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296 CATALOGUE OF SOULPTUEE.
The foregoing arc the main types of the early Attic
reliefs. The British Museum docs not contain any speci-
mens of the early period, but the study of the early
reliefs enables us to classify the later works, and to dis-
tinguish the indigenous Attic types from those that arc
imported, or of later development.
Decorative Stelae. — The stelae crowned with the
palmette and acanthus acroteria are described below,
Nos. 599-618. They arc principally derived from Athens,
but several specimens (Nos. 611-618) roughly worked in
coarse limestone are a part of the collection of sculptures
from Kertch. One of the best examples of Attic work of
this class in the British Museum, will be found in the
Department of Egyptian and Assyrian anticpuities, namely
the stele of Artemidoros with a bilingual Greek and
Phoenician inscription. (Dodwell, Tour i., p. 411; Greek
Inscriptions in Brit. JSIus., cix.)
Scenes from Daily Life and figures of Animals.—The
monuments with portraits and scenes from daily life arc
catalogued below, Nos. 619-679. The incidents chosen
are taken from all parts of life, and in late times are apt
to bo of a genre character with scenes from children's
games, &c.
Beliefs with figures of horsemen, where the scene appears
only to be an incident from daily life, and not connected
with the heroification of the deceased, have also been
placed here (Nos. 638, 6G1-666).
Examples of the figure of an animal placed on the tomb,
of a symbolic or decorative character, are best seen among
the archaic sculptures (compare those from Xanthos),
but the bull, No. 680, is a specimen of a figure from an
Attic stele.
The types which have been described so far, are simple
records of the deceased person. We turn now to various
classes, which arc not represented among the Attic remains
The foregoing arc the main types of the early Attic
reliefs. The British Museum docs not contain any speci-
mens of the early period, but the study of the early
reliefs enables us to classify the later works, and to dis-
tinguish the indigenous Attic types from those that arc
imported, or of later development.
Decorative Stelae. — The stelae crowned with the
palmette and acanthus acroteria are described below,
Nos. 599-618. They arc principally derived from Athens,
but several specimens (Nos. 611-618) roughly worked in
coarse limestone are a part of the collection of sculptures
from Kertch. One of the best examples of Attic work of
this class in the British Museum, will be found in the
Department of Egyptian and Assyrian anticpuities, namely
the stele of Artemidoros with a bilingual Greek and
Phoenician inscription. (Dodwell, Tour i., p. 411; Greek
Inscriptions in Brit. JSIus., cix.)
Scenes from Daily Life and figures of Animals.—The
monuments with portraits and scenes from daily life arc
catalogued below, Nos. 619-679. The incidents chosen
are taken from all parts of life, and in late times are apt
to bo of a genre character with scenes from children's
games, &c.
Beliefs with figures of horsemen, where the scene appears
only to be an incident from daily life, and not connected
with the heroification of the deceased, have also been
placed here (Nos. 638, 6G1-666).
Examples of the figure of an animal placed on the tomb,
of a symbolic or decorative character, are best seen among
the archaic sculptures (compare those from Xanthos),
but the bull, No. 680, is a specimen of a figure from an
Attic stele.
The types which have been described so far, are simple
records of the deceased person. We turn now to various
classes, which arc not represented among the Attic remains