CASTS OF LYCIAN SEPULCHRAL RELIEFS.

754. Fragment of a sepulchral relief, of a late period. A mounted horseman advances to a flaming altar. On the right of the altar is a pine tree, about which a snake is coiled. Only the head and forelegs of the horse, and the left hand of the horseman is preserved. The hand holds a double-headed axe. A dog stands below the horse.—Ephesus. J. T. Wood.

Ephesian marble; height, 1 foot 4½ inches; width, 8 inches. The figure with the double-headed axe resembles that of the so-called θεὸς σώζων on late reliefs from Asia Minor (Journ. of Hellen. Studies, VIII., p. 235; Roscher, Lexicon, p. 2564).

755. Fragment of a sepulchral relief of a late period. A mounted horseman with a chiton and a cloak flying behind him stands on the left of an altar, at which a draped youth makes a libation. On the right is a tree about which a snake is coiled. The left side of the relief is wanting.—Ephesus. J. T. Wood.

756. Fragment of a sepulchral relief, with a figure of a mounted horseman wearing a chiton and cloak. The head of the rider, and the head and hind-part of the horse are wanting.—Ephesus. J. T. Wood.

757. Mounted horseman to the right. Before him stands a figure making a gesture of adoration. Above is a pediment, with rosettes. The relief is in very late rude style.

Inscribed: Ἠζοῦς Ἀπολλ[ωνί]δου τοῖς παράγ[ου]σιν χαίρειν.—From Phanagoria.

Limestone; height, 2 feet 4½ inches; width, 1 foot 2 inches. C.I.G., 2129; Greek Inscriptions in Brit. Mus., CCVI.; Latyschev, II., 378.

CASTS OF LYCIAN SEPULCHRAL RELIEFS.

The following casts are derived from Lycian rock-cut tombs, discovered by Sir C. Fellows. Tombs of the normal type have a facade with architecture imitating wooden construction. Behind the facade is a vestibule, or portico, often adorned with reliefs on each side. At the back is the door of the actual sepulchral chamber. Nos. 760-764 are derived from tombs of this type.

760. Cast of relief from the east or left side of the portico of a rock-cut tomb. Bellerophon mounted on Pegasos appears to be thrusting as with a spear at the Chimaera which is roughly indicated in the right-hand lower corner of the relief. Pegasos has the mane tied in a topknot between the ears, as in the relief from Xanthos, No. 86. The cast is painted in imitation of the original.—Tlos.

Height, 3 feet 6½ inches; width, 3 feet 7¾ inches. Fellows, Lycia, p. 136 and plate. For general view of the tomb, see Benndorf, Reisen in Lykien, I., p. 139, and pl. 42 (on the right).

761-4. Casts of reliefs from the sides of the portico of a rock-cut tomb at Pinara. The outside of the tomb has an elaborate facade with sculptured pediment, frieze, and other ornaments. (For general view, see Fellows, Lycia, pl. facing p. 141, and Benndorf, Reisen in Lykien, I., pl. 19.) Within the portico, on each side, projecting beam ends divide the sculpture into two panels. Each of the four reliefs represents a view of a Lycian city, but there is no proof that they are four different views of the city of Pinara, as Fellows thought (Lycia, p. 141).

761. Cast of the upper relief on the left or west side of the portico. View of part of a city on a hill, with castellated walls. Within are towers, with windows and connected by a wall, on which is a relief of three male figures.

762. Cast of the lower relief on the left or west side of the portico. View of part of a city on a hill with castellated walls and turrets, a large pylon (?) and several tombs of forms well known in Lycia. In the lower wall is a relief, with a draped and bearded man leaning on a staff and addressing a smaller figure. For the triangular arch openings in the wall, compare Dodwell, Pelasgic Remains, pl. 27, view of walls of a city near Mesolonghi.

763. Cast of the upper relief on the right or east side of the portico. View of part of a city on a hill with castellated walls and turrets. A figure, apparently intended to represent a living man, and not a sculpture, as on the other reliefs, lifts his hand near one of the towers.

764. Cast of the lower relief on the right or east side of the portico. View of part of a city with castellated walls and turrets, built on natural rocks. On the right is a large structure resembling a tomb. On the left is a staircase, leading up to a door in a turret.

Height, 2 feet 10 inches; width, 4 feet ½ inch. The four reliefs are engraved, Fellows, Lycia, pl. facing p. 142; Benndorf, Reisen in Lykien, I., p. 54; Synopsis, Lycian Room, Nos. 148, 149.

765, 766. The following casts are from a portion of the sculptures decorating a tomb, discovered by Sir C. Fellows, at Cadyanda. The tomb is cut out of a large piece of detached rock, and in type somewhat resembles the large Lycian tombs in the British Museum, or the tomb of Xanthos, shown in the background of pl. iii., the principal difference being in the treatment of the roof. At the end of the tomb are two doors. One door is filled with an immovable panel, with a figure of a draped bearded man holding an oinochoè, and inscribed Σάλας, and in Lycian zzala. The second door is believed to have been fitted with a panel, having the wife of Salas in relief. (Fellows, Lycia, p. 117.) The reliefs, of which casts are preserved in the British Museum, formed a frieze immediately below the cornice on each side of the tomb. Below this frieze on each side was a combat of warriors on a larger scale.

Fellows, Lycia, p. 116; Petersen, Reisen in Lykien, II., p. 193. Views and plans of the tomb are included in the Scharf portfolio of drawings in the British Museum.

765. Cast of a portion of the relief on the south side of the tomb at Cadyanda.

At the left end of the relief a girl draped in plain long chiton with sleeves, and a cap with tassel, stands to the right holding an aryballos and alabastron. On the left of the principal relief is a group of four figures playing with knuckle-bones. In front are a girl seated and a girl kneeling, both closely draped and having long hair. Behind are a youth standing, wrapped in a mantle, and a woman who holds an aryballos in her left hand and wears her mantle over her head. All the figures make animated gestures. Near the head of the youth is the inscription Μέσος. Next on the right is a woman seated, holding a boy in her hands, and wearing her mantle over her head. Behind her is a female figure, much mutilated, standing to the left with her right hand under her chin. The remainder of the relief, which is not represented by a cast, appears to have contained either a sacrificial group (Scharf), or warriors (Petersen, Reisen in Lykien, ii., p. 193).

Height, 2 feet ¾ inch; length, 4 feet 2 inches. Fellows, Lycia, frontispiece, and pl. facing p. 116; Synopsis, Lycian Room, No. 151; Petersen, Reisen in Lykien, II., p. 194, fig. 84.

766. Cast of the relief on the north side of the tomb at Cadyanda. This relief which is much mutilated, appears to contain a banquet scene, with four couches, each having two persons reclining and several attendant figures. Two attendants stand near the first couch on the left. One has a wreath in the right hand. Near him is the inscription . . . Α. . . . Α. A smaller figure plays on the flute. On the first couch are remains of a figure seated, nearly erect, and of a figure lying with his head resting on his left hand and having a bowl in his right hand. A portion of the original sculpture is here inserted in the cast. Above is the inscription . . . εασοβ (?), and below is the bilingual inscription edazzala Εἰδασσάλας. The next group is obscure, but appears to consist of a figure seated, with the right hand stretched out, so as to be seen above the head of the figure last described, and a figure holding a child which stretches out its arms to a figure on the right. Below the first of these two figures is the bilingual inscription mezo Μέσος. On the left of the second of the two figures is the bilingual inscription zzala Σάλας, the Lycian being also repeated below, zzal(a). We must, therefore, suppose this figure to be Salas, the owner of the tomb. The child is named horlar (?) On the next couch is a draped figure reclining on the left elbow, and holding out his right hand to the child. Near this figure is the inscription ΣΙΡΟ (?), and below it, remains of an illegible inscription. Next on the right is a small draped female figure, seated on a chair, with the hands stretched out. Behind her is a larger figure standing, with the bilingual inscription ...katamna Ἑκατόμνας. On the third couch are two men reclining. Above the first is the inscription Κπάραμ[ος], and below [k]pparama. Below the second is the bilingual inscription mola Μόλος (?). Below the couch is a dog. On the fourth couch are also two men reclining. Above the first is the inscription Σέσκως, and below remains of the corresponding Lycian inscription ze...wwa. Below the second is a bilingual inscription, in which only the Greek name, Κενδύομις, is legible. A dog stands below the couch.

At the right end of the relief, corresponding to the figure at the left end of the north side, is a nude male figure dancing, with the bilingual inscription äkatam[n]a Ἑκατόμνας.

Height, 2 feet 1 inch; length, 8 feet 8 inches. Fellows, Lycia, pl. facing p. 116 (very inaccurate); C.I.G., 4225; Synopsis, Lycian Room, No. 152; Petersen, Reisen in Lykien, II., p. 193.

VOTIVE RELIEFS.

For an account of Greek votive reliefs, of the occasions on which they were dedicated and of the objects represented, see above, p. 302.

770. Fragment of relief. Zeus, wearing a mantle, is seated on a stool (diphros). His left arm is raised, as if resting on a sceptre. The right hand is extended. Near him is Hera, standing, with her right arm across her breast and her left hand raised to her veil. The relief which is only complete at the right side, was bounded by pilasters and an architrave. The missing part may have contained the figures of suppliants.—Athens (?). Elgin Coll.

Pentelic marble; height, 1 foot 7 inches; width, 1 foot 2 inches. Synopsis, No. 376 (227); Mus. Marbles, IX., pl. 37, fig. 2; cf. Schöne, Griechische Reliefs, pl. 25, figs. 104, 105.

771. Relief from the upper part of an inscribed stelè. Athenè, standing on the right of the scene, places with her right hand a wreath on the head of a male figure less in stature. On the left is a draped female figure holding out in her right hand a wreath or a cup. The left hand of this figure is raised to the level of the top of her head, as if resting on a staff. She wears a long chiton, over which is a diploïdion reaching nearly to the knees. A short mantle hangs on her left arm. Athenè is clad in a long chiton with diploïdion; her left hand rests on the edge of her shield at her side.

From a comparison of this relief, with other similar compositions from Athens, it is probable that it is the heading broken off from an honorary decree of the Athenian people by which a crown was conferred on some city or individual for services. (Compare above, p. 303; Schöne, Griech. Reliefs, pl. 16, fig. 75, p. 41; and the fragment, No. 772.)

The figure of Athenè here as on many other reliefs is in its general outlines copied from the Athenè Parthenos of Pheidias. (Compare Michaelis, pl. 15, figs. 6-17.)—Athens (?). Elgin Coll.

Pentelic marble; height, 11 inches; width, 1 foot 4½ inches. Mus. Marbles, IX., pl. 35, fig. 4; Synopsis, No. 375 (82); Elgin Room Guide, Part II., No. F. 4.

772. Fragment of relief from the upper part of an inscribed stelè. Athenè stands on the right; with her right hand she places a crown on the head of a youth, who stands facing her on the left. He is clad in a mantle. Athenè wears a crested helmet and a long chiton, over which is a diploïdion; on her breast is the aegis; her left hand holds her shield which rests on the ground on its edge. The relief was bounded by pilasters and a pediment. It is probable that originally a third figure balanced the figure of Athenè, as in the preceding relief, No. 771.

This figure of Athenè, like the preceding, is in its general outlines copied from the Athenè Parthenos of Pheidias.—Athens (?). Elgin Coll.

Pentelic marble; height, 1 foot 4 inches; width, 9½ inches. Mus. Marbles, IX., pl. 36, fig. 1; Synopsis, No. 371 (89); Elgin Room Guide, Part II., No. F. 5. For similar subjects, see Schöne, Griech. Reliefs, pl. 22, No. 96; Wolters, Nos. 1157-1181.

773. Part of a relief, from the upper part of an inscribed stelè. Athenè stands on the left, and with her right hand she crowns a draped male figure, apparently a bearded man, who raises his right arm as if in adoration. Athenè wears a helmet and chiton with diploïdion, and places her left hand on her shield, of which the inner side is shown. The spear of Athenè rests against her left shoulder, with its end on the ground inside the shield. The relief is bounded by pilasters, with entablature and roof-tiles. The figure of Athenè (like Nos. 771, 772) is roughly copied from the Athenè Parthenos of Pheidias.

Marble; height, 2 feet 1 inch; width, 2 feet 1 inch. Restored: the greater part of the body of Apollo, lower part of body of Victory, column on left, and lower part of column on right. The parts restored have been copied from more perfect marbles in the Villa Albani. Mus. Marbles, II., pl. 13; Ellis, Townley Gallery, II., p. 113; Guide to Graeco-Roman Sculptures, I., No. 169; Wolters, No. 427; Welcker, Alte Denkmaeler, II., p. 41.

These figures are moving beside a plain wall, beyond which is shown a Corinthian temple; the tiles of the roof with the ornamental fronts of the covering tiles are represented, but in incorrect perspective: on the extreme left of the scene is a tripod standing on a polygonal pedestal which forms the termination of the wall.

In order to understand the subject of this fragment, it must be compared with similar reliefs in which the remainder of the original composition has been preserved. (See above, No. 775.) We may assume that the fragment here described, when complete, had on the right a figure of Apollo Kitharoedos leading the procession, and holding out a bowl to receive a libation from a Victory. The temple represented in these reliefs may be that of Apollo at Delphi.—Elgin Coll.

Pentelic marble; height, 2 feet 4 inches; width, 1 foot 9 inches. Mus. Marbles, IX., pl. 36, fig. 2; Guide to Elgin Room, Part II., No. F. 2; Welcker, Alte Denkmaeler, II., p. 40.

776. Votive relief representing an offering to Apollo. On the right, the god is seated on the omphalos, holding up his right hand. The object held up in this hand has been broken away. A mantle is wrapped round his body, and he wears sandals. On the left are three mortals, clad in Roman military armour, who appear to be approaching as if to consult the Oracle of Apollo, and who, from the difference of stature, are probably a father and two sons. Between them and the god are two female figures, of colossal proportions, who stand to the front, their heads turned towards Apollo. Each wears a diadem, and the figure on the left holds a box containing incense in her left hand. These two figures are thought to be Leto and Artemis, whose worship was associated with that of Apollo. The relief is bounded by two pilasters surmounted by an entablature. On the base are the remains of a dedication to Apollo, in elegiac verse, which has been restored as follows, by Koehler:

Σ[οὶ] Χάρ[μος, βα]σιλεῦ Παιὰν, ἑκατηβόλ' Ἄπολ[λον],

Ἱππο[κράτους δῶρον] π[αῖ]ς ἀνέθηκε τόδε.—Townley Coll.

Pentelic marble; height, 1 foot 7¾ inches; width, 2 feet 8 inches. Presented by the Duke of Bedford to Mr. Townley, in 1805. Mus. Marbles, II., pl. 5; Ellis, Townley Gallery, II., p. 135; Guide to Graeco-Roman Sculptures, I., No. 200; Wolters, No. 1849; C.I.G., 1946; C.I.A., II., 1527b; Kaibel, 799; Rhein. Mus. N.F., 1886, p. 346; Cavaceppi, Raccolta d'Antiche Statue, III., pl. 1.

777. Fragment of votive relief dedicated by Asclepiodotos to Apollo Tadokomeites. The upper part is missing. On the right is the figure on a colossal scale of Apollo Kitharoedos, preserved only from the knees downwards. On the left a draped male figure kneels by an altar, holding a ram, and having a knife in the right hand. Behind the altar is a tree. On the left of the relief, a male figure, whose head is wanting, stands holding a conical object in his right hand.

Inscribed: Ἀσκληπιόδοτος Διφίλου Ἀπόλλωνι Ταδοκωμείτῃ εὐχήν.—Cyzicus. Presented by A. van Branteghem, Esq., 1890.

Marble; height, 1 foot 1 inch; width, 11½ inches. Rev. Arch., 1891, p. 12, No. 3.

778. Fragment of votive relief. Artemis stands with the right arm on her right thigh, and leaning on what appears to be a torch. She wears a huntress dress, with short chiton, and has a hound standing beside her. On the right is an altar at which a male worshipper appears to be making an offering. On the extreme right is the hand and drapery of a female figure making a gesture of adoration.—Ephesus. J. T. Wood.

779. Fragment of relief, including the upper part of a standing figure of Artemis, from the middle of the thighs. At her left side was a stag, of which the head alone remains. In the centre is a female figure with the right arm extended. On the right is a female worshipper of smaller stature, who has the right hand raised, making a gesture of adoration. Around the relief is a rudely cut rocky background.

783. Votive relief. Kybelè seated within a distyle temple. On her head is a calathos; a long tress of hair falls on each shoulder; she wears a long chiton with sleeves and girt at the waist, and a mantle. In her right hand she holds a bowl; at her right side is a lion; her left hand is advanced as if it had held a sceptre, probably of metal, which is now wanting. On each side of the base of the calathos is a hole, probably for the attachment of a metal wreath.—Elgin Coll.

Greek marble; height, 1 foot 3 inches; width, 9 inches. Mus. Marbles, IX., pl. 35, fig. 2; Synopsis, No. 293 (97); Guide to Elgin Room, Part II., No. F. 7.

786. Relief with three figures. On the left is Athenè, having long chiton, peplos, helmet, aegis, spear. Beside her is a seated animal, perhaps a lion. In the centre is Aphroditè (?), wearing long chiton, peplos, and polos. She has a spear in her left hand, and a much mutilated Eros (?) standing by her side. On the right is a figure of the deified Heracles (?), half-draped in mantle and lion's skin, with the club in his left hand and a sceptre or thyrsus in his right hand. He appears to wear the Egyptian crown.—Presented by H. Gally Knight, Esq., 1839.

Parian marble (?); height, 1 foot 1½ inches; width, 1 foot 1¼ inches. Wolters, No. 1845.

787. Fragment of a relief, with a male figure, heavily draped, wearing long chiton and himation, and having long hair falling on the shoulders. The left hand is raised, and there are marks of the attachment of a metal object, perhaps a sceptre or thyrsos. The figure also wore a metal wreath. The relief, which is only complete on the right side, was bounded by pilasters and an entablature.—Athens (?). Elgin Coll.

Pentelic marble; height, 2 feet 5 inches; width, 1 foot 7 inches. Mus. Marbles, IX., pl. 38, fig. 1; Synopsis, No. 176 (107).

788. Fragment of a relief, with a group of gods, viz.: Hermes, with caduceus and petasos; Zeus, with a sceptre; and Kybelè, having a polos and sceptre. Each of the three holds out a bowl in the right hand. On the left, in low relief, is a diminutive figure seated on rocks by a ship; on the right are two warriors, seated, having shields and swords.

789. Relief, representing offerings to Eileithyia (?). A draped female figure is seated on a chair with foot-stool, turned to the right. With the left hand she holds a part of her mantle which passes over her head. On the right is a draped woman who approaches, holding a closely-swathed baby on her left arm, and making a gesture with the right hand. A similar figure stands on the right, with a baby on her left arm, and having the right hand raised to her head in a manner expressive of sorrow. Behind the chair is a woman advancing, holding a baby in both arms, and on the left is a woman who carries a dish (?) on her left hand and has a casket hanging from her right hand.

The separate figures would be well suited to a sepulchral relief, on which the seated figure and a figure with a baby might well be represented. The whole composition, however, seems more suitable for a representation of mothers making offerings to some goddess, perhaps Eileithyia.—From Sigeum in the Troad. Elgin Coll.

Bluish marble; height, 1 foot 4 inches; length, 5 feet 9 inches; width, 2 feet. The marble was probably the sculptured base of a statue or group. Afterwards it was roughly converted into a water-basin, and in modern times it served as a seat at the right side of the door of a church at Sigeum. The Sigean inscription formed a corresponding seat at the left side of the door. Lady M. Wortley Montagu, Letter XLIV. (of July 31, 1718); Chandler, Travels in Asia Minor (1775), p. 36; Antiquities of Ionia, I., p. i. (The original drawing by Pars is in the Brit. Mus.) Choiseul-Gouffier, Voyage Pittoresque, II., pl. 19; Synopsis, No. 324 (99); Mus. Marbles, IX., pl. 11.

790. Relief: Cyrenè crowned by Libya. This relief represents the nymph Cyrenè in the act of strangling a lion, while, to commemorate this triumph, a crown is held over her head by Libya.

Κυρήνην πολίων μητρόπτολιν ἣν στέφει αὐτὴ

ἠπείρων Λιβύη τρίσσον ἔχουσα κλέος,

ἐνθάδ᾽ ὑπὲρ μελάθροιο λεοντοφόνον θέτο Κάρπος,

εὐξάμενος, μεγάλης σῆμα φιλοξενίης.

The inscription may be thus translated: "Here over the architrave, Karpos, making this dedication, placed Cyrenè, mother of cities, slayer of lions, in token of great hospitality. Libya, who has the glory of being a third continent, herself crowns her."

Cyrenè stands on the left, in attire very like that of Artemis as a huntress. She wears a chiton reaching to the knees, over which is a chlamys, and buskins; her hair is drawn back from her face. Both her arms are locked round the lion's neck. Libya wears a long chiton girt at the waist, and a mantle fastened between the breasts and falling down behind; her hair, bound with a diadem, is arranged over her forehead in long, regular curls, and falls down her neck; at her side is an animal couchant, of which the head is broken off, and which is perhaps a gazelle. The scene takes place on rocky ground. Two vines arch their branches over the group.

According to the legend told by Pindar (Pyth. ix. 26) Cyrenè was the daughter of Hypseus, king of the Lapiths in Thessaly, whose flocks she guarded against wild beasts. Apollo, seeing her slaying a lion in the valleys of Pelion, became enamoured of her, and carried her off to the part of Libya which afterwards bore her name. According to another legend (Scholiast on Apoll. Rhod. Argon., ii., 498, &c.), Eurypylos, king of Libya, had promised a portion of his kingdom to the person who would slay a lion then dreaded for his ravages. Cyrenè performed this exploit, and received in reward the promised district. It is probably in connection with this later legend that Libya is introduced crowning Cyrenè in the relief. Aristaeus, a mythic founder of Cyrenè, was the son of Apollo and Cyrenè. The form of the relief suggests that it may have been a metope, and the words ὑπὲρ μελάθροιο in the inscription have therefore been translated "above the architrave."—Found outside the Temple of Aphroditè, Cyrenè.

Marble; height, 3 feet 4 inches; width, 2 feet 3 inches. Smith and Porcher, pl. 76, p. 98; pl. 83, No. 19. R. C. Puckett, De marmoribus tribus Cyrenaicis; Bonn, 1868, p. 16, and Plate; Guide to Graeco-Roman Sculptures, Part II., No. 129; Overbeck, Griech. Kunstmythologie, III., p. 496; Atlas, pl. 26, fig. 16; Wolters, No. 1916; Studniczka, Kyrene, p. 31. The inscription is given by Kaibel, add. 842a (in some points incorrectly). For the legends of Cyrenè, see Studniczka, p. 39.

791. Fragment from the right side of a votive relief. Heracles stands, nude, with the lion-skin and club on his left arm. The head and extended right hand are wanting. On the left is a fragment of a draped figure. The relief was contained in pilasters, surmounted by an entablature.

792. Fragment of a votive relief. A beardless male figure stands to the front, with a chlamys on the raised left arm, and with a cup held out in his right hand. On the right is the right arm, and a portion of the skirt of another figure, perhaps female, of equal scale. On the left is the figure, much defaced, of a bearded worshipper.—Elgin Coll.

Pentelic marble; height, 1 foot ¼ inch; width, 10 inches. Synopsis, No. 361 (84); Mus. Marbles, IX., pl. 35, fig. 3.

793. Votive relief to Demeter and Persephonè (?). Two female figures, each wearing a chiton and himation, stand to the front. Between them is the stump of a tree, on which the figure on the right (Persephonè (?)) leans her right elbow.—Castellani Coll.

Limestone; height, 1 foot; width, 10¾ inches. Restorations:—Upper part of ground and frame of relief with top of tree and right forearm of Persephonè.

794. Fragment of relief, with the lower part of a draped female figure, standing on a nude prostrate figure of a boy. On the right is a Gryphon and on the left a large serpent.—From Amphitheatre, Gortyna.

White marble; height, 1 foot; width, 11¼ inches. The Gryphon and serpent are attributes of Sarapis on a relief at Andriakè in Lycia. Petersen, Reisen in Lykien, II., p. 42, fig. 31.

795. Left side of votive tablet, on which is sculptured a female figure standing to the front, holding a bowl in her right hand: her head and left arm from above the elbow are broken away. Some vertical object, perhaps a censer, similar to that held by figure No. 56 in the eastern frieze of the Parthenon, or perhaps a fold of her mantle, is sculptured on the right.—Athens. Inwood Coll.

Pentelic marble; height, 7¾ inches; width, 6 inches. Elgin Room Guide, Part II., No. F. 12.

796. Fragment of relief, containing a part of a half-draped bearded man, standing as if leaning on a staff, to the right, holding what appears to be a flower in his right hand; and also part of the figure of a woman holding what appears to be a pomegranate. The figures may be those of suppliants with offerings on a votive relief.—Cyrenè.

White marble; height, 6½ inches; width, 11 inches. Smith and Porcher, p. 107, No. 138.

797. Fragment of relief containing a half-draped elderly male figure, and a female figure wearing a long chiton. Perhaps a fragment of a votive relief.—Temple of Aphroditè, Cyrenè.

White marble; height, 1 foot; width, 10 inches. Smith and Porcher, p. 104, No. 88.

Inscribed: Φιλόμβροτος, Ἀφθόνητος Δεινομάχου, Ποσειδῶνι.—From Phthiotic Thebes, in Thessaly. Presented by Col. Leake, 1839.

Marble; height, 1 foot 1½ inches; width, 1 foot 2½ inches; Millingen, Ancient Unedited Monuments, Part II., pl. 16, fig. 2; Leake, Travels in Northern Greece, IV., p. 361; Greek Inscriptions in Brit. Mus., CLXIII.; Daremberg and Saglio, Dict. des Antiqs., s.vv. Coma and Donarium. On the custom of dedicating hair by youths reaching manhood, see Daremberg and Saglio, loc. cit., and Bull. de Corr. Hellénique, 1888, p. 479. See also Mus. Worsleyanum, pl. 9.

The following votive tablets (Nos. 799-808), with representations of portions of the human body and with votive inscriptions to Highest Zeus (Ζεὺς ὕψιστος), were discovered by the fourth Earl of Aberdeen, in 1803. Excavations were made at the foot of the rock-wall near the rock-cut structure commonly known as the Bema of the Pnyx, and the tablets which were then found, are presumed to have fallen from niches cut to receive them in the rock above (Dodwell, Tour, i., p. 402). It has been argued that the spot where the reliefs were found was not the Pnyx, but the altar of Highest Zeus (Welcker, Der Fels-Altar des Höchsten Zeus, &c., 1852). The inscriptions, however, which are here described, are of Roman times, and are of little value for the decision of the question. (Cf. Hicks, Greek Inscriptions in Brit. Mus. lx.)

799. Tablet with votive relief representing a female breast dedicated by Eutychis.

Inscribed: Εὐτυχὶς ὑψίστῳ εὐχή(ν).—Pnyx, Athens. Elgin Coll.

Pentelic marble; height, 5¾ inches; width, 5½ inches. Dodwell, Tour, I., p. 403; Synopsis, No. 210 (245); Mus. Marbles, IX., pl. 41, fig. 3; C.I.G., 504; Ellis, Elgin Marbles, II., p. 105, No. 210; Greek inscriptions in Brit. Mus., LXVI.

800. Tablet with votive relief representing a female breast, dedicated by Isias.

Inscribed: Εἰσιὰς ὑψ[ίστῳ] εὐ[χήν].—Pnyx, Athens. Elgin Coll.

Pentelic marble; height, 8 inches; width, 6½ inches. Dodwell, Tour, I., p. 403; Synopsis, No. 209 (247); Mus. Marbles, IX., pl. 41, fig. 2; C.I.G., 505; Ellis, Elgin Marbles, II., p. 105, No. 209; Greek Inscriptions in Brit. Mus., LXVII.

801. Tablet with votive relief, representing a pair of eyes, dedicated by Philemation.

Inscribed: Φιλημάτιν [ε]ὐχὴν ἀνέ[θ]ηκεν.—Pnyx, Athens. Elgin Coll.

Pentelic marble; height, 3½ inches; width, 5½ inches. Dodwell, Tour, I., p. 403, with woodcut; Synopsis, No. 214 (251); Mus. Marbles, IX., pl. 41, fig. 5; C.I.G., 506; Ellis, Elgin Marbles, II., p. 105, No. 212; Greek Inscriptions in Brit. Mus., LXVIII.

805. Tablet with votive relief, representing a human face from the bridge of the nose downwards, dedicated by Tertia.

Inscribed: Τερτία ὑψίστῳ εὐχήν.—Pnyx, Athens. Elgin Coll.

Pentelic marble; height, 8½ inches; width, 7¾ inches. Dodwell, Tour, I., p. 404, with woodcut; Synopsis, No. 218 (250); Mus. Marbles, IX., pl. 41, fig. 7; C.I.G., 501; Ellis, Elgin Marbles, II., p. 105, No. 218; Greek Inscriptions in Brit. Mus., LXIII.

806. Tablet with votive relief, representing a pair of arms, within a panel, dedicated by Claudia Prepusa. The hands are wanting.

Inscribed: Κλαυδία Πρέπουσα εὐχαριστῶ ὑψίστῳ.—Pnyx, Athens. Elgin Coll.

Pentelic marble; height, 6 inches; width, 7¼ inches. Dodwell, Tour, I., p. 402, with woodcut; Synopsis, No. 215 (248); Mus. Marbles, IX., pl. 41, fig. 6; C.I.G., 502; Ellis, Elgin Marbles, II., p. 105, No. 215; Greek Inscriptions in Brit. Mus., LXIV.

807. Tablet with votive relief, representing a female breast somewhat broken, dedicated by Onesimè.

Inscribed: Ὀνησίμη εὐχὴν Διῒ ὑψίστῳ.—Pnyx, Athens. Elgin Coll.

Pentelic marble; height, 4⅞ inches; width, 6 inches. Dodwell, Tour, I., p. 403; Synopsis, No. 211 (249); Mus. Marbles, IX., pl. 41, fig. 1; C.I.G., 503; Ellis, Elgin Marbles, II., p. 105, No. 211; Greek Inscriptions in Brit. Mus., LXV.