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

DOMESTIC SCENES.

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648. Boy seated on a rock fishing with a rod and line for a
large fish, a basket in his left hand. Above a pediment.

Inscribed in rude late characters, 'Aya^^e^r^pos 'Acriax<3
<jvvTp6cf>u) ixvrjjxrj^ y>6-PLV- — Placed by Agathemeros in
memory of his foster brother Asiachos.—Athens. Pur-
chased from the Besborough Coll. 1801.

Pentelic marble; height, 1 foot 2 inches; width, 10J inches. C.I.G.,
6892.

649. A girl, seated on a stool, holds an open scroll on her lap.
Before her is a column, on which is another scroll (?) ;
on the left is a dog raising a paw. The relief is bounded
by pilasters and a pediment, slightly sketched out.

Inscribed: 'A/3ara £>;cracra irrj I firjvas 8vo • ^atpere—
Avita, who lived ten years and two months. Hail.—
Townley Coll.

Parian marble; height, 1 foot 1 inch; width, 11 inches. Ellis,
Townley Gallery, II., p. 165. C.I.G., 6866; Wolters, No. 1811.

650. Youthful female figure, standing, holding an ivy-leaf
fan in the right hand, and a part of the mantle with the
left hand.

Inscribed: 2w<popo[v] 'Hpa/<XetS[ou] Kapvo-rta. Syn-
phoron, of Carystos, daughter of Heracleides.—Athens ?

Pentelic marble ; height, 1 foot 7 inches ; width, 11| inches. C.I.G.,
857 ; C.I.A., III., 2510 ; Greek Inscriptions in Brit. Mus., CI.

651. Nude figure of boy, standing, with chlamys thrown
over his left shoulder. He holds a partridge in his left
hand, and holds its beak with his right hand.

Inscribed: Mevefcpcm/s Merojvos — Menecrates, son of

Menon.—Athens. Strangford Coll.

Pentelic marble; height, 1 foot 9 inches; width, 11 inches. Greek
Inscriptions in Brit. Mus., CXXI.; G.I.A., III., 3276; Arch.
Anzeiger, 1864, p. 164*.

652. Fragment of sepulchral relief. A draped female figure
is seated on a couch, with right hand raised to her veil;