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GREEK GALLERIES. 
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 was 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 
is 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 Histisea. (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. 177. Apiece 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 paterse, 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- 
pus, seated on a chair, and holding in his right hand a votive foot, his left 
hand presses to him a child, whose looks are directed towards the foot; 
another girl looks towards him. Brought from Athens, by Dr. Antony 
Askew, a.d. 1775, and purchased by Mr. Townley. 
No. 178. A fragment of a colossal female statue, from one of the 
pediments of the Parthenon; it has belonged to a sitting figure, of 
which the only remaining part is the left thigh, covered with drapery. 
(156.) 
No. 179. A circular altar, from the island of Delos; it is orna¬ 
mented with the heads of bulls and festoons in very bold relief. 
(106.) 
No. 180. A piece of frieze, or architectural ornament, from the 
same place as No. 177. It consists of three rows of scroll-work, all 
of which are similar representations of the revolving of the waves. The 
colour of the stone is bright red. (221.) 
Under No. 180 are— 
Two fragments from the pillars of the tomb of Agamemnon, at My¬ 
cenae. Presented in 1843, by the Institute of British Architects. 
