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104 THE BRITISH MUSEUM.
. The three first of the Votive Offerings are repre-
sentations in bas-relief of the female breast; they were
presented to the god by persons of the names of
Isias, Eutychis, and Onesime. The first and third
are in white, the second in dark-coloured marble.
No. 209 * is inscribed with the words
, Eitrius 'x^
Eu%.. t
No. 210 J, e£to^« r^wr.s
XP ""• •§
The letters of the last word are placed almost at
random, and one letter is wrong; so careless a votive
inscription does not testify strongly to the piety or
gratitude of the lady.
No. 211 ||, 'Omrlfoi slx,m
A/'/ Vetera.
This is complete, and literally expresses with that
admirable brevity for which Greek inscriptions are
remarkable: " Onesime her vow to Zeus Most
High."
The first of these measures 7j in. by 6. The
second, 6 in. by 5J. The third 6 in. by 5.
No. 212 f, a fragment of a bas-relief. The part of
the body which had received a cure has been broken
off, but the inscription implies that Syntrophus pre-
sents it as a mark of his gratitude to Zeus Most
High.
The tablet, as it remains, measures 6 in. by 4|.
* In the old arrangement No. 247. f EiV/i; i\pitrry ii%ki'
I Old 248. 5 I, e. Ei/ruz'S 'T^iVra ilyiv.
|| Old 249. f Old 252.
. The three first of the Votive Offerings are repre-
sentations in bas-relief of the female breast; they were
presented to the god by persons of the names of
Isias, Eutychis, and Onesime. The first and third
are in white, the second in dark-coloured marble.
No. 209 * is inscribed with the words
, Eitrius 'x^
Eu%.. t
No. 210 J, e£to^« r^wr.s
XP ""• •§
The letters of the last word are placed almost at
random, and one letter is wrong; so careless a votive
inscription does not testify strongly to the piety or
gratitude of the lady.
No. 211 ||, 'Omrlfoi slx,m
A/'/ Vetera.
This is complete, and literally expresses with that
admirable brevity for which Greek inscriptions are
remarkable: " Onesime her vow to Zeus Most
High."
The first of these measures 7j in. by 6. The
second, 6 in. by 5J. The third 6 in. by 5.
No. 212 f, a fragment of a bas-relief. The part of
the body which had received a cure has been broken
off, but the inscription implies that Syntrophus pre-
sents it as a mark of his gratitude to Zeus Most
High.
The tablet, as it remains, measures 6 in. by 4|.
* In the old arrangement No. 247. f EiV/i; i\pitrry ii%ki'
I Old 248. 5 I, e. Ei/ruz'S 'T^iVra ilyiv.
|| Old 249. f Old 252.