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'which is distinguished by a number of epithets^, among 
which are two derived from the names of Hadrian and 
Antoninus. The Society appears to have been formed of 
musicians^ and the decree to have been passed in honour of 
Bacchus and the Emperor Antoninus Pius. A patera is 
represented on the upper part of this marble. (161.) 
No. 236. A sepulchral inscription^ in six elegiac 
verses, to a young man of the name of Plutarchus, who 
died in Ausonia, at a distance from his native country. 
(242.) 
No. 237. A Greek inscription, imperfect. (287-) 
No. 238. An amphora. (215.) 
No. 239. An unknown female head, the hair of which 
is concealed within a close head-dress. (122.) 
No, 240. Afragment of an unknown female head. (255.) 
No, 241. A fragment of a bas-relief, representing an 
unknown female head : from the style of the hair, which 
is curiously plaited, we may fix the sculpture to about the 
time of Antoninus Pius. (123.) 
No. 242. A head of the bearded Hercules. (120.) 
No. 243. A head of the bearded Hercules, similar to 
the last, but of larger dimensions, ( 117 *) 
No. 244. A large head. (266.) 
No. 245. A female torso, covered with drapery. (296.) 
No. 246. A large head. (263.) 
No. 247» An unknown bearded head, very much muti¬ 
lated : it is larger than life, and is crowned with a very 
thick cord-shaped diadem. (119.) 
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 unknowai 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 frie5:e from the 
temple of Erechtheus at Athens; they are enriched with 
