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be either a divinity or an heroic person, but which of the two,
can only be ascertained by the discovery of some similar monu-
ment in a more perfect state.
This tablet seems to have been of a tolerably good style and
execution ; but is extremely mutilated.
Fig. 2. Height 1 f. 7 in. Width 1 f. 2 in. Old No. 227. New No. 376.
This fragment, which is in a very bad state of preservation, has
represented a distyle temple in which is seated Jupiter, with Juno
standing at his side. He is clothed only in the peplus which
conceals the lower part of his body, and of which one end hangs
gracefully over the front of his left shoulder, leaving his arms and
the upper part of his person uncovered. His left hand is raised,
and has been supported by his sceptre, which was probably of
bronze, and has now disappeared ; his right hand is held forth as
if graciously listening to some application, but whether it ever held
any thing, the dilapidated state of the marble prevents us from
ascertaining. Juno is standing with her face turned towards him,
and maybe supposed to be interceding in favour of the suppliants
who, probably, were represented upon the lost portion of the
marble. She appears to be clothed in the long chiton, over
which is thrown the ample peplus, the back of which is passed
over her head in the form of a veil, and is sustained in its place
by the left hand, by which it is drawn forward to the front.
Jupiter and Juno are similarly represented together upon other
ancient monuments, as the frieze of the Parthenon,1 a bas relief
in the Mus. Angelon. &c.2 They appear to be receiving the
address of some suppliant, or the communication of some mes-
senger, but those parts of the monument which are necessary to
inform us exactly as to its design are unfortunately missing.
1 See Marbles in Brit. Mus. pt. viii. pi. ii. 2 Bartolij Admiranda Roman, tab. 27-
be either a divinity or an heroic person, but which of the two,
can only be ascertained by the discovery of some similar monu-
ment in a more perfect state.
This tablet seems to have been of a tolerably good style and
execution ; but is extremely mutilated.
Fig. 2. Height 1 f. 7 in. Width 1 f. 2 in. Old No. 227. New No. 376.
This fragment, which is in a very bad state of preservation, has
represented a distyle temple in which is seated Jupiter, with Juno
standing at his side. He is clothed only in the peplus which
conceals the lower part of his body, and of which one end hangs
gracefully over the front of his left shoulder, leaving his arms and
the upper part of his person uncovered. His left hand is raised,
and has been supported by his sceptre, which was probably of
bronze, and has now disappeared ; his right hand is held forth as
if graciously listening to some application, but whether it ever held
any thing, the dilapidated state of the marble prevents us from
ascertaining. Juno is standing with her face turned towards him,
and maybe supposed to be interceding in favour of the suppliants
who, probably, were represented upon the lost portion of the
marble. She appears to be clothed in the long chiton, over
which is thrown the ample peplus, the back of which is passed
over her head in the form of a veil, and is sustained in its place
by the left hand, by which it is drawn forward to the front.
Jupiter and Juno are similarly represented together upon other
ancient monuments, as the frieze of the Parthenon,1 a bas relief
in the Mus. Angelon. &c.2 They appear to be receiving the
address of some suppliant, or the communication of some mes-
senger, but those parts of the monument which are necessary to
inform us exactly as to its design are unfortunately missing.
1 See Marbles in Brit. Mus. pt. viii. pi. ii. 2 Bartolij Admiranda Roman, tab. 27-