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solid urns, so often used by the Greeks as sepulchral monuments 
(276.) 
No 165. A Greek inscription from Athens, signifying that certain 
gifts, which are specified, had been consecrated to some goddess, pro¬ 
bably Venus, by a female who held the office of lighter of the lamps, 
and interpreter of dreams, in the temple of the goddess. The name of 
this female, which was no doubt inserted at the beginning of the in¬ 
scription, is now lost. (88.) 
No. 166. An agonistic inscription, in Greek, consisting of the 
names of those who had conquered in the foot-race of the stadium r 
and double stadium; in wrestling; in boxing; in the pancratium ; and 
pentathlon. (93.) 
No. 167. A fragment of a Greek inscription : it consists of twenty 
lines of very ancient characters, and seems to be a part of a treaty. 
(286.) 
No. 167*. A very ancient Greek inscription, known by the title of 
the “ Marmor Atheniense.” It relates to a survey of some temple at 
Athens, supposed to be the Ereehtheum. Brought to England by Dr. 
Chandler , and presented to the British Museum, in 1785, by the Di¬ 
lettanti Society. 
No. 168. A Greek inscription, imperfect, and very much defaced. 
It seems to be an inventory of valuable articles contained in some tem¬ 
ple. (277.) 
No, 169. A fleuron, from the temple of Ceres at Eleusis. (173.} 
No. 170. A capital of a pilaster. (174.) 
No. 171. A fragment of a very ancient Greek inscription from the 
Acropolis : it contains an account of certain expenses defrayed by those 
to whom the care of the public games w 7 as confided. The name of the 
Archon, under whom the stone was engraved, is effaced. (159.) 
No. 172. A fragment of a decree; the beginning is wanting, and 
what remains is much mutilated. At the conclusion of the decree it 
as ordained that the people of Hierapytna in Crete shall affix to it the 
public seal. (157.) 
No. 173. A Greek inscription written in two columns ; it contains 
a list of names arranged in the order of the tribes to which they respect¬ 
ively belonged. (92.) 
No. 174. A votive Greek inscription, dedicated by some sailors, as 
a mark of their gratitude, to the Apollo of Tarsus. (223.) 
No. 175. A sepulchral column, of large dimensions; it is inscribed 
with the name of Aristides, who was the son of Lysimachus, and a 
native of Histiaea. (305*.) 
No. 176. A fragment of a bas-relief, representing a figure standing 
upright in a dignified attitude; it is probably intended for Bacchus. 
(107.) 
No. 3 77. A piece of a frieze, or architectural ornament, from the 
tomb of Agamemnon at Mycenae. The sculpture is exceedingly 
ancient, and consists of two kinds of scroll-work, one of which repre¬ 
sents the curling of the waves, and the other a series of paterae, which 
are perfectly flat and plain. This stone is of a brilliant green colour. 
( 220 .) 
No. 177*. Bas-relief representing a bearded man, named Xanthip- 
