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

food. A woman is seated near the foot of the couch
with her left hand raised to her veil. On the right is a
boy in a short tunic, perhaps holding a kyathos. On the
left is a girl who is standing, and seems to be hulding a
vase. The relief is surmounted by a pediment.

Inscribed : 'Ep/xtas 'A5aj/tWo?. Hermias, son of Athenion.
-—Athens. Strang ford Coll.

Pentelic marble ; height, 1 foot 5 inches ; width, 10 inches. Greek
Inscriptions in Brit. Mu*., CXVI.; Arch. Anzeijer, 1864, p. 164* ;
Pervanoglu, Familiennvihl, p. 15, No. 5.

723. Relief with banquet. A man reclines on a couch, with
a bowl in his left hand ; with the right hand he holds a
wreath on his head. Before him is a table Avith food.
The legs of the table terminate above in the form of swans'
heads. Above is an olive wreath, containing the words
'O ; also a pediment, having acroteria, and containing
a rosette.

Inscribed :

'O 8rj/xo<; Arjvaiov 'Apre/xtSwpou-
koll to irplv iv 7roXefxoL<; Trjpu)v irvpyov, TrapoKiTa,
kclI vvv T7]prjcru>, (L§ Swa/xax, veavs wv.

The ' tower ' which Lenaios undertakes to defend in death
has been conjectured to be the Dipylon gate at Athens,
whence the relief was probably obtained.

Bluish Greek marble; height, 3 feet 11J inches; width, 1 foot
7 inches. Rhein. Mas. N.F. 1848, p. 82 ; Kaibel, 111.

724. Sculptured pedestal. On the front is a relief of a
banquet. A man reclines on a couch, with a table of
food before him. He holds a bowl in his left hand, and
clasps with his right hand the hand of a woman who is
seated at the foot of the couch. A boy stands on the left.
A wreath is carved on the pilaster to the right of the
relief, which probably contained the inscription : 'O 8r)p.os.