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stands a raven with a berry in its mouth; on each side of the altar
is a laurel tree.
Height 1 ft. 5^ in. Width 13 in Depth 11 in.
Fig. 3. STELE OF EXACESTES.
A Greek sepulchral monument, with a bas relief and an inscrip-
tion to Exacestes and his wife. The bas relief represents Exacestes
as a young man, seated upon a chair without a back, a valance
partially concealing its legs; he is clothed in a tunic and ample
peplus, with sandals upon his feet which rest upon a footstool.
His right hand is joined to that of his wife who is standing before
him. A little boy is introduced leaning against the seat of Ex-
acestes, and a little girl, holding a small box, is represented stand-
ing near his wife. In the background is a column, on which a
double cornucopias is placed, and near it another column of a cir-
cular form, in some degree resembling a candelabrum. Over this
bas relief are two crowns of laurel, in the centre of each of which,
upon a circular plate, is inscribed the words O AHMOX Under
the first crown are these words ESAKESTHN ANAPOBOYAOY,
under the other crown the words MHTPEIN EPMIIHTOY E#A-
KE2T0Y AE TYNAIKA.1
The word MHTPEIN is a barbarous form of jxrjripa. This kind
of inscription was by no means uncommon for the purpose of
recording an honour bestowed by the state upon individuals who
had in any way merited such a distinction. In the Museum is
an inscription found in Crete, recording that the Senate and the
people had conferred a golden crown upon a person in honour
of his conduct, and many such are to be found in Boeckh, Corpus
1 See Letronne, Revue Philologique, i, p. 160. Franzius, Elementa Epigraphes
GrcecEe, p. 248, who cites from an inscription n^Ttpav, another barbarism. Boeckh.
Corpus Inscr. no. 2729. Fellows, Discoveries in Lycia, p. 83.
stands a raven with a berry in its mouth; on each side of the altar
is a laurel tree.
Height 1 ft. 5^ in. Width 13 in Depth 11 in.
Fig. 3. STELE OF EXACESTES.
A Greek sepulchral monument, with a bas relief and an inscrip-
tion to Exacestes and his wife. The bas relief represents Exacestes
as a young man, seated upon a chair without a back, a valance
partially concealing its legs; he is clothed in a tunic and ample
peplus, with sandals upon his feet which rest upon a footstool.
His right hand is joined to that of his wife who is standing before
him. A little boy is introduced leaning against the seat of Ex-
acestes, and a little girl, holding a small box, is represented stand-
ing near his wife. In the background is a column, on which a
double cornucopias is placed, and near it another column of a cir-
cular form, in some degree resembling a candelabrum. Over this
bas relief are two crowns of laurel, in the centre of each of which,
upon a circular plate, is inscribed the words O AHMOX Under
the first crown are these words ESAKESTHN ANAPOBOYAOY,
under the other crown the words MHTPEIN EPMIIHTOY E#A-
KE2T0Y AE TYNAIKA.1
The word MHTPEIN is a barbarous form of jxrjripa. This kind
of inscription was by no means uncommon for the purpose of
recording an honour bestowed by the state upon individuals who
had in any way merited such a distinction. In the Museum is
an inscription found in Crete, recording that the Senate and the
people had conferred a golden crown upon a person in honour
of his conduct, and many such are to be found in Boeckh, Corpus
1 See Letronne, Revue Philologique, i, p. 160. Franzius, Elementa Epigraphes
GrcecEe, p. 248, who cites from an inscription n^Ttpav, another barbarism. Boeckh.
Corpus Inscr. no. 2729. Fellows, Discoveries in Lycia, p. 83.