GRAECO-ROMAN EASEMENT ROOM. 
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XII. Altars. 
On the North side of the Room: Altar sacred to Bacchus; in front, 
a bas-relief of Silenus riding on a panther, and holding a thyrsus; 
above, a pair of cymbals suspended; on one side of the altar, a prce- 
fericulum , or ewer; on the other a patera , both emblems of the liba¬ 
tions offered upon it. Purchased at Rome from Piranesi, 1771. Pt. 
10. PI. lv. fig. 1. 
Altar, profusely decorated on the front and sides with masks, fes¬ 
toons of fruit and flowers, and birds; at the back are ears of corn: 
probably dedicated to Ceres. 
Altar, having in front two birds drinking from a vase, under a fes¬ 
toon suspended from bucrania, and at the sides the prcefericulum and 
patera. Pt. 10. PI. liv. fig. 2. 
Altar, of which the angles are decorated with sphinxes, both at the 
top and bottom; in front, a bas-relief of Apollo holding a lyre at a 
table, on which are a raven, a tripod, and three rolls of manuscripts; 
on one side is a preparation for sacrifice; on the opposite side the upper 
part of the original bas-relief has been replaced by an unfinished 
block; at the back is Diana Lucifera feeding a deer. Presented by 
Sir W. Hamilton , 1775. 
Small altar sacred to Apollo; in front, a raven standing upon a 
laurel wreath; at the sides, laurel trees. Pt. 10. Pi. liii. fig. 2. 
Altar, adorned at the front angles with heads of Jupiter Ammon, at 
the back, with those of rams; on the principal face is an ibis contend¬ 
ing with a serpent; above this, and at the sides of the altar, festoons, 
birds, and instruments of libation. Formerly in the Villa JBurioni , at 
Rome. 
Between the fourth and fifth windows: Altar, of Romano-Egyptian 
design ; in front, a priest kneeling, with a shrine and various emblems; 
on one side, Harpocrates, in a car drawn by two hippopotami, amidst 
the reeds of the Nile; on the other, the bull Apis; at the back, a per¬ 
sonification of Autumn. Formerly in the Odescalchi collection. Pt. 
10. Pi. LII. 
Small altar, inscribed in front with a dedication to Diana from Au¬ 
relius Timotheus; the sides have rude allegorical bas-reliefs. 
Altar resembling the companion altar, but having on the right side 
tw r o priests, with a roll and a torch, and at the back, a figure of Spring; 
partly sculptured in cavo-relievo , in imitation of the Egyptian style. 
Formerly in the Odescalchi collection. Pt. 10. PI. Li. 
Between the fifth and sixth windoivs: Altar sacred to Silvanus : in 
front, a bas-relief of the god, wdth various attributes,' and a dedicatory 
inscription from Callistus, farm-servant of Caius Cselius Heliodorus(?); 
on one side, a boar and a patera; on the other, a ram and a prceferi¬ 
culum ;—all symbols of sacrifice. Formerly in the Villa Burioni, at 
Rome. 
Small altar, dedicated by C. Tullius Hesper and Tullia Restituta 
to the Bona Dea Annianensis, or guardian goddess worshipped near 
the river Anio : the sides decorated with the prcefericulum and patera. 
Found on the banks of the Anio , near Tivoli. Pt. 10. PI. liii. 
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Front face of an altar, inserted in a modern frame, with a dedicatory 
inscription to Fortuna Redux from Antonius, a freedman, for the sate 
