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ROOM XV. 
Antiquities. 
sists of twenty lines of very ancient characters, and 
seems to be a part of a treaty. (286.) 
No. 168. A Greek inscription, imperfect, and very 
much defaced. It seems to be an inventory of valuable 
articles contained in some temple. (277.) 
No. 169. A fleuron, from the temple of Ceres at 
Eleusis. (173.) 
No. 170. A capital of a pilaster. (174.) 
No. 171. A fragment of a very ancient Greek in¬ 
scription from the Acropolis : it contains an account of 
certain expenses defrayed by those to whom the care 
of the public games was confided. The name of 
the Archon, under whom the stone was engraved, is 
effaced. (159.) 
No. 172. A fragment of a decree; the beginning is 
wanting, and what remains is much mutilated. At 
the conclusion of the decree it is ordained that the 
people of Hierapytna in Crete shall affix to it the 
public seal. (157.) 
No. 173. A Greek inscription, written in two co¬ 
lumns ; it contains a list of names arranged in the order 
of the tribes to which they respectively belonged. (92.) 
No. 174. A votive Greek inscription, dedicated by 
some sailors, as a mark of their gratitude to Apollo of 
Tarsus. (223.) 
No. 175. A sepulchral column, of large dimensions; 
it is inscribed with the name of Aristides, who was the 
son of Lysimachus, and a native of Estiaea. (305*.) . 
No. 176. A fragment of a bas-relief, representing 
a figure standing upright in a dignified attitude ; it is 
probably intended for Bacchus. (107.) 
No. 177. A piece of a frieze, or architectural orna¬ 
ment from the tomb of Agamemnon at Mycenae. The 
sculpture is exceedingly ancient, and consists of two 
kinds of scroll-work, one of which represents the curl¬ 
ing of the waves, and the other a series of paterae which 
are perfectly flat and plain. The stone is of a brilliant 
green colour. (220.) 
No. 178. A fragment of a colossal female statue, 
from 
