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514 TOMB ON PENINSULA.
riod; and, judging from the character of the head-
dress, I should imagine that the figure represents
an Empress or some lady of the time in the cha-
racter of Ceres, rather than the goddess herself.
Such adaptations were very common in Roman art.
The drapery of this figure is Avell composed, hut
the form is rather heavy, and the execution wanting
in refinement.
Great numbers of small lamps of the Roman
period were found at the foot of this statue; they
were all of coarse red unglazed ware.
Of the three sarcophagi, the two marked A and
B in the Plan had been ornamented with festoons,
suspended at the angles from Satyrs' heads, and
sustained in the intervening space by naked boys
standing on pilasters. (See Plates LXIX. LXXL,
Lower View.)
Prom these festoons depend bunches of grapes.
Above these ornaments arc two Gorgons' heads in
relief, between which on sarcophagus A is the
bust of a draped male figure, doubtless a portrait of
the person interred in the sarcophagus. (See Plate
LXXI.)
At the sides of the sarcophagi the festoons and
bunches of grapes are continued; the backs arc
left plain.
They are further ornamented with a cornice and
a base, the mouldings of which have been very hap-
pily adapted from the Ionic order.
The bases are in a much better condition than
the rest of the sarcophagi, being made of separate
pieces of marble.
riod; and, judging from the character of the head-
dress, I should imagine that the figure represents
an Empress or some lady of the time in the cha-
racter of Ceres, rather than the goddess herself.
Such adaptations were very common in Roman art.
The drapery of this figure is Avell composed, hut
the form is rather heavy, and the execution wanting
in refinement.
Great numbers of small lamps of the Roman
period were found at the foot of this statue; they
were all of coarse red unglazed ware.
Of the three sarcophagi, the two marked A and
B in the Plan had been ornamented with festoons,
suspended at the angles from Satyrs' heads, and
sustained in the intervening space by naked boys
standing on pilasters. (See Plates LXIX. LXXL,
Lower View.)
Prom these festoons depend bunches of grapes.
Above these ornaments arc two Gorgons' heads in
relief, between which on sarcophagus A is the
bust of a draped male figure, doubtless a portrait of
the person interred in the sarcophagus. (See Plate
LXXI.)
At the sides of the sarcophagi the festoons and
bunches of grapes are continued; the backs arc
left plain.
They are further ornamented with a cornice and
a base, the mouldings of which have been very hap-
pily adapted from the Ionic order.
The bases are in a much better condition than
the rest of the sarcophagi, being made of separate
pieces of marble.