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place; glass mosaic tesserae from the ceiling of the Parthenon, when a 
Greek church, before the taking of Athens by the Turks; leaden sling 
bullets. 
Case 94. Three iron strigils, and parts of others found at Athens ; 
iron knife from the same place, and a pair of iron fetters found in a 
cell behind the Pnyx ; bronze lecythus; arrow heads; leaden sling 
bullets; a cramp ; circular ornaments, perhaps weights for the dress; 
little jar to hold the celebrated Lycian eye ointment, with the name of 
the physician, Paramousaeus; series of lead weights called market 
weights, and as heavy as a mna ; the mna, with dolphins, tetarton or 
quarter mna, marked with tortoises, and the hemitetarton or half 
quarter with half tortoises ; smaller divisions with crescent; conical 
terracotta ornaments, and one of the bronze tickets delivered to a 
judge ; pecten shell found in a tomb at the Piraeus. 
Case 95. An Erinnys or Fury ; thirteen figures of Hercules in 
various attitudes; a terminal Hercules; the same subduing the Ache- 
lous; two Sirens; two Sphinxes; a dwarf, one of the Lares holding 
a cup and cornucopiae; Philoctetes; two figures of Victory and one 
of Fortune. 
Case 96. Head of Polyphemus; six figures of boys, perhaps 
Cupids; figures of Lares; Camilli, augurs, and Fortune, unarranged. 
Case 98. Astragali, some of crystal, carnelian, and ivory; dice, 
many of which appear to have been anciently loaded, and tesserae or 
tickets for the games ; with these are some fish probably used by the 
Christians at a later period, the name, IXOT2, being the pentagram 
of Christ. 
Case 99. Hair pins of ivory; busts of the same ; large bands of 
beads, and portions of architectural members in opaque glass or com¬ 
position ; bronze needles, &c., and a patera in porphyry. 
Case 100. Various specimens of ancient glass, oenochoae, and ala- 
bastra, or lecythi, of opaque substance and many colours; a small vessel 
with a remarkable iridiscence, found in the vicinity of Naples; frag¬ 
ments of rich cups of carnelian, onyx, &c., and a crystal vessel holding 
gold. 
Cases 101—103. Various figures of animals in bronze; among 
them are some bulls of fine w’ork, and a hare dedicated to the Apollo 
of Priene, by Hephaistion, found in the temple of the god at that place; 
head of a lion; ram and panther, from the soffits of Etruscan se¬ 
pulchres ; the lion’s head. Presented by T. C. Hall , Esq. 
Case 104. Styli for writing, the flat ends to erase or smooth the 
wax ; compasses, medical instruments, forceps, spoons. 
Case 105. Votive offerings; legs, arms, small chairs, &c. ; hinges ; 
stamps, which are conjectured to have been employed for pottery. 
Ca^e 106. Keys; plates ; various specimens of ancient inlaid and 
enamel work; some ancient plate, and chasings and castings of the 
middle ages. 
Cases 110—11*2. Various kinds of Etruscan and of Roman fibulae, 
some of a very late period ; ancient Roman finger rings. 
Above the Cases 7 to 26, are paintings in fac-simile of a tomb found 
at Vulci in 1832, representing games of leaping, running, horse and 
foot race, &c. 
Above Cases 38—58, accompanied by Etruscan inscriptions, are 
