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these bas reliefs may be supposed to represent a particular cere-
mony very much in the same manner in which it appeared to the
spectators at the period of their execution, and not merely what
it might be supposed to have been at that earlier time, when
the common original of all these free imitations was executed.
A further proof of the comparatively modern date of these sculp-
tures may be derived from the accompaniments and details of
the locality where the scene is laid. The style and character of
the temple, its decorations, as well as those of the tripod, all in-
dicate a period much posterior to that of which the costume of
the figures is characteristic.
Fig. 3. Height 1 f. 3 in. Width 10 in. Old No. 284. New No. 189.
Upon this fragment is represented part of a procession, of
which only four figures remain, and a portion of a fifth; this last
appears to be a male, clothed only in the pallium, which is folded
around him, leaving his right shoulder uncovered. Behind him
is a female wearing a long chiton, over which is the pallium
folded close around her person, enveloping the arms, and the
back part of it drawn over her head in the form of a veil; at
their sides walk two children, each closely wrapped in a small
pallium ; and all have their right hands raised and pressed to-
wards the breast in the attitude of awe and veneration. Behind
them follows a person, perhaps a female attendant, wearing a
long chiton with full, but short, sleeves, the right arm being quite
bare ; the pallium is wound round the body across the left
shoulder in the usual manner. On her head she carries a large,
deep, circular vessel, supported by her right hand. This vessel
probably contained objects intended for offerings to some deity;
and the impression of awe which characterizes the persons, in-
duces us to believe that, had the subject been entire, it would
have represented the preparations for a sacrifice in presence of
some divinities, before whom was displayed the funereal repast.
these bas reliefs may be supposed to represent a particular cere-
mony very much in the same manner in which it appeared to the
spectators at the period of their execution, and not merely what
it might be supposed to have been at that earlier time, when
the common original of all these free imitations was executed.
A further proof of the comparatively modern date of these sculp-
tures may be derived from the accompaniments and details of
the locality where the scene is laid. The style and character of
the temple, its decorations, as well as those of the tripod, all in-
dicate a period much posterior to that of which the costume of
the figures is characteristic.
Fig. 3. Height 1 f. 3 in. Width 10 in. Old No. 284. New No. 189.
Upon this fragment is represented part of a procession, of
which only four figures remain, and a portion of a fifth; this last
appears to be a male, clothed only in the pallium, which is folded
around him, leaving his right shoulder uncovered. Behind him
is a female wearing a long chiton, over which is the pallium
folded close around her person, enveloping the arms, and the
back part of it drawn over her head in the form of a veil; at
their sides walk two children, each closely wrapped in a small
pallium ; and all have their right hands raised and pressed to-
wards the breast in the attitude of awe and veneration. Behind
them follows a person, perhaps a female attendant, wearing a
long chiton with full, but short, sleeves, the right arm being quite
bare ; the pallium is wound round the body across the left
shoulder in the usual manner. On her head she carries a large,
deep, circular vessel, supported by her right hand. This vessel
probably contained objects intended for offerings to some deity;
and the impression of awe which characterizes the persons, in-
duces us to believe that, had the subject been entire, it would
have represented the preparations for a sacrifice in presence of
some divinities, before whom was displayed the funereal repast.