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)

THE SEPULCHRAL BANQUET.

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742. Sepulchral monument with a banquet relief of very rude
style, contained in a lunette above the inscribed panel. A
male figure reclines on a couch, with a cup in his right hand,
with an uncertain object near the cnp, which may perhaps
be intended to represent the snake. A table stands before
the couch with food. A woman sits on a stool at the foot
of the couch, and holds her veil with her left hand. A
small figure of a boy is at the head of the couch. On each
side of the inscribed panel is a vine branch with giapes ;
above are a pine cone and two lions' heads to the front in
high relief. Below are the remains of a relief with a
mounted horseman. On the right and left edges of the
relief are snakes. The inscription states that the monu-
ment is erected by Timocrates for his wife, his son, and
himself.—Tomis.

Limestone ; height, 6 feet 11 inches ; width, 2 feet 8| inches. Greek
Inscriptions in Brit. Mm., CLXXVII.

743. Sepulchral monument with a banquet relief of the
rudest style. Two male figures, one being bearded,
recline on a couch, holding cups in their left hands.
Before them is a table with food ; beside it a boy with
a cup and oinochoe (?), and a girl with a phiale. A
woman is seated on a chair by the head of the couch,
with the right hand raised to her chin. A vine branch
with grapes runs round the relief and the inscribed
panel. A Latin inscription states that the monument
was erected in memory of a girl, Ulpia Aurelia Valeria.
—Kertch.

Limestone ; height, 7 feet 1 inch; width, 3 feet.

744. Late sepulchral relief. A man reclines on a couch. A
woman stands at the foot of the couch. The relief is
contained in an arch-shaped field below a pediment.
Inscribed, AYTE. . . .—Obtained by the Euphrates Expedition