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GALLERY OF ANTIQUITIES [CENTRAL SALOON. 
No. 38. A monumental inscription to Dasumia Soteris. Published 
by Fabretti in his Inscriptions, p. 257. It was found in the Villa 
Pellucchi, near the Pincian Gate at Rome. ^ 
No. 39. A sepulchral vase, in alabaster. From the collection of 
Sir William Hamilton. 
No. 40. A sepulchral urn, with an inscription to Isochryses. For¬ 
merly in the Mattei collection. 
No. 41. An earthen olla, similar to those described at No. 6. 
The monumental inscription, placed in front of it, records the name of 
Apuleia Tychen. 
No. 42. A funeral inscription to Flavia Provincia. 
No. 43. A sepulchral urn, with an inscription to Pilia Philtata. 
From the collection of Sir William Hamilton. 
No. 44. A funeral inscription to Isidorus. Presented , in 1757, by 
Thomas Hollis , Esq. 
The objects in this recess as far as to this Number are figured, and 
more particularly described, in “ The Description of the Ancient 
Marbles in the British Museum.” Pt. 5. 
No. 45. A terracotta sarcophagus discovered in a tomb at Tus- 
cania, the front of which is decorated with two dolphins; on the cover 
is the recumbent figure of a young woman, with one leg bent under the 
other; her head, which is decorated with a wreath of flowers, rests upon 
her right arm. 
At the opposite end of this Room are four sarcophagi discovered in a 
tomb near the road leading from Tuscania to Tarquinia; the fronts are 
decorated with sculpture and inscriptions, and on the cover of each is a 
recumbent statue of the person whose remains were deposited within. 
Near them lies, for the present, a terracotta sarcophagus; the front is 
marked with two branches, probably of palm; and on the cover is the 
recumbent figure of a female with one leg bent under the other, as in 
that already described of the same material, and found near the same 
place. 
In this room are two sarcophagi; one, found at Tarquinia, is deco¬ 
rated on all sides with sculptures, representing, on three sides, the sacri¬ 
fice of human victims; on one end, a gladiatorial exhibition. Within 
this sarcophagus were found the bones of the deceased, with his shield, 
and other armour. The other sarcophagus was found at Polomarzo. 
The cover is in form of a roof, terminating at the cornice with tiles, 
masks, &c. Upon the ridge of the roof are, at each end, a sphinx, and 
in the middle two serpents. All the sides are decorated with sculp¬ 
tures, amongst which, on the front are two genii, on the back a genius 
and an armed warrior. 
In the centre of the Room stands a magnificent marble Tazza or 
vase of very large dimensions, the height being 4 feet 3j inches, and 
the diameter of the cup 3 feet 7 inches. It stands upon a single stem, 
and has handles very curiously formed of swans’ necks and heads grace¬ 
fully intertwined. It was brought to England in 1825. Presented by 
Lord Western , 1839. 
A pedestal on which, as appears from the inscription, was a statue of 
Peraia, daughter of Apollonius, son of Hermogenes, erected by her 
son Socrates. 
