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)

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CATALOGUE OP SCULPTUKE.

before her, two girls, of whom one holds a ball and the
other a fan.—Found in a store at Portsmouth. Probably
from Smyrna.

Marble; height, 10 inches; width, 1 foot 1J inch.

653. A boy throws a ball for a dog which springs up to-
wards him.—Strang ford Coll.

Pentelic marble ; height, 1 foot 8 inches ; width, 10J inches. Arch.
Anzeiger, 1864, p. 165*.

654. Draped male figure standing, with a boy at his side;
above an arch, springing from pilasters, and surmounted
by a pediment with rosette and acroteria.—Kertch.

Limestone ; height, 2 feet 3f inches ; width, 1 foot 9| inches.

655. Sepulchral relief, rude and late. Standing, draped
female figure raises her right hand to her cheek. The
first inscription has been obliterated, and in place of it is
the inscription, ~S,C1T . . . NIKE xa^Pe-

Greek marble ; height, 2 feet 2| inches; width, 1 foot.

656. Sepulchral monument of Artipous. An old woman is
seated wrapped in her mantle, with a pomegranate in her
left hand. A girl stands at her left side holding a box
and a purse (?). The relief is bounded by pilasters,
surmounted by a pediment with acroteria.

Inscribed: 'ApTiVous 'AAKi/xa and lt. l is a symbol,
chiefly used in Ptolemaic inscriptions to precede a numeral
denoting a year. The inscription therefore appears to
mean ' 80 years old,' if 7r is given its usual value.—Kertch.

Limestone ; height, 4 feet £ inch ; width, 2 feet 5f inches. Greek
Inscriptions in Brit. Mus., COIL ; Latyschev, II., 133.

657. A draped figure, Theodote, seated on a throne, raises her
left hand to her veil. Before her a figure of a girl, stand-
ing. The arms of the throne are supported by Sphinxes.