102 GALLERY OF ANTIQUITIES. [ANTE-ROOM. 
the middle, a Triton, in attendance on Venus, is seizing a marine bull 
by the horns ; and in the lower division is a company of hunters return¬ 
ing home with their spoil. It belonged to Pope Sixtus V., and was 
formerly in the Villa Montalto. Pt. 2. PI. ix. 
No. 10. Ditto, representing a festoon of vine branches suspended 
from the skulls of bulls. In the centre, above the festoon, is a mask of 
a Faun. It has served as a decoration in the inside of a circular build¬ 
ing, probably dedicated to Bacchus. Pt. 2. PL x. 
No. 11. Ditto, representing the Dioscuri on horseback. From the 
collection of Sir William Hamilton. Pt. 2. PL xi. 
No. 12. Ditto, representing a Bacchanalian group, consisting of 
three figures ; the first a Bacchante playing on the tambourin ; the se¬ 
cond, a Faun playing on the double pipe ; and the third, an intoxicated 
Faun holding a thyrsus. It was found by Mr. Gavin Hamilton, in 
1776, at Civita Vecchia, about five miles from Rome. Pt. 2. PI. m 
No. 13. A bas-relief, representing Victory offering a libation to 
Apollo Musagetes. From the collection of Sir William Hamilton . 
Pt. 2. Pl. xiii. 
No. 14. Ditto, which has served as an ornament on the outside of 
a circular building. It consists of a couple of branches issuing from one 
stem, and curling in opposite directions. Pt. 2. Pl. xiv. 
No. 15. Ditto, representing the Centaur Nessus carrying Deianira 
in his arms. It was formerly in the Verospi Palace at Rome. Pt. 2. 
Pl. xv. 
No. 16. Ditto, representing a cow suckling her calf, and drinking 
out of a circular vessel. Pt. 2. Pl. xvi. 
ANTE-ROOM. 
ROMAN SEPULCHRAL ANTIQUITIES, IN THE SOUTH RECESS OF THIS 
ROOM. 
No. 1. A sepulchral urn, with a bas-relief in front; it appears never 
to have been used, as it is solid, and without any inscription. Pre¬ 
sented in 1817, by W. A. Mackinnon , Esq. 
No. 2. A sepulchral urn, with an inscription to Atimetus. Pre¬ 
sented^ in 1817, by W. A. Mackinnon, Esq. 
No. 3. A funeral inscription to M. Nsevius Proculus. Presented , 
in 1757, by Thomas Hollis, Esq. 
No. 4. A sepulchral urn, with an inscription to Vemasia Cyclas. 
No. 5. Ditto, with an inscription to L. Lepidius Epaphras. Pre¬ 
sented, in 1817, by W. A. Mackinnon, Esq. 
No. 6. Two earthen ollse, such as contained the ashes of the slaves 
and inferior order of the Roman people. The monumental inscription, 
in front of them, records the names of Anniolena Maxima and Servilia 
Irene. 
No. 7. A circular sepulchral urn, with an inscription to Pompeius 
Justinianus. 
No. 8. Ditto, with an inscription to T. Titulenus Isauricus. It 
was formerly in the Mattei Collection. • 
No. 9. BJank. 
No. 10. A sepulchral urn, with an inscription to FI. jEMus Victor. 
It was brought from Rome about 1780 by the then Duke of St. 
Alban’s. 
