102 GALLERY OF ANTIQUITIES. [ROOM I. 
Small terminal head of the bearded Bacchus, in yellow marble. 
From the collection of Sir Hans Sloane. 
Small terminal heads of Bacchus and Libera, joined back to back. 
A small terminal head of Libera. From the collection of Sir W * 
Hamilton. 
A small mask of Silenus. From the collection of Sir IV. Hamilton, 
Three small terminal heads of Libera, in red and yellow marble. 
From the collection of Sir W. Hamilton. 
A votive marble horn. 
A small terminal head of Libera, with a wreath of ivy leaves; 
reddish yellow marble. From the collection of Sir W. Hamilton. 
Head of Antinous, in bas-relief. 
A female head, the hair of which is formed of a distinct piece of 
marble, and is fitted to the head in the manner of a wig. 
A small head of a young man, covered with a helmet, which is 
ornamented with the horns of a ram. From the collection of Sir TF. 
Hamilton. 
Stem of a candelabrum, ornamented with four gryphons and two 
candelabra. 
Head of a female child, the hair gathered up at the back of the 
head, in the style prevalent about the time of Severus; hair has been 
coloured red. Brought from Rome, 1785. 
Bust of a youth, with the hair curled in the form of a single lock, 
at one side of the head. 
Head of L. Yerus ; from a bas-relief. 
Mould for a weight; on which is a bead of Fortune, and cornu- 
copise, and the word kerdos— “gain.” 
Sepulchral stele or tablet, erected in honour of Democles, son of 
Hemocles, and grandson of Amphilochus. He stands, and is bidding 
adieu to his father, who is seated : at the sides, of smaller propor¬ 
tions, two children, or slaves. Below are six lines of elegiac verse. 
Presented by T. Tyrwhitt and M. Duane , Esqs. 
Altar decorated with sculpture in the Egyptian style, probably 
about the time of Hadrian, with a female bearing a tablet, the bull 
Apis, Harpocrates in a car drawn by hippopotami amidst the reeds of 
the Nile. 
Terminal bust, supposed to be that of Homer, rather that of Moschion. 
Found at Bitolia, in the ancient Pelagonia. Presented by Col. Leake, 
The youthful Bacchus, standing, clad in a panther skin. Found in 
the Villa of Antoninus Pius, near the ancient Lanuvium. 
Altar of square form, ornamented with sphinxes at the upper and 
lower corners; and with bas-relieis representing Apollo holding a 
lyre at a table, on which are a raven, tripod, and three rolls of manu¬ 
scripts ; on the other side is a sacrifice of a ram, and a female holding 
a torch and feeding a deer. Presented by Sir W. Hamilton , 1775. 
Along the south wall of this room are temporarily deposited a series 
of sculptured slabs found by Mr. Layard in an excavation made by him 
in the mound at Nimroud, the supposed site of the ancient Nineveh, 
near the Tigris. These slabs lined the interior of a chamber, or sub¬ 
structure, sunk into a mound at the locality; the height of the whole 
range of slabs was that of the slabs of the tall figures, or about ten 
