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)

FIGURES CLASPING HANDS.

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joined. Behind the latter a girl stands in an attitude of
grief with her head resting on her right hand. Behind
the former is a youth supporting his chin on his right
hand.

Inscribed: A^/xoo-TpaT^, KaAAio-T^a-n/].—Athens? Elgin
Coll.

Pentelic marble; height, 1 foot 7 inches ; diameter, I foot 5 inches.
Mus. Marbles, IX., pi. 31, figs. 1, 2 ; Synopsis No. 275 (104) ;
Ellis, Elgin Marbles, II., p. 165; C.T.G., 936; G.I.A., II., 3611;

Greek Inscriptions in Brit. Mus., CXIV.

690. Sepulchral vase, with relief. A young warrior, wearing
chiton, shield and helmet, clasps the hand of an old man.
Behind the man stands a woman, who makes a gesture
with her right hand.

Inscribed with an elegiac inscription of four lines of
which only the terminations remain.—Athens f Elgin Coll.

Pentelic marble ; height, 2 feet 4J inches ; diameter, 1 foot 3| inches.
Mus. Marbles, IX., pi. 32, fig. 1; Synopsis No. 122 (167); Ellis,
Elgin Marbles, II., p. 161; C.I.G., 1041; C.I.A., II., 4312;
Greek Inscriptions in Brit. Mus., CXXXII.

691. Sepulchral lekythos with relief. A young warrior,
wearing a cuirass over a short tunic, a chlamys and a
helmet, clasps the hand of a seated woman. He appears
to hold a scroll in his left hand. Behind him is an
attendant, holding a large shield.—Athens? Elgin Coll.

Pentelic marble ; height, 2 feet 6 inches ; diameter, 1 foot 6 inches.
Mus. Marbles, IX., pi. 33, fig. 3; Synopsis No. 195 (228); Ellis,
Elgin Marbles, II., p. 161.

692. Sepulchral lekythos with relief. An armed warrior,
Sosippos, who wears a tunic, cuirass, and chlamys, clasps
the hand of a seated woman, who, with her left hand
clasps the right hand of a small girl standing at her
knee. Behind the warrior is a boy carrying a large