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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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CATALOGUE OF SCULPTURE.

700. Fragment of sepulchral relief. A youth standing clasps

the hand of a bearded man, seated on a chair. Only the

upper parts are preserved of both figures, together with

the right side of the relief.—Athens ? Elgin Coll.

Pentelic marble; height, 6 inches; width, 10J inches. Synopsis,
No. 423.

701. Fragment of sepulchral relief. A woman, seated on a
chair, clasps the hand of a woman standing before her.
Her left hand appears to have been raised to her veil.
The upper parts of both figures are wanting, and also the
left side of the relief. A nude boy with an uncertain
object in his hands stands in the right corner.

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

702. A woman seated to the right, on a stool, holds her veil
with the left hand, and clasps the arm of a boy standing
before her. Behind the boy, and partly embracing him,
stands a woman, who holds her veil with her right hand.
On the left, behind the seated figure is a woman standing
with the left hand raised to her cheek, and with the right
hand supporting the left elbow. At the foot of the seat
are two small female figures, one standing and one sitting.
These six figures are in high relief. In the background
are two men confronted in low relief; one is bearded.
Two other heads also appear to have been inserted, and to
have been afterwards obliterated. The relief is bounded
by two pilasters and an architrave, with roof tiles above.

Inscribed: 2oj7rarpa Havaavtov. 'Aj/Tt/xa^os TLavcravLov.
<&i\oTru.Tpa Mt[p]i'Xou. Ilavcravtas 'AvSpLcrKov. Sopatra and
Antimachos are the children of Pausanias and Philopatra.
—Pella.

Fine-grained white marble ; height, 4 feet; width, 2 feet 6 inches.
Greek Inscriptions in Brit. 3Ius., CLXXII.

703. An elderly bearded man, seated, to the left, clasps the
hand of an old man standing before him. Both figures
 
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