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 aisée et fière, un pied en avant, un bras enveloppé dans son manteau qu'il serre contre son corps, contemple avec une majestueuse sérénité la nature humaine et la domine d'un regard sûr et tranquille."—Ampère, 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 Centocellæ, 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.