Inscribed: Ἀρχαγόρα, Πιθυλλίς, Πολύστρατος.—Athens? Elgin Coll.

Pentelic marble; height, 1 foot 8 inches; diameter, 11 inches. Dodwell, Tour, I., p. 455; Mus. Marbles, IX., pl. 31, fig. 4; Synopsis, No. 182 (274); Ellis, Elgin Marbles, II., p. 165; C.I.G., 996; C.I.A., II., 3524; Greek Inscriptions in Brit. Mus., CXII.

696. Sepulchral lekythos with relief. A bearded man stands before a woman seated on a chair and clasps her hand. There is no trace of an inscription.—Athens? Elgin Coll.

Pentelic marble; height, 2 feet 11½ inches; diameter, 11 inches. Mus. Marbles, IX., pl. 33, fig. 1; Synopsis No. 132 (A. 50); Ellis, Elgin Marbles, II., p. 164.

697. Sepulchral lekythos with relief. A bearded man stands before a woman seated on a chair.

Inscribed above the head of the woman: Ἄδα. The name of the man may have been inscribed originally, but it is now obliterated.—Athens? Elgin Coll.

Pentelic marble; height, 1 foot 10½ inches; diameter, 1 foot. Mus. Marbles, IX., pl. 32, fig. 2; Synopsis No. 188 (110); Greek Inscriptions in Brit. Mus. CXI.; C.I.A., II., 3438.

698. Sepulchral lekythos with relief. A man, Alkimachos, stands before a seated woman, Hedylè, and clasps her hand. A girl stands behind Hedylè, and another girl of a smaller size stands behind Alkimachos.

Inscribed: Ἡδύλη, Ἀλκίμαχος.—Probably from Athens. From the Earl of Belmore's Collection, 1842.

Pentelic marble; height, 1 foot 5 inches; diameter, 1 foot 1 inch. Greek Inscriptions in Brit. Mus., CXVIII.; C.I.A., II., 3761.

700. Fragment of sepulchral relief. A youth standing clasps the hand of a bearded man, seated on a chair. Only the upper parts are preserved of both figures, together with the right side of the relief.—Athens? Elgin Coll.

Pentelic marble; height, 6 inches; width, 10½ inches. Synopsis, No. 423.

701. Fragment of sepulchral relief. A woman, seated on a chair, clasps the hand of a woman standing before her. Her left hand appears to have been raised to her veil. The upper parts of both figures are wanting, and also the left side of the relief. A nude boy with an uncertain object in his hands stands in the right corner.

Pentelic marble? Height, 1 foot; width, 11 inches.

702. A woman seated to the right, on a stool, holds her veil with the left hand, and clasps the arm of a boy standing before her. Behind the boy, and partly embracing him, stands a woman, who holds her veil with her right hand. On the left, behind the seated figure is a woman standing with the left hand raised to her cheek, and with the right hand supporting the left elbow. At the foot of the seat are two small female figures, one standing and one sitting. These six figures are in high relief. In the background are two men confronted in low relief; one is bearded. Two other heads also appear to have been inserted, and to have been afterwards obliterated. The relief is bounded by two pilasters and an architrave, with roof tiles above.

Inscribed: Σωπάτρα Παυσανίου. Ἀντίμαχος Παυσανίου. Φιλοπάτρα Μι[ρ]ύλου. Παυσανίας Ἀνδρίσκου. Sopatra and Antimachos are the children of Pausanias and Philopatra.—Pella.

Fine-grained white marble; height, 4 feet; width, 2 feet 6 inches. Greek Inscriptions in Brit. Mus., CLXXII.

703. An elderly bearded man, seated, to the left, clasps the hand of an old man standing before him. Both figures appear to be portraits. Small figures of boys stand at the right and left. The boy on the left holds an uncertain object. Above are a pediment with acroteria, and two olive wreaths, and the inscriptions Ὁ δῆμος Δημοκλῆν Ἀμφιλόχου, Ὁ δῆμος Δημοκλῆν Δημοκλήους, recording honorary decrees to Democles, son of Amphilochos, and Democles, son of Democles. Below is a metrical epitaph, in eight lines:

—Smyrna. Presented by M. Duane and T. Tyrwhitt, Esqs., 1772.

Bluish Greek marble; height, 4 feet 5 inches; width, 1 foot 8½ inches. Montfaucon, Ant. Expl. Suppl., V., p. 25; Archaeologia, III., pl. 11, fig. 2; C.I.G., 3256; Kaibel, 237.

705. A woman seated clasps the hand of a young man who stands before her, placing his left hand on her shoulder. An older man stands on the left. The stelè is surmounted by a pediment.

Greek marble; height, 2 feet 2¼ inches; width, 1 foot 2 inches.

706. A woman, Laodikè (?), seated, clasps the hand of a youth standing before her. The relief is crowned by a pediment. A nearly illegible inscription appears to read: Λαοδίκη Ἡρ[οφίλου?] ... χαῖρε.

Pentelic marble; height, 2 feet 3¼ inches; width, 1 foot 2 inches.

707. A woman clasps the hand of a warrior, with short tunic, cloak and shield. On the left a second warrior, somewhat smaller, but similarly attired. Above is a pediment with acroteria and rosettes.—Kertch.

Limestone; height, 2 feet 4 inches; width, 1 foot 7 inches.

708. Two men, one bearded and the other a youth, stand clasping hands. They are father and son, each being named Bakchios. Above is a pediment with acroteria and rosettes.

Inscribed: Βάκχιε Βάγεος καὶ υἱὲ Βάκχιε χαίρετε.

Limestone; height, 2 feet 11¾ inches; width, 1 foot 8¾ inches. Greek Inscriptions in Brit. Mus., CLXXXIV.; Latyschev, II., 78.

709. A man and woman stand, clasping hands. A boy on the right. Above is a pediment with acroteria and rosettes.

Inscribed: Γάïος Γαΐου καὶ μητὴρ Βασιλι[νδ]ῖνα χαίρετε.—Kertch.

Limestone; height, 2 feet 6½ inches; width, 1 foot 7¼ inches. Greek Inscriptions in Brit. Mus., CLXXXVI.; Latyschev, II., 93.

710. Circular pedestal or altar on a square plinth, on one side of which is a sepulchral relief. A man stands on the right, clasping the right hand of a seated woman, probably his wife. She holds her veil with her left hand. Behind the woman stands Hermes Psychopompos, about to conduct her shade to Hades. He has petasos, talaria, chlamys and caduceus. On the right is another male figure standing, with folded hands, and beyond is what appears to be an altar. The altar is rectangular, and is surmounted by a conical object, round which a serpent is twined. By the side of the altar is the mutilated figure of a boy. On the extreme left behind Hermes is a sundial, to which his hand is pointing. At the side of the chair stands a draped female attendant of diminutive stature. This figure is much defaced, and the lower part is broken away. The head of this figure has been broken off, and the faces and general surface of all the figures are much eaten away by exposure to weather. This relief occupies about a third of the circle of the pedestal, the remainder being ornamented by festoons of ivy suspended between three bulls' heads. In the centre of the top of the pedestal is a round hole, as if to receive a dowel, and the surface of the marble seems prepared for a joint. The whole may have served as a pedestal for a statue.—Obtained from Greece by the fourth Earl of Aberdeen, and presented by the fifth Earl of Aberdeen, 1861.

Greek marble; height, 3 feet 7 inches; diameter, 2 feet 9 inches. Guide to Graeco-Roman Sculptures, Part II., No. 75.

RELIEFS REPRESENTING THE SEPULCHRAL BANQUET.

For a discussion of the interpretation of this class of reliefs, see above, p. 298.

711. Cast of a sepulchral relief, sometimes known as the "Death of Socrates." A man, bearded, reclines on a couch, with a bowl in his right hand, held out as if to pour a libation. A woman seated on a stool by the foot of the couch, extends her hands. On the right is a man, draped and bearded, and on the left a nude youth who stands with a jug by a large crater. Below the couch is a dog gnawing a bone. The original, of white marble, was found at the Piraeus in 1838, and is now in the National Museum at Athens.

Height, 1 foot 7½ inches; width, 2 feet 1 inch. Ἐφημερίς, 1839, No. 269; Le Bas, Mon. Fig., pl. 52; Pervanoglu, Familienmahl, p. 24, No. 60; Mitchell, p. 504; Wolters, No. 1052; Roscher, Lexicon, p. 2574.

713. Relief with banquet, serpent, and sacrifice. Two men recline on a couch. Both have cups in their left hands. One holds up a rhyton terminating in a ram's head; the other stretches out his right hand to a long table which stands before the couch. A woman, seated on the end of the couch, holds a cup in her left hand and stretches out her right hand to the table. Below the table is a coiled serpent. On the left of the woman is a nude youth holding up a rhyton. Beyond is a square altar, to which a boy, who is now almost obliterated, leads a pig. He holds a bowl in his left hand. On the left are four adult persons and two infants, and above, the head of a horse in a frame. The relief is bounded by two pilasters surmounted by an entablature, above which roof-tiles are slightly indicated.—Townley Coll.

Pentelic marble; height, 1 foot 2 inches; width, 2 feet 2 inches.

714. Fragment of relief with banquet and sacrifice. On the right is part of the figure of a woman, who is seated at the foot of a couch, most of which is now lost. Before her is part of a table. At the foot of the couch is an altar which is approached by a procession of three adult persons and four children, one of whom leads a ram. Above, a horse's head is seen at a window. The relief is bounded by pilasters and an entablature, above which roof-tiles are shown.—Athens? Elgin Coll.

Pentelic marble; height, 1 foot 3 inches; width, 1 foot ½ inch. Mus. Marbles, IX., pl. 35, fig. 1; Synopsis, No. 279 (94); Welcker, Alte Denkmaeler, II., p. 273; cf. Welcker, loc. cit., II., pl. 13, No. 24; Pervanoglu, Familienmahl, p. 44, No. 174.

715. Fragment of relief, which may be supposed to have been similar to the preceding. Sacrificial procession, including a man, of whom but little remains, a woman, two children, and one draped figure, whose sex cannot be distinguished, carrying a large vessel on the head.—Athens? Elgin Coll.

Pentelic marble; height, 1 foot 4¾ inches; width, 9½ inches. Mus. Marbles, IX., pl. 36, fig. 3; Synopsis, No. 189 (284); Guide to Elgin Room, Part II., No. F. 6.

716. Relief with banquet and sacrifice. A male figure, who is half draped, reclines on a couch with a bowl in his right hand. He wears a polos and in type resembles a divinity. Before him is a table with food. A woman is seated on the foot of the couch and has a cup in her left hand. On the right a youth draws wine from a crater. On the left a man, woman, and boy approach as worshippers. The relief is bounded by two pilasters, surmounted by an entablature, above which are roof-tiles.—Townley Coll.

Pentelic marble; height, 9½ inches; width, 1 foot 1¾ inches. Ellis, Townley Gallery, II., p. 167; Welcker, Alte Denkmaeler, II. p. 278.

717. Relief with banquet and sacrifice. A male figure, half draped and wearing a polos as in the last relief, reclines on a couch. He has a cup in the left hand and a rhyton in the right hand. Before him is a table with food. A woman is seated at the foot of the couch, with a cup in her left hand. On the left a boy stands beside a jar of wine, which is raised on a pedestal. At the left a woman, and two smaller figures approach as worshippers. Above, the head of a horse is seen looking through an opening. The relief is bounded by two pilasters, surmounted by an entablature, above which are roof-tiles.—Halicarnassos. Presented by H.M. Sultan Abdul Medjid to Viscount Stratford de Redcliffe, and by him presented to the British Museum.

Marble; height, 10 inches; width, 1 foot 1 inch.

718. Fragment of relief. A nude male figure who seems to be wearing a Phrygian cap, and holds some object in his right hand, stands with his left hand over an altar. On the right side of the altar was a male figure making a libation. Only the right hand with the saucer, and the right foot remain. On the left a bearded man stands, with his right hand raised.—Athens? Elgin Coll.

Pentelic marble; height, 1 foot 6 inches; width, 1 foot 3 inches. Synopsis, No. 380 (101); Mus. Marbles, IX., pl. 37, fig. 1.

719. Group of persons about to sacrifice; from the left side of a sepulchral relief. On the right of the fragment is a man with a large amphora, turned to the right. Behind him are two men and two women, all standing as worshippers.—Mytilene.

Marble; height, 10 inches; width, 11 inches. Conze, Lesbos, p. 10, Note 3, No. 1.

720. Fragment of relief with banquet and serpent. A man reclines on a couch and pours a libation from a bowl. Before the couch is a table with food. A serpent is coiled beneath the table and stretches its head towards the bowl. On the left is the hand holding a casket (pyxis) of a woman, who had been seated at the foot of the couch. The relief is bounded by pilasters, an entablature and a roof.

Marble; height, 1 foot 1 inch; width, 9 inches.

721. Relief with a female figure of the type of the banquet reliefs. A woman seated, wearing a lofty head-dress (polos), holds an ivy-leaf fan in her left hand, and with the right hand appears to be offering a cup to a serpent.—Athens? Elgin Coll.

Pentelic marble; height, 2 feet 3½ inches; width, 1 foot 5¾ inches. Mus. Marbles, IX., pl. 38, fig. 3; Synopsis, No. 278 (238); Ellis, Elgin Marbles, II., p. 127, No. 278.

722. Relief with banquet. A man reclines on a couch with a cup in his left hand. Before him is a table with food. A woman is seated near the foot of the couch with her left hand raised to her veil. On the right is a boy in a short tunic, perhaps holding a kyathos. On the left is a girl who is standing, and seems to be holding a vase. The relief is surmounted by a pediment.

Inscribed: Ἑρμίας Ἀθανίωνος. Hermias, son of Athenion.—Athens. Strangford Coll.

Pentelic marble; height, 1 foot 5 inches; width, 10 inches. Greek Inscriptions in Brit. Mus., CXVI.; Arch. Anzeiger, 1864, p. 164*; Pervanoglu, Familienmahl, p. 15, No. 5.

723. Relief with banquet. A man reclines on a couch, with a bowl in his left hand; with the right hand he holds a wreath on his head. Before him is a table with food. The legs of the table terminate above in the form of swans' heads. Above is an olive wreath, containing the words Ὁ δῆμος; also a pediment, having acroteria, and containing a rosette.

Inscribed:

The 'tower' which Lenaios undertakes to defend in death has been conjectured to be the Dipylon gate at Athens, whence the relief was probably obtained.

Bluish Greek marble; height, 3 feet 11½ inches; width, 1 foot 7 inches. Rhein. Mus. N.F. 1848, p. 82; Kaibel, 111.

724. Sculptured pedestal. On the front is a relief of a banquet. A man reclines on a couch, with a table of food before him. He holds a bowl in his left hand, and clasps with his right hand the hand of a woman who is seated at the foot of the couch. A boy stands on the left. A wreath is carved on the pilaster to the right of the relief, which probably contained the inscription: Ὁ δῆμος.

Inscribed: Ἑλλανίων Ταρσεύς, Hellanion of Tarsus. On the right and left ends the pedestal is adorned with pediments. Above, it is roughly worked to fit the plinth of a statue.—Xanthos? Presented by J. Scott Tucker, Esq., R.N.

Bluish-grey marble; height, 2 feet ¼ inch; width, 2 feet 7 inches. Arch. Anzeiger, 1851, p. 128; Pervanoglu, Familienmahl, p. 34, No. 113.

725. Fragment of relief, with banquet. The upper half is wanting. A man reclines on a couch, and holds a bowl and a rhyton (?), which were perhaps of bronze attached, in the left and right hands respectively. A woman sits on the end of the couch. On the right is a diminutive male figure with the hands clasped. On the left is a girl, who stands leaning against the foot of the couch, and holds an ivy-leaf fan in her left hand.—Halicarnassos.

Marble; height, 1 foot 2 inches; width, 2 feet.

727. Fragment of a relief with banquet and serpent. A man reclines on a couch holding a bowl in his left hand. A woman is seated on a chair by the head of the couch. A snake issues from under the chair and approaches the woman. One arm of the chair is supported by a figure of a Sphinx. The heads of both figures are wanting of Mytilene.

Marble; height, 11 inches; width, 10½ inches. Conze, Lesbos, p. 10, Note 3, No. 3.

728. Relief with banquet and serpent. A figure, apparently that of a man, reclines on a couch. He has long hair, and a closely-fitting chiton, and holds a cup in his left hand. Before him is a table with food, towards which he extends his right hand. A woman is seated on the foot of the couch, and gives drink from a bowl to a serpent. On the right a boy has drawn wine from a crater with a jug, and is offering a bowl to the reclining figure. Behind is a stair-like series of shelves, on which stand several vessels. On the left a woman raises her right hand with a gesture as of adoration. Above, a horse's head is seen looking through an opening. The relief is bounded by two Ionic columns surmounted by a flat arch.—Naucratis. Presented by the Egypt Exploration Fund, 1886.

Limestone, with traces of red paint; height, 1 foot 3 inches; width 1 foot 8½ inches. Gardner, Naukratis, II., p. 22.

729. Fragment of relief, with banquet and serpent. The fragment contains the upper part of a male figure, wearing a polos, reclining on a couch, holding a cup in the left hand, and having a table before him. A snake is coiled about one leg of the table.—Mytilene.

Marble; height, 1 foot ¾ inch; width, 7 inches. Conze, Lesbos, p. 10, Note 3, No. 2.

730. Fragment of relief, with banquet. A male figure reclines on a couch. Before him is a table with food. He has a rhyton in his right hand and a cup in his left hand.

Marble; height, 11 inches; width, 10 inches.

731. Fragment of relief with banquet. A male figure reclines on a couch between two columns, with a bowl in his right hand. A table with cups stands before the couch.—Thasos. Strangford Coll.

Marble; height, 9 inches; width, 1 foot 2 inches.

732. Fragment of relief with banquet. A male figure, whose legs alone are preserved, reclines on a couch. Before him is a table with food. A woman, whose lower limbs are alone preserved, is seated on a chair at the foot of the couch. A small draped figure of a youth is on the right, and there are remains of the figure of a girl on the left.

Marble; height, 1 foot 7 inches; width, 2 feet 6 inches.

733. Relief with banquet. A man, bearded, reclines on a couch, and holds up a rhyton in his right hand. Before him is a table with food. A woman is seated on the couch, and raises with the left hand a fold of her peplos. On the left a boy draws wine from a large crater. The head of a horse is seen at an opening. A round shield hangs on the wall. The relief is bounded by two pilasters and an entablature.—Excavated by Mr. Wood at Ephesus.

Ephesian marble; height, 1 foot 7½ inches; width, 2 feet 2½ inches.

734. Relief with banquet. A portrait figure of an old man, whose head is bound with a taenia, reclines on a couch with a two-handled cup in his left hand. Before him is a table with pomegranate fruits and other food. A portrait figure of a woman is seated near the foot of the couch, with her left hand raised to her veil. A boy in a short tunic stands on the right, and holds a kyathos for drawing wine; a rhyton and a vase are seen above his head. A girl kneels on the left below the seat of the woman; a dog lies between the legs of the table.—Townley Coll.

Greek marble; high relief. The upper part is wanting. Height 1 foot 8½ inches; width, 1 foot 6 inches. Mus. Marbles, X., pl. 49, fig. 2.

735. Relief with banquet. A male figure reclines on a couch, before which is a table with provisions. A woman is seated on a stool at the foot of the couch with her hand raised to her chin.

Inscribed:  . . .νου χαῖρε.—Cyzicus. Presented by A. van Branteghem, Esq., 1890.

Marble; height, 10½ inches; width, 9½ inches. Rev. Arch., 1891, p. 12, No. 4.

737. Late relief with banquet. A man and woman recline on a couch. Before them is a table with food. The man puts his right arm round the neck of the woman, who appears to be holding a cup, or a wreath. On the left a woman is seated on a stool; beneath the couch are a child and a girl (the upper part alone seen), who holds a dish. The relief is bounded by two Doric columns and a pediment. The monument was erected by one Alexander for his mother, his wife Philippa, and himself. Penalties are prescribed for persons violating the tomb.

Inscribed: Ἀλέξανδρος Ἀλεξάνδρου Βειθυνιεὺ[ς] καὶ Νεικομηδεὺς ζῶν ἑαυτῷ κατεσκεύασ[α] τὸ μνημεῖον καὶ τῇ μητρί μου καὶ τῇ συμβίῳ Φιλίππᾳ Ποντιανοῦ. καὶ βούλομε μετὰ τὸ τεθῆναι ἡμᾶς εἰς τὴν καμάραν μηδένα ἕτερον ἀνοῖξε· εἰ δὲ παρὰ ταῦτα ποιήσει δώσει ἰς τὸν φίσκον δην. β͵φ̄ καὶ ἰς τὴν πόλιν δην. β͵φ̄. χαίρετε.—Smyrna. Presented by M. Duane and T. Tyrwhitt, Esqs., 1772.

Marble; height, 2 feet 9 inches; width, 1 foot 8 inches. Archaeologia, III., pl. 11, fig. 3; C.I.G., 3265; Pervanoglu, Familienmahl, p. 45, No. 180.

738. Sepulchral relief. Two men recline on a couch; a woman is seated on a stool at the head of the couch. The inscribed metrical epitaph, in which one Cassiodoros relates his death at the age of twenty-four, has no appropriateness to the relief.

Marble; height, 1 foot 8 inches; width, 1 foot 3 inches. Drummond's Travels (1754), pl. facing p. 229, fig. 15 (very rudely drawn), and p. 237; C.I.G., 4466; Kaibel, 431. In Drummond's time the stone was "in the Library of the right worshipful the Levant Company" at Aleppo.

739. Stelè with reliefs in two panels. In the upper panel is a figure on a couch holding a bunch of grapes. The upper part of the figure is wanting. Before the couch are a table with food and three attendant male figures.

In the lower panel is a woman seated with a boy standing beside her. Most of these two figures is wanting. In front are two warriors standing, with shields and spears.—Kertch.

Limestone; height, 3 feet; width, 1 foot 9 inches. For the collection of sculptures from Kertch, see above, p. 8.

740. Relief with banquet. A draped figure, now for the most part lost, reclines on a very lofty couch, holding a two-handled cup in the left hand. On the left are the knees and legs of a woman seated on a lofty throne, with an arm supported by a series of arches. Before the couch is a table with vessels of wine. A boy stands on a stool, and holds a jug in his hands. On the right is an attendant. On the left is a female figure holding a vase, and a smaller figure.

Inscribed:  . . . δε υἱὲ Ἀνδρονε[ίκ]ου χαῖρε. Hail! ... son of Andronicos.—Kertch.

Limestone; height, 2 feet 7 inches; width, 2 feet 7 inches. Greek Inscriptions in Brit. Mus., CLXXXII.; Latyschev, II., 212.

741. Lower part of relief with banquet, of very rude style. A male figure reclines to the right on a couch, holding a two-handled cup in the right hand. Before him is a table, with vessels of wine. At the end of the couch a woman is seated, enthroned, holding a veil with her left hand. A boy with an oinochoè stands on the right by the table. A girl with a pyxis stands on the left behind the throne. There are remains of pilasters. Inscribed: Ἰσιγόνη γυνὴ Ἡρακλίδου χαῖρε. Ἡρακλείδη γ(υνὴ) β̄ χαῖρε.—Kertch.

Limestone; height, 2 feet 8 inches; width, 2 feet 4½ inches. Greek Inscriptions in Brit. Mus., CXCI.; Latyschev, II., 96.

742. Sepulchral monument with a banquet relief of very rude style, contained in a lunette above the inscribed panel. A male figure reclines on a couch, with a cup in his right hand, with an uncertain object near the cup, which may perhaps be intended to represent the snake. A table stands before the couch with food. A woman sits on a stool at the foot of the couch, and holds her veil with her left hand. A small figure of a boy is at the head of the couch. On each side of the inscribed panel is a vine branch with grapes; above are a pine cone and two lions' heads to the front in high relief. Below are the remains of a relief with a mounted horseman. On the right and left edges of the relief are snakes. The inscription states that the monument is erected by Timocrates for his wife, his son, and himself.—Tomis.

Limestone; height, 6 feet 11 inches; width, 2 feet 8½ inches. Greek Inscriptions in Brit. Mus., CLXXVII.

743. Sepulchral monument with a banquet relief of the rudest style. Two male figures, one being bearded, recline on a couch, holding cups in their left hands. Before them is a table with food; beside it a boy with a cup and oinochoè (?), and a girl with a phialè. A woman is seated on a chair by the head of the couch, with the right hand raised to her chin. A vine branch with grapes runs round the relief and the inscribed panel. A Latin inscription states that the monument was erected in memory of a girl, Ulpia Aurelia Valeria.—Kertch.

Limestone; height, 7 feet 1 inch; width, 3 feet.

744. Late sepulchral relief. A man reclines on a couch. A woman stands at the foot of the couch. The relief is contained in an arch-shaped field below a pediment. Inscribed, ΛΥΤΕ ...—Obtained by the Euphrates Expedition (1835-1837) and presented by Sir J. C. Hobhouse, President of the Board of Control.

Marble; height, 2 feet; width, 1 foot 3 inches.

745. Sepulchral relief, with a man seated, and a man standing holding a scroll in his left hand. The two figures probably joined their right hands. In the right and left angles are diminutive figures. On the right is a horse's head. A tree with a snake is seen above a wall in the background. The relief is surmounted by an entablature.

Inscribed with the metrical epitaph:

This sculpture, and the following, No. 746, have been placed here, though they do not include the banquet, because they have some details, such as the serpent and the horse's head, similar to those on the banquet reliefs.—Ephesus. Excavated by Mr. Wood, between the Magnesian Gate and the Temple of Artemis.

Ephesian marble; height, 3 feet; width, 1 foot 7½ inches. Wood, Ephesus, p. 123; Greek Inscriptions in Brit. Mus., DCXXVa.

746. A boy, Serapion, stands between two figures, probably those of his father and mother. All three are closely wrapped in himatia. Behind is a tree, about which is a serpent; a bird sits on a branch. The relief is bounded by pilasters, a circular arch with rosettes in the spandrels, and a pediment.

Inscribed: Σεραπίων, χρῆστε καὶ ἄλυπε χαῖρε.

Greek marble; height, 3 feet 2 inches; width, 1 foot 8¼ inches. This stone was formerly at Venice, and afterwards in London, "apud Dodd chemicum." Boeckh, C.I.G., 6990.

RELIEFS WITH RIDER AND HORSE, HEROIFIED.

In the following reliefs the deceased person is heroified, and represented as receiving libations or worship. The sepulchral serpent is frequently introduced. For a discussion of the type, see above, p. 301.

750. Sepulchral relief of a warrior. In the centre of the relief is a bearded male figure, heavily armed. He wears a helmet, cuirass, and greaves, and has a spear in his left hand. He stands near a trophy which consists of a helmet, cuirass, and greaves attached to the trunk of a tree. On the left side of the trophy stands a female figure, pouring a libation from a jug into a cup. A serpent, coiled about the trophy, drinks from the cup. On the right of the relief is the forepart of the warrior's horse and the head of a groom. The relief is bounded by two pilasters and an architrave.

The inscription on the upper and lower edges contains a list of names of men in the dative case, with their cities added. The persons commemorated belonged to various parts of the Peloponnesus, Northern Greece, Thrace and Macedonia. From the position of the inscription, it is plain that it is independent of the relief, and probably it is earlier.—Brought from Greece by Mr. Topham, 1725; Presented by Sir Joseph Banks and the Hon. A. C. Fraser, 1780.

Greek marble; height, 2 feet 1⅞ inch; width, 3 feet 8½ inches. Mus. Marbles, II., pl. 41; Ellis, Townley Gallery, II., p. 157; Jahn, De Ant. Minervae Simulacris, p. 23, pl. 3, fig. 1; C.I.G., 1936; Wolters, 437.

751. Mutilated relief. A horseman is mounted, to the right. He has an elaborate skin saddle-cloth, terminating with an animal's head before the horse. Behind on the left is an attendant with a tunic worn over one shoulder (heteromaschalos), and with a shield. On the right are an altar and a tree, about which a serpent is entwined. An uncertain object is seen in the upper left corner of the relief. The relief is very high. The horse originally had reins of bronze.

Marble; height, 3 feet; width, 3 feet.

752. Fragment of sepulchral relief? A figure was represented leading a horse to the right. Only one hand and foot, and parts of the horse remain. Before it stand three male figures on a smaller scale, each figure raising the right hand, making a gesture as of adoration. The relief was bounded by pilasters and an entablature.—Blayds Coll.

White marble; height, 1 foot 1 inch; width, 1 foot 1 inch.

753. Sepulchral relief. A youth rides on a horse, to the right, wearing a short tunic and cloak. He approaches a female figure, of a larger scale, who wears a long chiton and himation. She has an oinochoè in the right hand and a phialè in the left hand. Behind her is a bearded figure on a smaller scale with the right hand raised as in adoration.—Aphanda, Rhodes.

Marble; height, 1 foot 5 inches; width, 2 feet. Arch. Anzeiger, 1854, p. 485, No. 8; Athenische Mittheilungen, VIII., p. 370.