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mentum. Found in that part of the Palatine Hill now occupied by 
the Villa Magnani. 
Bust of a man, whose features resemble those of /Elius Caesar; 
on the base is an inscription; dedication by L. iEmilius to his friend. 
Bust of the emperor Nero. From Athens. 
Terminal statue of an Hermaphrodite, holding in one hand a bird, 
and in the other a bunch of grapes, at which it is pecking. Found in a 
marsh near the Lake Nemi, 1774. 
Cippus, dedicated to Fortune, for the safe return of the Emperor 
L. Septimius Severus, his wife Julia Domna, and his sons Caracalla 
and Geta, whose name has been anciently erased, by Antonius, a freed- 
man. 
Group of two dogs. Found on the Monte Cagnuolo, 1774. 
Bust of Serapis; on the modius on the head of the god is a laurel 
branch ; the face has been coloured red. 
An Egyptian or Nubian tumbler practising his art upon a tame 
crocodile. From Rome. 
Bas-relief, representing a bacchante, holding a knife in her right 
hand, and in her left, half a kid, supposed to be a copy of the 
chimserophonos, or goat-slaying bacchante, the work of Scopas, who 
flourished about b.c. 360. 
Bas-relief from a sarcophagus, representing Priam supplicating 
Achilles to deliver to him the corpse of Hector. 
Small statue of Diana, or the threefold Hecate, standing and hold¬ 
ing in her hands a key, snake, sword, and other emblems, dedicated 
by JElius Barbarus, an imperial freedman and bailiff. Formerly in 
the Giustiniani Palace, at Rome. 
Bust of Jupiter, which has been supposed to be a fragment or 
copy of that of the elder Polycletus, who flourished about the 100th 
Olympiad. 
Sphinx, which anciently formed part of the base of a candelabrum. 
Two tiles of terracotta, decorated with antefixal ornaments and 
mseanders. From Athens. 
Front from the lid of the sarcophagus of the bas-reliefs in com¬ 
partment 2—1 ; it represents herdsmen and cattle/ 
Cippus or sepulchral urn of a Greek female named Phsenariste, 
daughter of Philophonus. 
Votive foot, entwined with a serpent; probably sacred to Serapis. 
Cippus of Vipsania Musa, daughter of M. Vipsanius and L. 
Thalassa, and also intended for the ashes of T. Cl. Epictetus, an 
imperial freedman ; ornamented wdth festoons, butterflies, and birds, i 
and an eagle. 
Foot from a Statue. 
Small fountain, ornamented with bas-reliefs of Satyrs and Pans. 
Terminal statue of the youthful Mercury, having at his side a 
caduceus, and the bird sacred to him. Found at Frascati, 1770. 
Cippus; on it in bas-relief birds drinking. 
Cupid bending his bow ; one of the copies of the celebrated statues 0 
of Praxiteles. 
Cippus dedicated to Agria Agatha, by P. Ostiensis Thallus, and i 
Agria Thryphosa, her heirs; on it Galatsea, Triton, and Cupid; the 
gryphon of Apollo ; animals and columns. 
