GREEK SCULPTURES. 
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SALOON.] 
No. 274. A sepulchral Greek inscription, engraved on a piece of 
entablature. It consists of two lines in prose, and sixteen in pen¬ 
tameter verse. The name of the deceased was Publius Phaedrus, a 
native of Sunium, son of Theophilus and Cecropia, and grandson of 
Pistoteles. The inscription states that he was of noble family, and that 
his death was followed by the universal regret of the Athenians, on 
account of his youth, learning, wisdom, and personal accomplishments. 
(153.) 
No. 275. A fragment of a cinerary urn, on which are represented 
four figures in bas-relief. The two central figures consist of a young 
man and woman who are joining hands, and whose names are inscribed 5 
above in Greek characters, Demostrata and Callistus. Two other 
figures are standing by the side of these, in a pensive attitude. 
(104.) 
No. 276. A Greek inscription, engraved on two sides of a large 
piece of marble. It is an inventory of the sacred treasures belonging 
to the Parthenon. (298.) 
No. 277. Fragment of a figure. (147.) 
No. 278. A bas-relief, representing Hygieia feeding a serpent out 
of a patera. She is seated on a throne which is covered wdth a cushion, 
and her feet are placed upon a footstool. She wears a high ornament, 
or tutulus, on her head, and she has a fan, in the shape of an ivy leaf* 
in her left hand. (238.) 
No. 279. A bas-relief, imperfect, representing a goddess seated on 
a chair or throne, behind whom are seven figures, four of wdiich are 
children ; one of the latter is leading a ram to an altar, the rest are in 
the attitude of devotion. (94.) 
No. 280. A fragment of a bas-relief, representing a female sitting. 
(279.) 
No. 281. Fragment of a figure. (146.) 
No. 282. A Greek inscription, engraved on two surfaces of a tablet 
of marble. It is an inventory of articles of gold and silver belonging 
to the Parthenon, and which the quaestors of the temple acknowledge* 
that they have received from their predecessors. (311.) 
No. 283. The upper part of a sepulchral stele, inscribed w ith the 
name of Eumachus, who w r as the son of Eumachus, and of the city cf 
Alopece. Presented , in 1785. by the Dilettanti Society. (292*.) 
No. 284. Fragment of a Greek inscription, very imperfect. (184.) 
No. 285. A fragment of a Greek inscription, containing a list of 
Athenians, with twelve different townships to which they respectively 
belonged; namely, according to the order in w hich they occur, Sunium, 
Ionidai, Alopece, Pallene, Halae, Ericea, Colonus, Sphettus, Ceriadae, 
Thoricus, Hephaestia, and Bate. (222.) 
No. 286. The upper part of a sepulchral column, with an inscrip¬ 
tion to the memory of a person named Simon, who was the son of 
Aristus, and a native of Halae in Attica. (217.) 
No. 287. Fragment of a Greek inscription, very imperfect. (185.) 
No. 288. Ditto. (187.) 
No. 289. A portion of the cornice from the portico of the Erech- 
theum at Athens. (165.) 
No. 290. The upper part of a sepulchral stele, ornamented with. 
