199 
No. 248. The head of a middle-aged man, with a 
conical bonnet; it appears to have had very little beard, 
and is most probably the head of a mariner. (116.) 
No. 249. A fragment of a head, crowned with vine 
leaves: it appears to have been executed at a declining 
period of the arts. (121.) 
No. 250. An unknown female head, the hair of 
which is confined within a close elegantly formed cap. 
The same style of head-dress is observable on some of 
the silver coins of Corinth. (114.) 
No. 251. The head of a laughing figure, executed 
in the early hard style of Greek sculpture. (115.) 
No. 252—255. Four pieces of the frieze from the 
temple of Erechtheus at Athens ; they are enriched 
with flowers and other ornaments, which are designed 
with the most perfect taste, and are chiseled with a de¬ 
gree of sharpness and precision truly admirable. (127— 
130.) 
No. 256. The base on which a statue has stood ; 
the feet, which still remain, are very wide apart, and 
shew that the figure must have been in powerful ac¬ 
tion ; they are presumed to be the feet of Minerva, 
from the west pediment of the Parthenon. See No. 
102 . ( 201 .) 
No. 257. An amphora. (171.) 
No. 258. The upper part of a sepulchral stele, hav¬ 
ing the inscription, as well as the arabesque ornament 
on the summit, perfect. The inscription is to the 
memory of Asclepiodorus the son of Thraso, and 
Epicydes the son of Asclepiodorus ; both the deceased 
were natives of Olynthus, a city in Macedonia. (169.) 
No. 259. The upper part of a sepulchral stele, in¬ 
scribed with the name of Euphrosynus. (155.) 
No. 260. A piece of Doric entablature, originally 
painted. (154.) 
No. 261. A Greek inscription, imperfect at the end, 
being a contract respecting the letting of some lands 
and salt pits by the people of Piraeus. Presented , in 
1785, by the Dilettanti Society. (289.) 
No. 262. 
ROOM XV. 
Antiqlities. 
