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Lower part of sepulchral relief, much mutilated. A female figure is seated to the front on a lofty throne. She holds a fruit in her left hand. On the left is a youth with a box; and on the right a female figure, whose right hand was raised to her chin. The arms of the throne are supported by Sphinxes.--_Kertch._
Limestone; height, 1 foot 8 inches; width, 2 feet 2 inches.
[Sidenote: =646.=]
A female figure, Demetria, seated on a chair, extends her right hand to a box, held by a girl standing before her; behind is another standing female figure.
Inscribed: [Greek: [D]emetria].--_Probably from Athens._ _Obtained by the fourth Earl of Aberdeen, and presented by the fifth Earl of Aberdeen._
Pentelic marble; height, 2 feet 1/2 inch; width, 1 foot 1 inch.
_Greek Inscriptions in Brit. Mus._, CXIII.; _C.I.A._, III., 3072.
[Sidenote: =647.=]
Lower part of a sepulchral relief. A fully draped female figure, wanting above the breast, is seated on a stool. The left hand was probably raised to the chin or to the veil. Before her, a female figure of which nothing remains except a portion of drapery, from the knees downwards. A small boy stands at the knee of the seated woman, and raises his right hand.--_Athens?_ _Elgin Coll._
Pentelic marble; height, 1 foot 6 inches; width, 1 foot 3 inches.
_Mus. Marbles_, IX., pl. 39, fig. 2; _Synopsis_, No. 196 (162).
[Sidenote: =648.=]
Boy seated on a rock fis.h.i.+ng with a rod and line for a large fish, a basket in his left hand. Above a pediment.
Inscribed in rude late characters, [Greek: Agatheme Pentelic marble; height, 1 foot 2 inches; width, 10-1/2 inches. _C.I.G._, 6892. [Sidenote: =649.=] A girl, seated on a stool, holds an open scroll on her lap. Before her is a column, on which is another scroll (?); on the left is a dog raising a paw. The relief is bounded by pilasters and a pediment, slightly sketched out. Inscribed: [Greek: Abeita zesasa ete [=i] menas dyo chairete]--Avita, who lived ten years and two months. Hail.--_Townley Coll._ Parian marble; height, 1 foot 1 inch; width, 11 inches. Ellis, _Townley Gallery_, II., p. 165. _C.I.G._, 6866; Wolters, No. 1811. [Sidenote: =650.=] Youthful female figure, standing, holding an ivy-leaf fan in the right hand, and a part of the mantle with the left hand. Inscribed: [Greek: Synphoro[n] Herakleid[ou] Karystia]. Synphoron, of Carystos, daughter of Heracleides.--_Athens?_ Pentelic marble; height, 1 foot 7 inches; width, 11-1/2 inches. _C.I.G._, 857; _C.I.A._, III., 2510; _Greek Inscriptions in Brit. Mus._, CI. [Sidenote: =651.=] Nude figure of boy, standing, with chlamys thrown over his left shoulder. He holds a partridge in his left hand, and holds its beak with his right hand. Inscribed: [Greek: Menekrates Menonos]--Menecrates, son of Menon.--_Athens._ _Strangford Coll._ Pentelic marble; height, 1 foot 9 inches; width, 11 inches. _Greek Inscriptions in Brit. Mus._, CXXI.; _C.I.A._, III., 3276; _Arch. Anzeiger_, 1864, p. 164*. [Sidenote: =652.=] Fragment of sepulchral relief. A draped female figure is seated on a couch, with right hand raised to her veil; before her, two girls, of whom one holds a ball and the other a fan.--_Found in a store at Portsmouth._ _Probably from Smyrna._ Marble; height, 10 inches; width, 1 foot 1-1/2 inch. [Sidenote: =653.=] A boy throws a ball for a dog which springs up towards him.--_Strangford Coll._ Pentelic marble; height, 1 foot 8 inches; width, 10-1/2 inches. _Arch. Anzeiger_, 1864, p. 165*. [Sidenote: =654.=] Draped male figure standing, with a boy at his side; above an arch, springing from pilasters, and surmounted by a pediment with rosette and acroteria.--_Kertch._ Limestone; height, 2 feet 3-3/4 inches; width, 1 foot 9-1/2 inches. [Sidenote: =655.=] Sepulchral relief, rude and late. Standing, draped female figure raises her right hand to her cheek. The first inscription has been obliterated, and in place of it is the inscription, [Greek: SoT ... NIKE chaire]. Greek marble; height, 2 feet 2-1/2 inches; width, 1 foot. [Sidenote: =656.=] Sepulchral monument of Artipous. An old woman is seated wrapped in her mantle, with a pomegranate in her left hand. A girl stands at her left side holding a box and a purse (?). The relief is bounded by pilasters, surmounted by a pediment with acroteria. Inscribed: [Greek: Artipous Alkima] and [symbol: L][Greek: p]. [symbol: L] is a symbol, chiefly used in Ptolemaic inscriptions to precede a numeral denoting a year. The inscription therefore appears to mean '80 years old,' if [Greek: p] is given its usual value.--_Kertch._ Limestone; height, 4 feet 1/2 inch; width, 2 feet 5-3/4 inches. _Greek Inscriptions in Brit. Mus._, CCII.; Latyschev, II., 133. [Sidenote: =657.=] A draped figure, Theodote, seated on a throne, raises her left hand to her veil. Before her a figure of a girl, standing. The arms of the throne are supported by Sphinxes. Above the relief are an arch, springing from pilasters, a pediment with acroteria, and rosettes. Inscribed: [Greek: [Theod]ote gyne [Myrinou, chaire]].--_Kertch._ Limestone; height, 2 feet 5 inches; width, 1 foot 8-1/2 inches.
