
of Thomas, Earl of Arundel. Presented , in 1760, by the Earl of 
Exeter. Pt. 2. PI. xxxix. 
No. 40. A circular votive patera, with a head of Pan in very high 
relief, on one side ; and on the other, in low relief, a profile head of 
Silenus, in front of a blazing altar, and a branch of ivy between them. 
Pt. 2. PI. XL. 
No. 40*. A torso of Hercules: a fragment. 
No. 41. A Greek sepulchral monument. The bas-relief in front 
represents a trophy, on one side of which stands a warrior, and on the 
other a female figure feeding a serpent that is twined round the trunk of 
a tree on w T hich the trophy is erected. On the right of these figures is 
the fore part of a horse. An inscription on the top of this monument 5 
contains a list of names, probably of those who fell in some engage¬ 
ment. Brought to England by Mr. Topham, in 1725, and presented to* 
the British Museum , in 1780, by the Right Hon. Sir Joseph Banks,, 
and the Hon. A. C. Fraser. Pt. 2. PI. xli. 
No. 42. A terminal head of Periander: formerly in the Villa 
Mont alto. Pt. 2. PI. xlii. 
No. 43. A repetition of No. 33. Pt. 2. PI. xliii. 
No. 44. An unknowm terminal head, probably of a Greek poet. It 
was found with the head of Hippocrates, No. 20, near Albano, in 1770. 
Pt. 2. PI. XLIV. 
No. 45. A statue of Actseon attacked by his dogs. It w r as found 
by Mr. Gavin Hamilton, in 1774, in the ruins of the villa of Antoninus 
Pius, near Civita Lavinia. Pt. 2. PI. xlv. 
No. 46. A terminal head of the young Hercules; it is crowned w ith 
the leaves of the poplar. This head w r as found in the year 1777, near 
Gensano, in the grounds belonging to the Cesarini family. Pt. 2. 
PL XLVI. 
No. 47. Head of Apollo, from a statue. 
No. 48. Head of Apollo, from a statue formerly in the Grimani 
Palace, at Venice. 
No. 49. Leg or support of an ancient tripod temple, in shape of the 
head and leg of a panther rising out of foliage. 
No. 50. Foro, or support of an ancient tripod table, in shape of the: 
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