ROOM I.] GREEK AND ROMAN SCULPTURES. 101 
In the fifth compartment are— 
Bas-relief, from the front of the cover of a sarcophagus, representing 
six recumbent Amazons, with their weapons. Formerly in the collec¬ 
tion of Cardinal Passionei, at the Camaldoli, near Frascati. 
Small circular bas-relief cut out of a sarcophagus, representing the 
satyr Comus or Marsyas, playing on the double flute. 
Sarcophagus representing Cupids carrying off the armour of Mars ; 
on the shield is an inscription to Sallustius Jasius, the adopted child 
of Domitius, a steward of the imperial household, and his wife 
Sallustia. Found at Tusculum, and formerly in the collection of 
Cardinal Passionei, in the Hermitage at Camaldoli. 
Bust, formerly supposed to be that of Plautilla, but rather that of 
Otacilia Severa, the wife of the emperor Philip. From Rome. 
Bust of Domitia, wife of the emperor Domitian. Found in the 
Villa Casali, upon the Esquiline Hill, 1775. 
Bust of Olympia; dedicated to her memory by her freedman 
Epithymetus; from the character of the head dress this bust is pro¬ 
bably of the time of Trajan. From Edmund Burke’s collection. 
A bust of Julia Sabina, wife of the emperor Hadrian. 
Bust of Faustina the younger, w 7 ife of the emperor M. Aurelius. 
Presented by Peter Ducane, Esq. 
A bust of iElius Ceesar. Bequeathed by JR. P. Knight , Esq . 
A bust, of Augustus. Formerly in the collection of E. Burke, Esq. 
Bust of Tiberius. Formerly in the collection of E. Burke, Esq. 
Torso of a statue, apparently of .Mercury. 
Small circular altar, decorated with bulls’ heads and fillets, and 
inscribed with the names of Sosicles of Tlos, and his mother 
Agathemeris. Formerly in the collection of Col. Rooke, and pre¬ 
sented by A. E. Impey , Esq., 1825. 
Terminal bust of the orator iEschines, inscribed with his name. 
Found at Bitolia, in the ancient Pelagonia. Presented by Col. Leake. 
Colossal toe. 
Sepulchral tablet of Isias, daughter of Metrodorus, a native of 
Laodicsea; on it is a wreath which she had been voted by the peo¬ 
ple of that town, and a bas-relief representing Isias or Isis, standing 
by a tree, holding a sistrum and situlus. From Smyrna. Presented 
by Matthew Duane , Esq., and Thomas Tyrwhitt, Esq., 1772. 
Small altar or cippus of Roman w r ork, ornamented with Egyptian 
figures, representing a figure kneeling, holding a shrine with tvvo 
birds, the bull Apis, priests wdth torch and roll, and the Spring. 
Female head; the hair gathered up in a knot at the top of the 
bead. Found near Genzano, 1784. 
Mithraic group, representing a youth in Phrygian attire sacrificing 
a bull, surrounded by the scorpion, serpent, and dog; and tw ? o smaller 
figures in Phrygian attire, one with an inverted horn, the other hold¬ 
ing up the tail of the bull. Near the bulls’ hind feet are the remains 
of those of a raven; on it is a dedication to the solar god Mithras, 
by Alcimus, a farm servant of T. Cl. Livianus. 
Female head; the eyes have been inlaid, and the ears are bored for 
two earrings in another material. 
A glass case containing the following objects— 
