A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities Part 66

Inscribed: [Greek: Timophon Timostratou Anagyrasios].--_Athens?_ _Elgin Coll._

Pentelic marble; height, 1 foot 11 inches; diameter, 1 foot 2 inches. For the form, cf. vase held by the wind Skiron on the Tower of the Winds (Stuart, I., chap. III., pl. 19), and the relief from Icaria (_American Journ. of Archaeology_, V., p. 178, fig. 30). Published Dodwell, _Tour_, 1., p. 451; _Synopsis_ No. 263 (163); _Mus. Marbles_, IX., pl. 32, fig. 4; _Greek Inscriptions in Brit. Mus._, Lx.x.x.; _C.I.G._, 585. k.u.manudis ([Greek: Att. Epig.] No. 236, and p. 18) and Kohler (_C.I.A._ II., 1850) consider the inscription more recent than the vase.

[Sidenote: =685.=]

Fragment from the top of a sepulchral amphora in relief, with patterns of foliage.--_Formerly in Lord Elgin's Collection._

Pentelic marble; height, 11 inches. _Journ. of h.e.l.len. Studies_, VI., p. 43, No. 4.

[Sidenote: =686.=]

Sepulchral cippus of Anaxicrates with an amphora carved in low relief.

Inscribed: [Greek: Anaxikrates Dexiochou Athenaios].--_Athens?_ _Elgin Coll._

Pentelic marble; height, 2 feet 1/2 inch. _Synopsis_, No. 123 (240); _Mus. Marbles_, IX., pl. 34, fig. 2; _Greek Inscriptions in Brit. Mus._, XCVI.; _C.I.G._, 801.

SEPULCHRAL VASES AND RELIEFS, WITH FIGURES CLASPING HANDS.

For the various interpretations that have been proposed for these scenes, commonly known as "Scenes of Parting," see above, p. 297.

[Sidenote: =687.=]

Sepulchral lekythos with relief. A bearded figure stands before a woman seated on a stool, and clasps her hand.

Inscribed: [Greek: Pamphilos Meixiadou Aigilieus Archippe Meixiadou]--Pamphilos, son of Meixiades, of Aigilia; Archippe, daughter of Meixiades. The figures represented are therefore brother and sister.--_Found beside the portico of Hadrian, Athens._ _Elgin Coll._

Pentelic marble; height, 2 feet 4-3/4 inches; diameter, 1 foot 5 inches. Stuart I., pp. 44, 52; Dodwell, _Tour_, I., p. 454; _Mus.

Marbles_, IX. pl. 33, fig. 2; _Synopsis_ No. 192 (237); Ellis, _Elgin Marbles_, II., p. 164; _C.I.G._, 560; _C.I.A._, II., 1737; _Greek Inscriptions in Brit. Mus._, LXXV.

[Sidenote: =688.=]

Sepulchral lekythos with relief. Two female figures, Philia and Metrodora, stand clasping hands. Two bearded figures, Mys and Meles, stand, one on the left and one on the right, each turning towards the central group.

Inscribed: [Greek: Mys, Philia, Metrodora, Meles].--_Athens?_ _Elgin Coll._

Pentelic marble; height, 1 foot 9-1/2 inches; diameter, 1 foot 1-1/4 inches, _Mus. Marbles_, IX., pl. 32, fig. 3; _Synopsis_ No.

199 (148); _C.I.G._, 974; _C.I.A._, II., 3998; _Greek Inscriptions in Brit. Mus._, CXXII. Brueckner, _Von den griech. Grabreliefs_, p. 12, fig. K. A companion lekythos has been discovered at Chasani, in Attica, and is now at Athens. In this relief, Mys and Meles clasp hands, while Metrodora and Philia stand on the right and left. Brueckner, _l.c._

[Sidenote: =689.=]

Part of a sepulchral lekythos with relief. Two women, Callistrate (?) and Demostrate, stand with right hands joined. Behind the latter a girl stands in an att.i.tude of grief with her head resting on her right hand. Behind the former is a youth supporting his chin on his right hand.

Inscribed: [Greek: Demostrate, Kallistr[ate]].--_Athens?_ _Elgin Coll._

Pentelic marble; height, 1 foot 7 inches; diameter, 1 foot 5 inches. _Mus. Marbles_, IX., pl. 31, figs. 1, 2; _Synopsis_ No.

275 (104); Ellis, _Elgin Marbles_, II., p. 165; _C.I.G._, 936; _C.I.A._, II., 3611; _Greek Inscriptions in Brit. Mus._, CXIV.

[Sidenote: =690.=]

Sepulchral vase, with relief. A young warrior, wearing chiton, s.h.i.+eld and helmet, clasps the hand of an old man. Behind the man stands a woman, who makes a gesture with her right hand.

Inscribed with an elegiac inscription of four lines of which only the terminations remain.--_Athens?_ _Elgin Coll._

Pentelic marble; height, 2 feet 4-1/4 inches; diameter, 1 foot 3-1/2 inches. _Mus. Marbles_, IX., pl. 32, fig. 1; _Synopsis_ No.

122 (167); Ellis, _Elgin Marbles_, II., p. 161; _C.I.G._, 1041; _C.I.A._, II., 4312; _Greek Inscriptions in Brit. Mus._, Cx.x.xII.

[Sidenote: =691.=]

Sepulchral lekythos with relief. A young warrior, wearing a cuira.s.s over a short tunic, a chlamys and a helmet, clasps the hand of a seated woman. He appears to hold a scroll in his left hand. Behind him is an attendant, holding a large s.h.i.+eld.--_Athens?_ _Elgin Coll._

Pentelic marble; height, 2 feet 6 inches; diameter, 1 foot 6 inches. _Mus. Marbles_, IX., pl. 33, fig. 3; _Synopsis_ No. 195 (228); Ellis, _Elgin Marbles_, II., p. 161.

[Sidenote: =692.=]

Sepulchral lekythos with relief. An armed warrior, Sosippos, who wears a tunic, cuira.s.s, and chlamys, clasps the hand of a seated woman, who, with her left hand clasps the right hand of a small girl standing at her knee. Behind the warrior is a boy carrying a large s.h.i.+eld; behind the seated figure is a woman standing with her right hand raised to her chin.

Inscribed: [Greek: Sosippos].--_Athens?_ _Elgin Coll._

Pentelic marble; height, 2 feet; diameter, 11 inches. Dodwell, _Tour_, I., p. 455; _Mus. Marbles_, IX., pl. 31, fig. 3; _Synopsis_ No. 230 (239); Ellis, _Elgin Marbles_, II., p. 165; _C.I.G._, 1008; _C.I.A._, II., 4156; _Greek Inscriptions in Brit.

Mus._, CXXVII.

[Sidenote: =693.=]

Stele, with a sepulchral lekythos in relief, supported by a winged Sphinx. On the vase is a relief representing two warriors, fully armed, standing with hands clasped. (Pl. xi., fig. 1.)

Inscribed: [Greek: Archiades Hagn(o)usios, Polemonikos Athmoneus]--Archiades of Hagnus; Polemonicos of Athmonon.--_Formerly in the Guilford Collection. Presented by G. Plucknett, Esq., 1886._

Pentelic marble; height, 2 feet 11-1/2 inches width, 1 foot 1 inch. _C.I.G._, 552; _C.I.A._, II., 1700.

[Sidenote: =694.=]

Stele, with sepulchral relief. A seated woman, Xeno, clasps the hand of a girl, Cleo, who stands before her. Behind her, a bearded man, Hermodoros, leans on his staff and looks downwards. The stele is surmounted by a rounded top as if for a palmette, which may have been painted.

Inscribed: [Greek: Xeno, Hermodoros, Kleo].--_Athens?_--_Elgin Coll._

Pentelic marble; height, 2 feet 1 inch; width, 1 foot 2-1/2 inches. _Mus. Marbles_, IX., pl. 30, fig. 4; _Synopsis_ No. 373 (229); _C.I.G._, 981; _C.I.A._, II., 4042; _Greek Inscriptions in Brit. Mus._, CXXIV.

[Sidenote: =695.=]

Sepulchral lekythos with relief. A youth, Polystratos, clasps the hand of a woman, Archagora, who is seated on a chair. A woman, Pithyllis, is seen in the background between these two figures. She stands in an att.i.tude of grief, with her head bowed and her right hand raised to her veil.

Inscribed: [Greek: Archagora, Pithyllis, Polystratos].--_Athens?_ _Elgin Coll._