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No. 7. Ditto, representing Hercules securing the Msenalian stag, 
which, at the command of Eurystheus, he had pursued a whole year 
in the forest of Arcadia. It is in a very early style. Pt. 2. PI. vn. 
No. 8 . Blank . 
No. 9. A bas-relief, divided into three compartments. In the 
upper division, the infant Bacchus is represented riding on a goat; in 
the middle, a Triton, in attendance on Venus, is seizing a marine bull 
by the horns ; and in the lower division is a company of hunters return¬ 
ing home with their spoil. It belonged to Pope Sixtus V., and was 
formerly in the Villa Montaito. Pt. 2. PL ix. 
No. 10. Ditto, representing a festoon of vine branches suspended 
from the skulls of bulls. In the centre, above the festoon, is a mask of 
a Faun. It has served as a decoration in the inside of a circular build¬ 
ing, probably dedicated to Bacchus. Pt. 2. PI. x. 
No. 11. A bas-relief, representing the Dioscuri on horseback. 
From the collection of Sir William Hamilton. Pt. 2. PI. xi. 
No. 12. Ditto, representing a Bacchanalian group, consisting of 
three figures; the first a Bacchante playing on the tambourin; the 
second, a Faun playing on the double pipe ; and the third, an in¬ 
toxicated Faun holding a thyrsus. It was found by Mr. Gavin 
Hamilton, in 1776, at Civita Vecchia, about five miles from Rome. 
Pt. 2. PI. xii. 
No. 13. A bas-relief, representing Victory offering a libation to 
Apollo Musagetes. From the collection of Sir William Hamilton . 
Pt. 2. PI. xiii. 
No. 14. Ditto, which has served as an ornament on the outside of 
a circular building. It consists of a couple of branches issuing from one 
stem, and curling in opposite directions. Pt. 2. PI. xtv. 
No. 15. Ditto, representing the Centaur Nessus carrying Dei’anira 
in his arms. It was formerly in the Verospi Palace at Rome. Pt. 2. 
PI. xv. 
ROMAN SEPULCHRAL ANTIQUITIES, IN THE SOUTH RECESS OF THIS 
ROOM. 
No. 1. A sepulchral urn, with a bas-relief in front; it appeal’s never 
to have been used, as it is solid, and without any inscription. Pre¬ 
sented , in 1817, by W. A. Mackinnon , Esq. 
No. 2. A sepulchral urn, with an inscription to Atimetus. Pre¬ 
sented, in 1817, by W. A. Mackinnon, Esq. 
No. 3. A funeral inscription to M. Nsevius Proculus. Presented , 
in 1757, by Thomas Hollis, Esq. 
No. 4. A sepulchral urn, with an inscription to Vernasia Cyclas. 
No. 5. Ditto, with an inscription to L. Lepidius Epaphras. Pre¬ 
sented, in 1817, by W. A. Mackinnon, Esq. 
No. 6. Two earthen ollse, such as contained the ashes of the slaves 
and inferior order of the Roman people. The monumental inscription, 
in front of them, records the names of Anniolena Maxima and Servilia 
Irene. 
No. 7. A circular sepulchral urn, with an inscription to Pompeius 
Justinianus. 
No. 8. Ditto, with an inscription to T. Titulenus Isauricus. It 
was formerly in the Mattei Collection. 
