ELGIN SALOON. 
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No. 102. A fragment of the statue of Minerva, one of the prin¬ 
cipal figures in the west pediment, and of nearly the same proportions 
as the torso of Neptune, from the same pediment. (No. 103.) This 
fragment consists of a portion only of the chest of the goddess, which 
is covered, as usual, with the segis. The angles of the aegis appear to 
have been ornamented with bronze serpents, and the centre of it to 
have been studded with the head of Medusa, of the same metal; the 
holes in which these ornaments were fastened to the marble are plainly 
visible. The upper part of the head of this statue, the feet, and a por¬ 
tion of the Erichthonian serpent, are preserved in the collection. See 
Nos. 101, 256, and 104. (75.) 
No. 103. The upper part of the torso of Neptune, one of the princi¬ 
pal figures in the west pediment. (64.) 
No. 104. See No. 102. (271.) 
No. 104*. Cast of a head in the Bibliotheque Nationale at Paris, 
supposed to have belonged to one of the statues of this pediment, and 
presented by M. Charles Lenormant , 1846. 
No. 105. The torso of Nike Apteros, or Victory without wings, 
who was represented in this manner by the Athenians to intimate that 
they held their gifts in perpetuity, and that she could not desert them. 
This goddess was represented driving the car of Minerva, on the west 
pediment; the car approached Minerva, as if to receive her into it, after 
her successful contest with Neptune. (69.) 
No. 105*. Cast of the head of the Victory without wings in the 
car of Minerva, in the western pediment of the Parthenon. Presented 
by the Count de JLaborde, 1846. 
No. 106. A fragment of a group which originally consisted of La- 
tona with her two children, Apollo and Diana. This group was placed 
on the right side of the west pediment. All that remains in the fragment 
before us, is the lap of Latona, with a small portion of the figure of the 
infant Apollo. (73.) 
4. Miscellaneous objects, Statues, Inscriptions, &c. 
No. 106*. Cast of the head of a female in fine workmanship, found 
in excavating for a building in Mercury Street, Athens, between the 
temple of Theseus and the ancient gate of the Peloponnesus. 
No. 107. The celebrated Sigean inscription, first published by 
Chishull, in his “ Antiquitates Asiaticse,” and afterwards more cor¬ 
rectly by Chandler in his “ Inscriptiones Antiquse.” It is written in 
the most ancient Greek characters, and in the boustrophedon manner, 
that is to say, the lines follow each other in the same direction 
as the ox passes from one furrow to another in ploughing. The 
purport of the inscription is to record the presentation of three 
vessels, namely, a cup, a saucer or stand, and a strainer, for the use of 
the Prytaneum, or hall of justice, at Sigeum. The name of the donor 
was Phanodicus, the son of Hermocrates, and a native of Proeon- 
nesus. (199.) 
No. 108. A piece of the ceiling of the temple of Erechtheus at 
Athens. (299.) 
No. 109. The lower part of a female statue covered with drapery. 
(299*.) 
