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)

34G CATALOGUE OF SCULPTURE.

(1835-1837) and presented by Sir J. C. Ilobhouse, President
of the Board of Control.

Marble ; height, 2 feet; width, 1 foot 3 inches.

745. Sepulchral relief, with a man seated, and a man stand-
ing holding a scroll in his left hand. The two figures
probably joined their right hands. In the right and
left angles are diminutive figures. On the right is a
horse's head. A tree with a snake is seen above a wall
in the background. The relief is surmounted by an en-
tablature.

Inscribed with the metrical epitaph :

OuVoj] vvjx^ii^iwv Kpahirj TveTvXrjOoTa XeKrpwv

Al4>l]Xov alaKTw tw8' virivaacre rdcbw
yvorrw] tc yi'ojt?) T€ TravaiSoLrj^iy ^TpaTOVLKrj

w «]at 'AXei;av8pov Kovpov o/x^ye^ea,
acrrjots koX ^etVoicrt 7rpocr?yrtas, luOXa jxkv elTrexv

i<j0~]Xa Se Kal pi^ai 7ravras e7rtcrTa/xeVoDS'
Mato]yeve?, uv Se 7ratSas iv rjpcoeacri (^uAacrcrotS

evaefii^tov aiet ~^wpov en-ep^o/xero^.

This sculpture, and the following, No. 746, have been
placed here, though they do not include the banquet,
because they have some details, such as the serpent and
the horse's head, similar to those on the banquet reliefs.—
Epliesus. Excavated by Mr. Wood, between the Magnesian
Gate and the Temple of Artemis.

Ephesian marble ; height, 3 feet; width, 1 foot 1\ inches. Wood,
Ephesus, p. 123 ; Greek Inscriptions in Brit. Mus., DCXXVa.

746. A boy, Serapion, stands between two figures, probably
those of his father and mother. All three are closely
wrapped in himatia. Behind is a tree, about which is a