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74 Section 3. BERLIN. Old Museum:
VI. Roman Room. Beginning at the farther end: 354. Seated
statue of an emperor with head of Trajan; 343. Statue of Augustus,
freely restored; 332, 335, 336. Portrait busts of the Republican
period; 391. Double bust of Socrates and Seneca; 399b. Bust of a
boy, of the early Imperial period; 344 (between the windows),
Head of Augustus; 157 (by the back-wall), Genius of an emperor of
the Julian family. — 843a. Sarcophagus of the time of Augustus;
*1467. Bust of a noble Roman boy of the early Imperial period;
348. Head of Vespasian; *342. Bust of Caesar, in basalt; 840.
Tombstone of a Roman married couple, of the Republican period.
— 960. Head of a warrior, from a relief of the time of the Antonines;
345. Head of Tiberius; 921. Archaistic votive-relief for a poetical
victory; 1527. Head of Jupiter. — 922. Top of a large circular tomb
from Falerii (1st cent. B.C.); 462, 463 (by the foremost columns),
Heads of barbarians (Germans?). — 363. Head of Antinous; 358.
Head of Hadrian (basalt); 843b. Sarcophagus with scenes from the
legend of Medea; 955. Fragment of a large relief from the Esquiline,
of the Antonine period. — 494. Girl playing with astragali; *1503.
Head of a negro; *384. Head of Caracalla; 958. Relief with weapons
of Trajan's time; 903. Relief of Cupid from the Forum of Trajan;
902. Frieze (Cnpids with garlands). — 447. Characteristic head of
an aged woman; 385. Bust of Gordian III.; 461. Head of a
barbarian.
Upper Floor.
The double staircase in the North Room ascends to the passage
connecting the Old and New Museums (p. 78) and farther up to
the upper floor of the Old Museum, with the —
*Antiquarium, a collection of small antique works of both
ornamental and industrial art. Rooms 5-10,13, 16, and 17 are being
rearranged and are closed at present.
Entrance Room I. Nike on a globe, bronze-gilt (2nd cent. A. D.);
figures of dead bodies from Pompeii (reductions of casts obtained by
filling up the holes in the consolidated ashes).
Room II. ^'Collection of Antique Helmets. Most of them
were deposited on permanent loan by Baron Franz v. Lipperheide
(d. 1906). Among the Greek helmets those of the so-called Corinthian
shape (with visor resembling a face; 7-4th cent.) may be noticed. On
the exit-wall, helmet with half-length figure of Athena, from Melos
(3rd-2nd cent.). Among the Italic helmets that in the shape of a
pointed hat, with engraved designs, and the sumptuous Roman
helmets with embossed reliefs are remarkable. Here also are a
bell-shaped helmet of the Hungarian bronze-period, and a Celtic
iron helmet with ornamented bronze bands (another at the exit-
wall). In the middle, a gladiator's helmet inlaid with silver; be-