SALOON.] 
GREEK SCULPTURES. 
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No. 169. A fieuron, from the temple of Ceres at Eleusis. (173.). 
No. 170. A capital of a pilaster. (174.) 
i No. 171. ^ A fragment of a very ancient Greek inscription 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 ne 
Archon, under whom the stone was engraved, is effaced. (159.) 
No. 172. A fragment of a decree; the beginning is w^anting, and 
what remains is much mutilated. At the conclusion of the decree it 
is ordained that the people of Hieragytna in Crete shall affix to it the 
public seal. (157.) 
No. 173. A Greek inscription, written in two columns; it contains 
a list of names arranged in the order of the tribes to which they respec¬ 
tively 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 ot Aristides, who was the son of Lysimaclius, and a na¬ 
tive of Estioca. (305*.) 
N®' 17 ®- ^ 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 ornament, from the 
, tomb of Agamemnon at Mjcense. The sculpture is exceedingly an¬ 
cient, and consists 01 two kinds of scroll-work, one of which represents 
the curling of the waves, and the other a series of paterae, which are 
perfectly flat and plain. This stone is of a brilliant green colour. (220.) 
No. 178. A fragment of a colossal female statue, from one of the 
pediments of the Parthenon ; it has belonged to a sitting figure, of 
which the only remaining part is the left thigh, covered with draoery. 
(156.) " 
No. 179. A circular altar, from the island of Delos; it is orna¬ 
mented with the heads of bulls and festoons in very bold relief. (106.) 
No. 180. A piece of frieze, or architectural ornament, from the 
same place as No. 177. It consists of three rows of scroll-work, all 
of which are similar representations of the revolving of the waves. The- 
I colour of the stone is bright red. ( 221 .) 
Under No. 180 are— 
I Tw'o fragments from the pillars of the tomb of Agamemnon, at My- 
I cense. Presented in 1843, by the Institute of British Architects. 
No. 181. A sepulchral column with an inscription to the memory 
of Theodotus, who was the son of Diodorus, and a native of Antioch 
(225.) 
No. 182. A sepulchral solid urn, with a bas-relief representing 
three figures, one of which is seated. The inscription presents us with 
' the following names : Archagoras, Pythyllis, and Polystratus. (274.) 
No. 183. A sepulchral column inscribed with the name of Socrates, 
son of Socrates, and a native of xAncyra, a city of Galatia. (164.) 
^ No. 184. A sepulchral column of Menestratus, the son of Thora- 
cides, and a native of Corinth. (168.) 
No. 185. A Greek inscription, imperfect, containing an account 
of the treasures of some temple, probably those of the Parthenon. 
The characters w hich we see on this marble are of a much more modern 
form than in the inscription of the same kind. No. 379. (216.) 
