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.

786. Eelief with three figures. On the left is Athene,
having long chiton, peplos, helmet, aegis, spear. Beside
her is a seated animal, perhaps a 1km. In the centre
is Aphrodite (?"), wearing long chiton, peplos, and polos.
She has a spear in her left hand, and a much mutilated
Eros (?) standing by her side. On the right is a
figure of the deified Heracles (?), half-draped in mantle
and lion's skin, with the club in his left hand aud a
sceptre or thyrsus in his right hand. He appears to wear
the Egyptian crown.—Presented by H. Gaily Knight, Esq.,
1839.

Parian marble (?); height, 1 foot 1| inches; width, 1 foot 1J inches.
Wolters, No. 1845.

787. Fragment of a relief, with a male figure, heavily draped,
wearing long chiton and himation, and having long hair
falling on the shoulders. The left hand is raised, and
there are marks of the attachment of a metal object,
perhaps a sceptre or thyrsos. The figure also wore a
metal wreath. The relief, which is only complete on the
right side, was bounded by pilasters and an entablature.—
Athens (?). Elgin Coll.

Pentelic marble ; height, 2 feet 5 inches ; width, 1 foot 7 inches.
Mas. Marbles, IX., pi. 38, fig. 1 ; Synopsis, No. 176 (107).

788. Fragment of a relief, with a group of gods, viz. :
Hermes, with caduceus and petasos ; Zeus, with a sceptre ;
and Kybele, having a polos and sceptre. Each of the
three holds out a bowl in the right hand. On the left, in
low relief, is a diminutive figure seated on rocks by a
ship ; on the right are two warriors, seated, having shields
and swords.

Marble ; height, 1 foot 4 inches; width, 1 foot 10 inches.

789. Eelief, representing offerings to Eileithyia (?). A draped
female figure is seated on a chair with foot-stool, turned