room i.] 
GREEK AND ROMAN SCULPTURES. 
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GREEK AND ROMAN SCULPTURES. * 
COMPARTMENT VI. 
On the wall: portion of a tesselated pavement, representing the 
head of Neptune. From Carthage. Presented by Hudson Gurney , 
Esq. 
Underneath : a cistern of green basalt, originally used as a bath; on 
the sides are carved two rings in imitation of handles. 
In the recesses on either side of the door are placed some Greek 
sepulchral tablets, which will shortly be removed. 
COMPARTMENT VII. 
On the Upper Shelf. —Two lions’ heads. Six busts, and two bas- 
reliefs. 
Lower Shelf. 
Female head, found near Genzano in 1784. Pt. 10. PI. xvn. 
Bust of an unknown Roman personage. 
Bust of Adonis. 
Head, supposed to be that of Decebalus, found in the Forum of 
Trajan. 
Head of a Roman lady. 
Underneath. 
No. 2. A funeral urn, ornamented with equestrian and pedestrian 
combatants: formerly in the collection of Victor Amadei, at Rome ; 
whence it was purchased in 1768. Pt. 1. PL n. 
No. 12. Bas-relief representing a bacchante and two satyrs. Dis¬ 
covered at Civita Vecchia, in 1776. 
In the pedestal to this bas-relief are inserted masks. 
In front is a small fountain, ornamented with bas-reliefs of Satyrs 
and Pans. 
A funeral urn, with a snake on the rim. 
Inserted in a pedestal is an inscription, in verse, to a dog named 
Margarita. Sloane Collection. 
COMPARTMENT VIII. 
Upper Shelf —Bas-relief, from the front of the cover of a sarcopha¬ 
gus, representing six recumbent Amazons, with their weapons. For¬ 
merly in the collection of Cardinal Passionei at the Camaldoli , near 
Frascati. Pt. 10. PI. xlv. 
Small circular bas-relief, representing a satyr playing on the double 
flute. 
Sarcophagus representing Cupids carrying off the armour of Mars ; 
* Many of these sculptures are now being removed to a new gallery, and others 
being transposed in arrangement, so that the present description cannot be made 
exactly to correspond with the order in which they are placed. 
