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GREEK AND ROMAN SCULPTURES. 
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In the centre on a temporary framework are Greek marbles, re¬ 
moved from the ancient Xanthus, in Lycia. The upper bas-reliefs 
formed the frieze of a stele, and are supposed to refer to the history of 
Pandarus, and to the carrying away of his daughters by the Harpies. 
Round the lower part are arranged some bas-reliefs collected from 
various parts of the ancient city, and representing a procession of cha¬ 
riots, horses, &c., and lion, deer, fowl, &c.; at one side still lower is a 
fragment of two lions, supposed to have been placed on the top of one 
of the steles or pillar tombs; and at the other, a fragment of a Lycian 
inscription, and a bas-relief of a sphinx. 
At the east side of the room, on another temporary framework, is a 
narrow frieze from the same place, representing combats, persons bear¬ 
ing offerings, a bear and boar hunt, combat of persons on foot and 
others on horseback. 
Within this are parts of a column and fragments from Lycia; 
casts of two bas-reliefs from Rome; and, five casts of Seiinuntine 
marbles, presented by Samuel Any ell. Esq. 
Over the entrance, 
Plaster cast of the face of the Northern Colossus at the rock temple 
of Ibsamboul. 
Against the square columns on the west side are placed 
A statue of Venus preparing for the bath; of white marble. Pre¬ 
sented by His Majesty King William IV. 
A statue of the Emperor Hadrian, in a military dress; the breastplate 
is in high preservation, and richly ornamented. Purchased in 1821. 
Against a pilaster on the south side is a bust of Jupiter. Pre¬ 
sented by J. T. Barber Beaumont, Esq., 1886. 
Against the other, a head of a German prisoner. Presented by the 
Hon. Mrs. Darner. 
Against a pilaster on the east side, a mutilated draped statue of a 
youth. 
Against another, a mutilated statue of a draped female. 
In the first recess, 
A female statue without head and arms, found in the temple of The¬ 
mis at Rhamnus in Attica. Presented, in 1820, by John P. Gandy 
Peering, Esq. (307*.) 
Casts of sculptures and inscriptions from Persepolis, &c. Presented 
by the Rt. Hon. Mountstuart Elphinstone. 
Persepolitan sculptures and inscriptions; those numbered 48, 85, 86, 
87, 88, presented by the Rt. Hon. Sir Gore Ouseley; 89, 90, 91, 92, 
93, by the Earl of Aberdeen, in 1818. 
In the centre recess, 
Casts from Persepolitan sculptures. Presented by the Rt. Hon . 
Mountstuart Elphinstone. 
In the third recess, 
Casts of Persepolitan sculptures. Presented by the Right Hon. 
Mountstuart Elphinstone. 
Arabic inscriptions. The three marked F presented by Col. Frank¬ 
lin. Of these, the small one was placed over the door of Firus Shah’s 
Minaret at Gour; the large one upon the same shelf was in front of 
the Golden Mosque at Purrooah; and the one upon the ground was 
upon the mosque of Mohajen Tola, at Gour. 
F 
