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CATALOGUE OF SCULPTURE.

Found by Chandler, fixed in the wall of a church, on the road
to Cephisia. Presented by the Society of Dilettanti.

Pentelic marble ; height, 7f inches ; width, 1 foot 2| inches. Chandler,
Inscriptiones Ant., Part II., No. 95; Synopsis, No. 336 (236*);
C.I.G., 892 ; C.I.A., II., 3313 ; Greek Inscriptions in Brit. Mus.,
CVIII.

638. A bearded figure, Aristocles, rides a prancing horse
and places his right hand on its head. A youth in a
short chiton runs behind the horse. Inscribed :

IioAA.a fieB' -^/Yi/aas opoi]\.u<o<; ^8ea 7roucras

ck yatas (3\a<TTwv yata TrdX.iv yeyora.
Ei'p Se ,ApL<TTOK\rj<; UeLpauv';, 7rais 8e MeVawos.

* After many pleasant sports with my comrades, I who
sprang from dust, am dust once more. I am Aristocles, of
the Piraeus, son of Menon.'—Athens. Elgin Coll.

Pentelic marble; height, 2 feet 8 inches; width, 1 foot 6 inches.
Stuart, III., p. 56; Chandler, Inscriptiones Ant., Part II., No. 78
(" fixed in a wall at the door of the Greek School"); Mus.
Marbles, IX., pi. 34, fig. 3 ; Synopsis, No. 384 (213); C.I.G., 749 ;
C.I.A., II., 2442; Greek Inscriptions in Brit. Mus., XCII.;
Kaibel, 75.

639. -A- priestess stands, with chiton, and a knotted himation
bordered with a fringe ; she holds a key in her right hand,
and a basket in her left hand. On the right is a tree.
Above, a pediment with acroteria and a rosette ; also an
honorary wreath.

Inscribed : cO Sr^os 'IcriaSa MrjTpoSojpov AaoSixtSa. — De-
creed by the people, in honour of Isias of Laodicea,
daughter of Metrodoros.—Smyrna. Presented by M. Duane
and T. Tyrwhitt, Esqs., 1772.

Bluish Greek marble; height, 4 feet 2 J inches; width, 1 foot 11
inches. Montfaucon, Ant. Expl. Suppl., V., p. 25 ; Archaeologia,
III., pi. 11, fig. 1; Ellis, Townley Gallery, II., p. 161; C.I.G.,
3234.