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Smith, Arthur H. [Hrsg.]; British Museum <London> / Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities [Hrsg.]
Catalogue of sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities (Band 1) — London, 1892

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CATALOGUE OF SCULPTURE.

her left side was a stag, of which the head alone remains.
In the centre is a female figure with the right arm ex-
tended. On the right is a female worshipper of smaller
stature, who has the right hand raised, making a gesture
of adoration. Around the relief is a rudely cut rocky
background.

Greek marble ; height, 1 foot 1J inches; width, 1 foot.

780. Votive relief (?). Two youths on horseback, probably
the Dioscuri, though the conical cap, pileus, by which they
are distinguished is wanting. Each wears a chiton and
chlamys. They are beardless ; their hair is short and
bound with a diadem; the bridles have been painted in
red, which is still faintly visible on the marble. The
horses are small and compact, like those on the frieze of
Parthenon, and have hogged manes.—Purcltased from
Sir W. Hamilton, 1772.

Marble; height, 1 foot inches; length, 1 foot 9J inches. Mas.
Marbles, II., pi. 11; Ellis, Tuwnley Gallery, II., p. Ill; Guide
to Graeco-Roman Sculptures, Part I., No. 153.

781. Voiive relief. Two youthful male figures, perhaps the
Dioscuri, stand to the front, having an altar between them.
One is nude, and the other only has drapery on the left
arm. They have spears in their left hands. One appears
to bo holding an oinochoe in his right hand, and the other
a phiale. They stand between two Ionic columns, sur-
mounted by an entablature, with antefixal tiles, and
festoons of rosettes above.

llarble ; height, 1 foot 6J inches; width, 1 foot 2f inches.

782. Votive tablet with relief representing Kybele seated.
She wears a pulos, and has a tympanum in the left hand,
and has a lion by her left side. With the right hand she
holds a phiale ever an altar; on the left of the altar is a
 
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