Jones, Henry Stuart [Hrsg.]; Palazzo dei Conservatori <Rom> [Hrsg.]: A catalogue of the ancient sculptures preserved in the municipal collections of Rome: the sculptures of the Palazzo dei Conservatori (Text) (Oxford, 1926)

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regular intervals, and fastened off at the top in a loop. Originally the
strap was doubtless coloured red. The axe is attached to the lower part
of the fasces by what appears to be a fourth strapping. The axe con-
sists of head, or blade, and handle ending immediately above the ' eye'
in a lion's head turned to the front. The blade, which is square save
for the usual incurved notch below the lion's head, is adorned by crossing
lines with a knob within a circle at the point of intersection. According
to Hauser (_/h/z7mA. x (1907), p. igg, cf. fig. 44) these lines, found in
nearly all representations of lictor's axes, represent the straps which
held in position a sort of leather sheath protecting the outer edges of the
blade. In the present case the sheath of the outer vertical blade seems
deeper than the others and has a zigzag edge on the inside.
This and similar works (cf. next no. and Or/. A/Azw. 6 b) doubtless
adorned the tombs of magistrates. The axes shown, as well as the
rods on this and the next no., do not prove that the owner of the tomb
was entitled to them, for we find them on the fagade of the tomb of
M. Arrius Diomedes at Pompeii (Overbeck-Mau, AA/zyA?', P- 408, fig. 204,
cf. Mau-Kelsey, Akwz/w'z', z'A <3726? aw/, p. 42*7 f.).
Formerly in the Cortile of the Museo Capitolino. (See on no. 2.)
Gaddi, p. 148; Mori, i, Cortife 9; Armeltini, i. 26; Tofanelli (1817), p. 9
(1846), p. 11 ; AA<72'% p. 10 ; Smith's ZhA. M72Z s.v. Za^r (cut on p. 826).
2. RELIEF OF FOUR FASCES (pi. 9).
H. 1.96 m., Br. -80 m. Luna marble. Patched in several places and painted
over.
Slab of marble, with relief of four lictor's fasces set vertically, similar
in character to the preceding. The axe, however, is more elaborate,
being decorated at the base of the blade with an oak-leaf pattern, while
the simple curved notch of the first example is expanded into a concave
sweep which reaches to the outer vertical edge, where it curves sharply
upwards and ends in the head of an animal turned in profile towards the
lion's head, likewise in profile, with which the handle terminates at the
top. At the lower end of the handle is yet another lion's (?) head. This
more elaborate axe is probably of later date than no. 1, and from its
resemblance to certain of the lictor's axes in the reliefs of the Arch of
Benevento (cf. x (1907), p. ig6, fig. 49) may be referred to the
period of Trajan.
This is possibly the /a/Ay 772<27WW7Y?Af yizyAA/y Aw/aZwz'zy yr^yZ/zy c/
/hAz'/zzy 272 zwAwz'Azy <?7*<A ypzhwTpAAz'y ZAzTiY CA77AA2' AbZzAzAy zyA/Azy
(the arco di Camigliano, cf. Jordan-Htilsen, i. 3370), which it
was decided to buy on Nov. 4, ig96 (A. A. C., Cred. i. tom. 30 f. 222 ap.
Lanciani, AArzh zAgA ArzzzA, ii. 93).
Formerly in the Atrio of the Museo Capitolino.
Tofanelli (1817), p. 11; AAava ZAirr. p. 22, no. 15.
II. PRIMO RIPIANO
1. STATUE RESTORED AS MUSE (pi. 10).
H. 2-03 m., with base 2-13 m. Pentelic marble. Restored : nose, r. and 1. arms
from elbow.
Statue of woman standing on the 1. leg with the r. drawn aside. She
wears shoes, and a sleeved tunic and a mantle which is wrapped round