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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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FRAGMENTS FROM RELIEFS. 323

675. Female head, probably from a sepulchral relief. The
neck is much bent. A portion of the right hand remains
clasping the top of the head.

Marble ; height, 6 inches.

676. Fragment of the head of a youth, perhaps from a sepul-
chral relief. A band passes across the forehead imme-
diately below the hair.—-Excavated by J. T. Wood, at
Ephesus.

Marble ; height, 5 inches.

677. Portrait head of a bearded man. This head appears to
be derived from a sepulchral monument in very high
relief, and to have been turned to the left, as the left side
is carefully finished, while the right side is rough and
inaccurate.—Athens f Elgin Coll.

Pentelic marble ; height, 10J inches. Synopsis, No. 242 (120).

678. Fragment of the right side of a relief which was pro-
bably sepulchral. A female figure, wearing a sleeved
chiton and mantle, is seated on a chair. She extends her
hands, probably towards a figure now wanting. On the
right is the head of a figure looking to the right, and part
of a pilaster which bounds the scene. On the left is part
of the drapery of a third figure.—Ephesm. Strangford
Coll.

Pentelic marble ? Height, 1 foot 4 inches ; width, 11 inches.

679. Fragment of a relief, perhaps sepulchral, containing the
lower part of the body and the right leg of a warrior, who
stands on rocky ground drawing himself rather to the
left. He wears a short chiton, a cuirass with a triple row
of flaps (pteryges), and a mantle. Behind are the legs
from the knees of a recumbent figure. The warrior ap-
pears to have had a shield on the left arm, and the right

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