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GALLERY OF ANTIQUITIES. 
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Sepulchral monument of a girl named Abeita, deceased at the age 
of ten years and two months, seated on a chair unrolling a volume; 
before her is a column with another volume. 
Marsyas tied up to a tree ready to be flayed. Presented by Mr. 
J. Dodd. 
Side from a sarcophagus; on it are five of the labours of Hercules : 
viz. Hercules and the Maenalian stag; Hercules killing Diomed, and the 
horses fed with human flesh; Hercules and Antiope; killing Geryon 
and taking his oxen ; Hercules leading Cerberus from Hell. The 
groups on this sarcophagus are represented as statues on pedestals, in a 
fafade of Corinthian columns with twisted shafts; of the decadence of 
the Roman empire ; from Athens. Presented by the Executors of O. 
S. Brereton , Esq. 
Bas-relief, representing the lectisternium of Aesculapius, who re¬ 
clines on a corner holding a patera; the left hand of Hygeia or Salus, 
who was seated at the foot of the couch, still remains; and a serpent 
rises and eats at the table. 
Part of a votive tablet in bas-relief; on it is Hercules standing with 
a club, and the remains of the w r ord e^ay, or vow, in the Doric dialect* 
Greek funeral tablet; on it a seated female. From the collection of 
the Earl of Belmore. 
Front of a sarcophagus with an inscription; in the centre is a metrical 
inscription to M. Sempronius Neicocrates, recording that he was 
poet, lyrist, and dealer in female slaves; his portrait, two poets and 
Muses, and a tragic mask, are represented on the sarcophagus. 
Claw; on a pedestal. From the collection of the Earl of Belmore. 
Bust of Minerva, probably from a statue, the eyes of which were 
originally inlaid. The helmet and segis, which are of bronze, are mo¬ 
dern. Found in 1784, in the Villa Casali, in the supposed baths of 
Olympiodorus. 
Sepulchral monument of Exacestes, son of Androbulus, mother of 
Hermippus, and Metreis his wife, who is represented bidding adieu to 
her husband; each have a child, or slave, at their side; in the area a 
double cornucopiae on a stele, and a thymiaterion above, two crowns, 
which have been voted by the state. 
Bas-relief, representing two men filling a wine-vessel, and two 
others attending a caldron on a fire. 
Monument, two aged figures on a couch, a boy bringing wine, and a 
man with a horse; from Tarentum. Presented by W. R. HamUton 9 
Esq. 
Small tablet, on which are the words Melanthius Zopyrion; from 
Laconia. From Mr. Inwood's collection. 
Part of a tablet, with portion of a male, female figure, and attendant 
boy. From Mr. Inwood's collection. 
Part of a frieze from a temple at Paleokastro, ten miles S. of 
Joannina in Epirus, supposed by some to have been the temple of 
Jupiter at Dodona. Presented by Col. Leake , 1839. 
Sepulchral tablet; seated and standing female and child, all under 
an arch, traces of red colour. Earl of Belmore's collection. 
Bas-relief, Artemis, or Hecate, with a torch, accompanied bv a dog, 
and making the lustration of a horse; from Crannon in Thessaly. 
Presented by Col. Leake , 1839. 
