A fine vase of Lumachella.

A passage is crossed to the

_5th Room._--

IN THE CENTRE:

1. Sacrifice of Mithras.

2. A stag of basalt.

3. A cow.

RIGHT WALL:

Sepulchral urn, with a curious relief representing children and cock-fighting.

_6th Room._--

An interesting collection of statues, from Cervetri (Caere), including those of Tiberius and Claudius; between them Agrippina, sixth wife of Claudius,--and others less certain.

BETWEEN THE WINDOWS:

Drusilla, sister of Claudius, and, on the wall, part of her epitaph.

_7th Room._--

RIGHT WALL:

Faun dancing,--found near Sta. Lucia in Selce.

FACING THE ENTRANCE:

_A grand statue of Sophocles_ (the gem of the collection), found at Terracina, 1838. Given by the Antonelli family.

"Sophocle, dans une pose aisee et fiere, un pied en avant, un bras enveloppe dans son manteau qu'il serre contre son corps, contemple avec une majestueuse serenite la nature humaine et la domine d'un regard sur et tranquille."--_Ampere, Hist. Rom._ iii. 573.

_8th Room._--

Statue of Neptune, from Porto--the legs and arms restored.

_9th Room._--

Architectural fragments from the Via Appia and Forum.

_10th Room._--

A series of interesting reliefs, found 1848, at the tomb of the Aterii at Centocellae, representing the preparations for the funeral solemnities of a great Roman lady.

ENTRANCE WALL:

The building of the sepulchre. A curious machine for raising heavy stones is introduced.

RIGHT WALL:

The body of the dead surrounded by burning torches, the mourners tearing their hair and beating their breasts.

WALL OF EGRESS:

Showing several Roman buildings which the funeral procession would pass,--among them the Coliseum and the Arch of Titus--inscribed, "Arcus in sacra via summa."

Signor Rosa has considered this last relief of great importance, as indicating by the different monuments the route which a well-ordered funeral procession ought to pursue.

A second passage is crossed to the

_11th Room._--

Containing several fine sarcophagi.

_12th Room._--

ENTRANCE WALL:

Sarcophagus, with the story of Orestes.

RIGHT WALL:

Sarcophagus decorated with Cupids bearing garlands, and supporting a head of Augustus.

WALL OF EGRESS:

Sarcophagus representing the destruction of the children of Niobe.

_13th Room._--

ENTRANCE WALL:

Statue of C. Laelius Saturninus.

IN THE CENTRE:

Sarcophagus of P. Caecilius Vallianus, representing a funeral banquet.

LEFT WALL:

Unfinished statue of a captive barbarian, with sculptor's marks remaining, to guide the workman's chisel.

_15th Room._--

This and the next room are devoted to objects recently found in the excavations at Ostia.