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leaves and flowers; the inscription is to the memory of Chabrias. 
(226.) 
No. 291. A Greek inscription, engraved on three sides of a piece of 
marble. The characters are extremely ancient; but unfortunately the 
marble has been very much mutilated, and the letters defaced. (309.) 
No. 292. An amphora. (211.) 
No. 293. A bas-relief, representing a votive figure of Cybele, 
seated in a kind of small temple. (97.) 
No. 294. Fragment of a Greek inscription, very imperfect. (192.) 
No. 295. A fragment of a sepulchral stele from which the bas-relief 
has been almost entirely broken away; the inscription is to the me¬ 
mory of Hieroclea, the daughter of Leucius. (218.) 
No. 296. Fragment of a Greek inscription, very imperfect. (188.) 
No. 297. A small tile, in terracotta, which has been used to cover 
the joints of the larger tiles. The front is enriched with a fleuron, and 
is also inscribed with the name of the maker, Athenseus. (113.) 
No. 298. A votive monument with two Greek verses, signifying 
that Horarius had dedicated some lamps, which he won in the games, 
to Mercury and Hercules. The bas-relief above, which probably re¬ 
presented the two deities here mentioned, is almost entirely broken 
away; only the feet of one figure remain. (219.) 
No. 299. Fragment of a Greek inscription, very imperfect. (198.) 
No. 300. A small bas-relief, imperfect, representing Cybele seated. 
Presented , in 1820, by John P. Gandy JDeering , Esq. (103*.) 
Nos. 301—309. Fragments of figures, many of which have be¬ 
longed to the metopes of the Parthenon. (131—134, 136—140.) 
Nos. 310—315. Fragments of colossal statues, some of which have 
probably belonged to figures which stood in the pediments of the Par¬ 
thenon. (261, 264, 267, 270, 272, 271 *.) 
No. 316. A small statue of a Muse, without a head; it was pro¬ 
bably intended to represent Polyhymnia. (208.) 
No. 317. A sepulchral column, inscribed with the name of Calli¬ 
machus, who was a native of the city of Aexone, and the son of Callis- 
tratus. (209.) 
No. 318. A base of a column brought from the plains of Troy. 
( 210 .) 
No. 319. Fragment of a figure. (143.) 
No. 320. Fragment of No. 327. (141.) 
No. 321. The chest of a female figure, covered with drapery; it 
has probably belonged to one of the metopes of the Parthenon. (79.) 
No. 322. Fragment of No. 327. (142.) 
No. 323. A fragment of a m etope of the Parthenon; it is the torso 
of one of the Lapithse. (294.) 
No. 324. An oblong shallow vessel for containing holy water. 
The front is ornamented with a bas-relief representing five figures, one 
of which, probably Juno, is seated on a throne; of the remaining 
figures, three females are imploring the benediction of the goddess in 
behalf of their children, whom they are carrying in their arms, and a 
fourth is bringing oblations. From Cape Sigeum, near the plain of 
Troy. (99.) 
No. 325. A colossal head, much mutilated; it was found in the tem- 
