Smith, Arthur H. [Editor]; British Museum <London> / Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities [Editor]: Catalogue of sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities (Band 1) (London, 1892)

DOMESTIC SCENES.

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640. A draped female figure, seated on a chair, holds out a
corner of her veil with her right hand. Another female
figure stands before her, closely wrapped in her mantle.
A diminutive female figure is in the right-hand corner of
the relief. The relief is bounded by pilasters, a circular
arch, and a pediment.

Parian marble ? height, 3 feet; width, 2 feet 4 inches.

641. Fragment of sepulchral stele, with the lower part of a
female figure moving to the right.—From Mycenae.
Inwood Coll.

Red marble; height, 10 inches; width, lOf inches. Synopsis, No. 427.

642. Late sepulchral relief. A female figure, seated on a
stool, holds her mantle, which passes over her head,
with the left hand, and a scroll (?) in her right hand.
The relief is surmounted by an arch and rosettes, above
which is a pediment with acroteria, unfinished, and a
rosette.

Inscribed : MoScm 'Apycuov MiA^o-ia. Mousis, daughter
of Argaios of Miletus.—Athens. Found by Chandler. Pre-
sented by the Society of Dilettanti.

Pentelic marble ; height, 2 feet 2| inches ; width, 1 foot 2\ inches.
Chandler, Inscriptions Ant., Part II., No. 91; Synopsis, 1st ed.,
Room VI., No. 27 (where Thomas Hollis is incorrectly said to be
the donor); Ellis, Townley Gallery, II., p. 171; C.I.G., 726 ;
Greek Inscriptions in Brit. Mus., CIII.

643. A female figure, draped, and seated on a stool, raises
her right hand to draw her peplos over her head. A
draped male figure stands before her, and a boy at the
left corner; above is a pediment.

Inscribed with a name now illegible, and x&upe.—
Found in a store at Portsmouth. Probably from Smyrna.

Marble; height, 2 feet; width, 1 foot 2£ inches.