A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities Part 43

Height, 7-1/2 inches.

MARBLE FRAGMENT OF FRIEZE.

[Sidenote: =344.=]

Head of a youth, looking to the left, in low relief. This fragment probably belongs to one of the hors.e.m.e.n in the north frieze. It is placed by Michaelis (pl. 13) in the s.p.a.ce between slabs xxvi. and xxviii. This head was formerly in the possession of Mr. Steinhauser, at Karlsruhe.

Height, 5-3/4 inches.

CASTS FROM FRAGMENTS OF THE FRIEZE.

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The fragments are here arranged, as far as possible, in the order followed in the description of the frieze.

EAST FRIEZE.

[Sidenote: 1.]

Fragment from left-hand lower corner of slab, with drapery falling in vertical folds from below the knee of a figure; and with a right foot turned to the right, and wearing a shoe with a thick sole. The figure to which this fragment belongs must have been a maiden in the procession; probably the figure on the left of slab ii. now entirely lost, but preserved in Carrey's drawing.

Height, 1 foot. Compare Michaelis, pl. 14, slab ii., No. 2.

[Sidenote: 2.]

Female head, looking to the left. The hair is gathered up under a net. This must have belonged to one of the figures in the procession on the east side, slabs vii.-ix., and probably to No.

56.

Height, 4-1/2 inches.

NORTH FRIEZE.

[Sidenote: 3.]

Fragment of arm and drapery of male figure moving to the left.

From the left edge of a slab. This seems to be a part of the figure, No. 4, partly seen on slab ii., and has been thus drawn on plate vii.

Height, 1 foot 1 inch.

[Sidenote: 4.]

Left-hand upper corner of slab, on which is a youthful male head, bound with a diadem, looking to the left; the face shown in three quarters. This seems to agree best with Carrey's drawing of the figure with the sheep, slab iv., No. 7 (= Michaelis, No. 9). See plate vii.

Height, 7-1/2 inches.

[Sidenote: 5.]

Fragment containing the back of the head of one of the lyre-players (Michaelis, No. 24) and part of the lyre of the other (Michaelis, No. 25).

Height, 11-1/4 inches. (See Plate viii.) Michaelis, pl. 12, vii.

[Sidenote: 6.]

Fragment from lower part of draped figure from knee to right (?) foot, the direction being to the left. On the right side of the fragment is a joint. The drapery reaches to the ankle, with an upper fold falling half-way down the calf. This fragment seems to have belonged to the musician on slab vii., whose lyre is preserved on the preceding fragment, and is thus drawn on Plate viii. Michaelis is in error in marking a joint on the left of his No. 26 (= Museum, No. 17).

Height, 1 foot 7-1/2 inches.

[Sidenote: 7.]

Fragment with left foot wearing a shoe, from a draped figure moving to the left. The skirt falls just above the ankle. This may be a part of the figure on slab i., only preserved in Carrey's drawing (cf. Plate vii.); or it may have belonged to one of the figures on slabs vii.--ix., notwithstanding that Carrey represents them with bare feet.

Height, 7 inches.

[Sidenote: 8.]

Fragment from the left of slab ix., giving parts of the three figures shown in Carrey's drawing (see Plate viii.). This fragment agrees fairly well with Carrey, except that he does not indicate the hand of the middle figure. It was discovered in the excavations on the Acropolis in 1889.

Height, 2 feet.

[Sidenote: 9.]

Fragment from the right joint of a slab, containing part of a male figure from the hip to the right shoulder. The right arm was held horizontally, and bent at the elbow, so that the hand is seen before the breast. A mantle pa.s.ses round the body from under the right arm to the left shoulder. This, as Robert points out (_Arch.

Zeit._, 1875, p. 100, _l_), seems to be the marshal beside the chariot group in Michaelis, pl. 12, xiii., fig. 48. (See Plate viii., slab xiii.) In that case the raised ma.s.s on the left of the hip of this figure would be part of the rump of the third horse.

Height, 1 foot 5 inches.

[Sidenote: 10.]

Fragment with edge of hind quarter of horse, rearing to the left, with part of the tail. Above the tail are folds of drapery. This fragment is perhaps a part of slab xiii., with the hinder chariot horse; but this is very doubtful.

Height, 1 foot 8 inches; Michaelis, pl. 12, slab xiii., fig. 48.

[Sidenote: 11.]

Part of a charioteer, between the waist and the knees; he stands in a chariot, of which the antyx is visible. The left forearm crosses the body as if holding the reins. This fragment, which is not noticed by Michaelis, must belong to the north frieze. Robert (_Arch. Zeit._, 1875, p. 100, _n_) proposed to a.s.sign it to slab No. xiii. of the north frieze. This seems the most probable position, though the fragment does not agree very well with Carrey's drawing.

Height, 1 foot.

[Sidenote: 12.]

Fragment of chariot group; an apobates standing in a quadriga, leaning forward. The head and neck, right arm from below elbow and legs from below the knee are wanting. On his left arm is his oval buckler. He wears a chiton which leaves the right arm and side bare. His right hand must have grasped the antyx. On the left a portion of the drapery of the charioteer is visible. There is a joint on the left of this fragment. It must belong to the northern frieze, and on p. 172, fig. 12, it has been drawn in combination with slab xix. It is not given by Michaelis, or in Robert's list (_Arch. Zeit._, 1875, pp. 95-103).

Height, 1 foot 5 inches.

[Sidenote: 13.]