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the body and passes over the !. shoulder and under the r. arm. Head
turned half r. Hair parted in the middle and waved to each side, ending
behind in a knot.
The drapery and figure reproduce a well-known late fifth- or early
fourth-century type commonly employed lor Kore, sometimes for Demeter,
and, by assimilation to a closely related type, that of the Hope Hygieia, for
Hygieia. In the present instance the girlish forms point most probably
to Kore. When their attributes were lost these figures were mostly
restored as Muses, and more especially as Urania, with globe (Vatican,
Chiaramonti 61= Amelung, Hr/. C<r/. i, p. 350; zA Sala delle Muse 504
— HelbigS, 271, &c.; cf. Amelung, A7zZzT/- Zz7 A zz/z'Azz z'zz VArova,
no. 33, and Z?<?.rz!f zAy ArzzAzAAy, pp. 53 ff., where the type is traced back
to its sources and numerous examples are given).
From the Vatican, Inv. Boccapaduli 12; placed on its present base
in 1639 (Forcella, i. 138). Inv. 1692.
Vaccaria, 75; Franzini, E 6; Thomassini, 20; Perrier, 74*; De Rossi, (W/.
VZZV ZZzzZzzzzrzzzzz (1641), 17 ; Episcopius, 31, 32; Montagnani-Mirabili, ii. 125;
Righetti, ii. 209; Armellini, iii. 263. Probably one of those mentioned by Deseine,
Z^jwzyVz'czz A Zzwzg zzzcZ?rzzg (1690), ii, p. 333.
2. SARCOPHAGUS OF HELLENIUS OPTATINUS (pi. 10).
H. -47 m., depth -44 m., L. 1-67 m. Greek marble. Unrestored.
Striated sarcophagus of the usual type (yzzz^oAzgz? zArzWZz/o). In the
centre a clipeus supported by crossed cornucopiae tied with ribbons.
Within the clipeus bust of beardless youth with closely cropped hair,
looking slightly to his 1. He is dressed in a toga, from which his r. hand
projects, with the first two fingers extended and the others closed. In the
spandrels above the clipeus two rosettes, one at each side. At each
corner a nude cupid, or genius of death (so-called Azzzor Aozzzzzzzy), with
legs crossed, facing away from the centre, and leaning on a reversed
torch. On the end of the sarcophagus winged griffins, symbolic of
resurrection. The lid, which imitates the roof of a house, has four ridges
of tiles, each faced with an antehx (the first from 1., and the third,
adorned with a ' resolved palmette ', the second and fourth with a natural-
istic plant). In the centre of the front, between the third and fourth
antefixes, an oblong panel with the inscription.
Ordinary work of early third century A.D.; hair of genii worked
with drill.
Found in 1885, 300 yards outside the Porta Salaria, together with
Gzz/AzA?, no. 4.
C. L. Visconti, Zzz//. Gw;, xix (1891), p. 297 k, pi. X, 3; AF/. (1883),
p. 189; L. von Sybel, Z/AA//AA zlzz/z/A (1909), ii, p. 48.
Z. Z. Z. vi. 31834.
3. UNINSCRIBED SARCOPHAGUS OF HUSBAND AND WIFE
(pi. II).
H. .74 m., depth .67 m., L. 2-13 m. Pentelic marble. Unrestored.
Striated sarcophagus of the usual type. In the centre, clipeus with
the busts of husband and wife, rising out of a formal acanthus. The
* There is also a small engraving by Perrier (showing the statue in a niche) with
the legend /Vzzzzzh ZV//zzz<?, Z'rzzzzrzirzzs' Z^zvAz /zzzyzz/zZzzr
2 A
the body and passes over the !. shoulder and under the r. arm. Head
turned half r. Hair parted in the middle and waved to each side, ending
behind in a knot.
The drapery and figure reproduce a well-known late fifth- or early
fourth-century type commonly employed lor Kore, sometimes for Demeter,
and, by assimilation to a closely related type, that of the Hope Hygieia, for
Hygieia. In the present instance the girlish forms point most probably
to Kore. When their attributes were lost these figures were mostly
restored as Muses, and more especially as Urania, with globe (Vatican,
Chiaramonti 61= Amelung, Hr/. C<r/. i, p. 350; zA Sala delle Muse 504
— HelbigS, 271, &c.; cf. Amelung, A7zZzT/- Zz7 A zz/z'Azz z'zz VArova,
no. 33, and Z?<?.rz!f zAy ArzzAzAAy, pp. 53 ff., where the type is traced back
to its sources and numerous examples are given).
From the Vatican, Inv. Boccapaduli 12; placed on its present base
in 1639 (Forcella, i. 138). Inv. 1692.
Vaccaria, 75; Franzini, E 6; Thomassini, 20; Perrier, 74*; De Rossi, (W/.
VZZV ZZzzZzzzzrzzzzz (1641), 17 ; Episcopius, 31, 32; Montagnani-Mirabili, ii. 125;
Righetti, ii. 209; Armellini, iii. 263. Probably one of those mentioned by Deseine,
Z^jwzyVz'czz A Zzwzg zzzcZ?rzzg (1690), ii, p. 333.
2. SARCOPHAGUS OF HELLENIUS OPTATINUS (pi. 10).
H. -47 m., depth -44 m., L. 1-67 m. Greek marble. Unrestored.
Striated sarcophagus of the usual type (yzzz^oAzgz? zArzWZz/o). In the
centre a clipeus supported by crossed cornucopiae tied with ribbons.
Within the clipeus bust of beardless youth with closely cropped hair,
looking slightly to his 1. He is dressed in a toga, from which his r. hand
projects, with the first two fingers extended and the others closed. In the
spandrels above the clipeus two rosettes, one at each side. At each
corner a nude cupid, or genius of death (so-called Azzzor Aozzzzzzzy), with
legs crossed, facing away from the centre, and leaning on a reversed
torch. On the end of the sarcophagus winged griffins, symbolic of
resurrection. The lid, which imitates the roof of a house, has four ridges
of tiles, each faced with an antehx (the first from 1., and the third,
adorned with a ' resolved palmette ', the second and fourth with a natural-
istic plant). In the centre of the front, between the third and fourth
antefixes, an oblong panel with the inscription.
Ordinary work of early third century A.D.; hair of genii worked
with drill.
Found in 1885, 300 yards outside the Porta Salaria, together with
Gzz/AzA?, no. 4.
C. L. Visconti, Zzz//. Gw;, xix (1891), p. 297 k, pi. X, 3; AF/. (1883),
p. 189; L. von Sybel, Z/AA//AA zlzz/z/A (1909), ii, p. 48.
Z. Z. Z. vi. 31834.
3. UNINSCRIBED SARCOPHAGUS OF HUSBAND AND WIFE
(pi. II).
H. .74 m., depth .67 m., L. 2-13 m. Pentelic marble. Unrestored.
Striated sarcophagus of the usual type. In the centre, clipeus with
the busts of husband and wife, rising out of a formal acanthus. The
* There is also a small engraving by Perrier (showing the statue in a niche) with
the legend /Vzzzzzh ZV//zzz<?, Z'rzzzzrzirzzs' Z^zvAz /zzzyzz/zZzzr