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ROOM XV. 
Antiquities. 
numbers with which they were marked in their former 
situation, those numbers have been retained: but to 
facilitate a reference from the Synopsis to the marbles,, 
a fresh set of numbers, adapted to their present dispo¬ 
sition, has been added, which will easily be distinguished 
from the former by being painted in red. The general 
order observed in affixing these numbers to the several 
objects is as follows :— 
1. The metopes of the Parthenon. 
2. The frieze of the Parthenon, commencing on 
the left hand of the visitor as he enters the; 
room. 
3. Such of the sculptures placed along the middle 
of the room, as belonged to the eastern and 
western pediments of the Parthenon. 
4. The remaining articles placed along the middle 
of the room. 
5.. The casts and bas-reliefs above the frieze on 
the eastern side of the room, (those nearest 
the entrance being taken last in order.) 
G. All the objects below the frieze, taken in their, 
order of position, and commencing, as before, 
on the left of the entrance. 
The original numbers are subjoined to the descrip¬ 
tions. Those which have the letter A prefixed refer 
to such articles as were originally placed in the room 
then denominated the fourteenth. 
No. 1—16. Sixteen.of the metopes belonging to the 
Parthenon, (of which No. 9 is a cast in plaster, from the 
original in the Royal Museum at Paris,) which, alter¬ 
nately with the triglyphs, ornamented the frieze of the 
entablature surmounting the colonnade: they represent 
the battle between the Centaurs and Lapithse, or rather 
between the Centaurs and Athenians, who under The¬ 
seus joined the Lapithae (a people of Thessaly) in this 
contest. In some of these sculptures the Centaurs are 
victorious, in others the Athenians have the advantage, 
while in others, again, the victory seems doubtful with 
respect to either of the combatants. These magnificent 
specimens. 
