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No. 39. A small tile, which was used for the pur¬ 
pose of covering the joints of the greater tiles; the 
ornament in front surmounted the cornice. From the 
same temple. 
No. 40. Another tile used for the same purpose, but 
on the point of the ridge. From the same temple. 
No. 41. An Egyptian scarabaeus, or beetle, brought 
from Constantinople: it forms a part of the Elgin col¬ 
lection. 
No. 42. A cast in plaster, from one of the ends of 
the celebrated sarcophagus in the cathedral church at 
Agrigentum, which represents the story of Phaedra and 
Hippolytus. Phaedra is here represented surrounded 
by her female domestics, and plunged into grief at the 
refusal of Hippolytus, which has just been communi¬ 
cated to her. The attendants are endeavouring, in 
various ways, to console their mistress, and some of 
them attempt to alleviate her distress by the sounds of 
th eir instruments. 
The large fragment of a bas-relief, numbered 16G, 
belongs to the Elgin collection : it represents Hercules 
preparing to strike Diomed, king of Thrace, whom he 
has already knocked down, and is holding by the hair 
of h is head. 
The Egyptian paintings, contained in ten glazed 
cases, and deposited for the present in this room, were 
taken from the wall of a tomb under ground, in the year 
1820, and sent to England by the late H. Salt, Esq. 
A torso of Venus, of very fine sculpture, purchased 
in 1821, and an imperfect statue of Hymen, purchased 
in 1831, with a few more articles, are not yet numbered, 
the arrangements of the room not being completed. 
FIFTEENTH ROOM. 
ALL THE ARTICLES IN THIS ROOM, EXCEPT A FEW WHICH 
ARE PARTICULARLY SPECIFIED, BELONGED TO THE EARL 
OF ELGIN. 
Many of the Sculptures in this room having been 
described by various authors, and referred to by the 
numbers 
ROOM XV. 
Antiquities. 
ROOM XV. 
Antiquities. 
