104 GALLERY OF ANTIQUITIES. [ANTE-ROOM. 
letters on the upper part of this urn; on the cover is a recumbent 
female figure. From the collection of Sir William Hamilton. 
No. 35. A sarcophagus, on the front of which various figures of 
Cupid and Psyche are represented. It was brought from Rome many 
years ago by the then Duke of St. Alban’s. 
No. 36. A sepulchral urn, with an inscription to D. Albiccus Li- 
cinus. Purchased by Mr. Townley in 1786, at the sale of Sir Charles 
Frederick’s collection. 
No. 37. A sepulchral urn, with an inscription to Flavia Eunya. 
No. 37*. A sepulchral vase, in yellow alabaster. 
No. 38. A monumental inscription to Dasumia Soteris. Published 
by Fabretti in his Inscriptions, p. 257. It was found in the Villa 
Pellucchi, near the Pincian Gate at Rome. 
No. 39. A sepulchral vase, in alabaster. From the collection of 
Sir William Hamilton . 
No. 40. A sepulchral urn, with an inscription to Isochryses. For¬ 
merly in the Mattei collection. 
No. 41. An earthen olla, similar to those described at No. 6. 
The monumental inscription, placed in front of it, records the name of 
Apuleia Tychen. 
No. 42. A funeral inscription to Flavia Provincia, 
No. 43. A sepulchral urn, with an inscription to Pilia Philtata. 
From the collection of Sir William Hamilton. 
No. 44. A funeral inscription to Isidorus. Presented , in 1757, hy 
Thomas Hollis , Esq. 
The objects in this recess as far as to this Number are figured, and 
more particularly described, in “ The Description of the Ancient 
Marbles in the British Museum. ” Pt. 5. 
No. 45. A terracotta sarcophagus discovered in a tomb at Tus- 
cania, the front of which is decorated with two dolphins; on the cover 
is the recumbent figure of a young woman, with one leg bent under the 
other; her head, which is decorated with a wreath of flowers, rests upon 
her right arm. 
At the opposite end of this Room are four sarcophagi discovered in a 
tomb near the road leading from Tuscania to Tarquinia; the fronts are 
decorated with sculpture and inscriptions, and on the cover of each is a 
recumbent statue of the person whose remains were deposited within. 
Near them lies, for the present, a terracotta sarcophagus; the front is 
marked with two branches, probably of palm; and on the cover is the re¬ 
cumbent figure of a female w ith one leg bent under the other, as in that 
already described of the same material, and found near the same place. 
In the centre of the Room stands a magnificent marble Tazza or 
Yase of very large dimensions, the height being 4 feet 3J inches, and 
the diameter of the cup 3 feet 7 inches. It stands upon a single stem, 
and has handles very curiously formed of swans’ necks and heads grace¬ 
fully intertwined. It was brought to England in 1825. Presented hy 
Lord Western, 1839. 
A pedestal on which, as appears from the inscription, was a statue of 
Peraia, daughter of Apollonius, son of Hermogenes, erected by her 
son Socrates. 
On this pedestal is a statue in white marble representing the youth¬ 
ful Bacchus or a Faun, found at Antium. 
