SALOON.] GREEK AND ROMAN SCULPTURES. 91 
In the centre on a temporary framework are Greek marbles, re¬ 
moved from the ancient Xanthus, in Lycia. The upper bas-reliefs 
formed the frieze of a stele, and are supposed to refer to the history of 
Pandarus, and to the carrying away of his daughters by the Harpies. 
Round the lower part are arranged some bas-reliefs collected from 
various parts of the ancient city, and representing a procession of cha¬ 
riots, horses, &c., and lion, deer, fowl, &c.; at one side still lower is a 
fragment of two lions, supposed to have been placed on the top of one 
of the steles or pillar tombs; and at the other, a fragment of a Lycian 
inscription, and a bas-relief of a sphinx. 
At the east side of the room, on another temporary framework, is a 
narrow frieze from the same place, representing combats, persons bear¬ 
ing offerings, a bear and boar hunt, combat of persons on foot and 
others on horseback. 
Within this are parts of a column and fragments from Lycia; 
casts of two bas-reliefs from Rome; and, five casts of Selinuntine 
marbles, presented by Samuel Angell , Esq. 
Over the entrance, 
Plaster cast of the face of the Northern Colossus at the rock temple 
of Ibsamboul. 
Against the square columns on the west side are placed 
A statue of Venus preparing for the bath; of white marble. Pre¬ 
sented by His Majesty King William IV. 
A statue of the Emperor Hadrian, in a military dress; the breastplate 
is in high preservation, and richly ornamented. Purchased in 182L 
Against a pilaster on the south side is a bust of Jupiter. Pre¬ 
sented by J. T. Barber Beaumont, Esq., 1836. 
Against the other, a head of a German prisoner. Presented by the 
Hon. Mrs. Darner. 
Against a pilaster on the east side, a mutilated draped statue of a 
youth. 
Against another, a mutilated statue of a draped female. 
In the first recess, 
A female statue without head and arms, found in the temple of The¬ 
mis at Rhamnus in Attica. Presented, in 1820, by John P. Gandy 
Deering, Esq. (307*.) 
Casts of sculptures and inscriptions from Persepolis, &c. Presented 
by the Hi. Hon. Mountstuart Elphinstone. 
Persepolitan sculptures and inscriptions; those numbered 48, 85, 86, 
87, 88, presented by the Rt. Hon. Sir Gore Ouseley ; 89, 90, 91, 92, 
93, by the Earl of Aberdeen, in 1818. 
In the centre recess, 
Casts from Persepolitan sculptures. Presented by the Rt. Hon . 
Mountstuart Elphinstone. 
In the third recess, 
Casts of Persepolitan sculptures. Presented by the Right Hon. 
Mountstuart Elphinstone. 
Arabic inscriptions. The three marked F presented by Col. Frank¬ 
lin. Of these, the small one was placed over the door of Firus Shah’s 
Minaret at Gour; the large one upon the same shelf was in front of 
the Golden Mosque at Purrooah; and the one upon the ground was 
upon the mosque of Mohajen Tola, at Gour. 
F 
