88 GALLERY OF ANTIQUITIES. [ROOM I. 
Votive foot, entwined with a serpent; probably sacred to Serapis. 
Pt. 10. PI. xl. fig. 5. 
Altar-formed urn of Vipsania Musa, daughter of M. Vipsanius and 
L. Thalassa, and also intended for the ashes of T. Cl. Epictetus, an 
imperial freedman; ornamented with festoons, butterflies,, an eagle, 
and other birds. 
Votive foot entwined with a serpent. Pt. 10. PI. XL. fig. 6. 
Behind, sepulchral Roman inscription. 
Small fountain, ornamented with bas-reliefs of Satyrs and Pans. 
Behind, five figures in alto-rilievo, standing in front. 
Terminal statue of the youthful Mercury, having at his side a 
caduceus, and the bird sacred to him. Found at Frascati , 177Q. Pt. 
10. PI. liy. fig. 2. 
Cippus; on it in bas-relief birds drinking. Pt. 10. PL xlii. 
Lower Shelf. —Unknown bust. 
Unknown bust of a military personage. 
Bust of Caracalla, in the paludamentum and armour. Found in the 
gardens of the nuns at the Quatro Fontane on the Fsquiline Hill , at 
Rome. Pt. 10. PI. xn. 
A bust of Gordian the elder, draped in a toga with a peculiar fold 
supposed to have been called the lorum. Pt. 10. PI. xm. 
Bust of a young man of the time of the Antonines, draped in the 
toga; inscribed with a dedication by the decemviri stlitibus judicandis . 
Found at Rome , 1776. Pt. 10. PI. xvi. 
Bust of the Emperor Hadrian, draped in the paludamentum and 
armour. Found on the site of Hadrian's Villa , at Tivoli. Pt. 10. 
PI. VIII. 
Bust of the Emperor Septimius Severus, draped in the paluda¬ 
mentum. Found in that part of the Palatine Hill now occupied by 
the Villa Magnani. Pt. 10. PI. xi. 
Bust of a man, with features resembling those of iElius Verus; 
on the base is a dedication inscribed by L. iEmilius to his friend. 
Pt. 10. PI. xv. 
Bust of the Emperor Nero. From Athens . Pt. 10. PL vi. 
Upper Shelf —Bas-relief of a man rather bald, bending down. 
Pt. 10. Pl. Lvii. fig. 1. 
Front of a sarcophagus, representing the nine muses in the following 
order: Clio, the muse of history, with a style and tablet; Calliope, the 
muse of epic poetry; Erato, the muse of amatory poetry; Melpomene, 
with the mask and club of tragedy; Euterpe, holding the double pipes; 
Thalia, with the pedum and mask of comedy; Terpsichore, with the 
lyre of dancing; Urania, with the celestial globe; Polyhymnia, the 
muse of myths, leaning on her column. Its workmanship is as late as 
the end of the 2nd century, a.d. It was obtained by Mr. Townley 
from the Villa Montalto. Pt. 10. PL xliv. 
Bust in relief, similar to the first on the shelf. Pt. 10. PL lvii. fig. 2. 
Front of Fourth Pilaster _The youthful Bacchus, standing, clad in 
a panther skin. Found in the Villa of Antoninus Pius, near the ancient 
Lanuvium. 
Altar of square form, ornamented with sphinxes at the upper and 
lower corners, and with bas-reliefs; in front, Apollo holding a lyre at 
a table, on which are a raven, tripod, and three rolls of manuscripts; 
