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)

VOTIVE RELIEFS.

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to the right. With the left hand she holds a part of her
mantle which passes over her head. On the right is a
draped woman who approaches, holding a closely-swathed
baby on her left arm, and making a gesture with the
right hand. A similar figure stands on the right, with a
baby on her left arm, and having the right hand raised to
her head in a manner expressive of sorrow. Behind the
chair is a woman advancing, holding a baby in both
arms, and on the left is a woman who carries a dish (?)
on her left, hand and has a casket hanging from her right
hand.

The separate figures would be well suited to a sepul-
chral relief, on which the seated figure and a figure with
a baby might well be represented. The whole composi-
tion, however, seems more suitable for a representation
of mothers making offerings to some goddess, perhaps
Eileithyia.—From Sigeum in the Troad. Elgin Coll.

Bluish marble ; height, 1 foot 4 inches ; length, 5 feet 9 inches ; width,
2 feet. The marble was probably the sculptured base of a statue or
group. Afterwards it was roughly converted into a water-basin?
and in modern times it served as a seat at the right side of the
door of a church at Sigeum. The Sigean inscription formed a
corresponding seat at the left side of the door. Lady M.
Wortley Montagu, Letter XLIV. (of July 31, 1718); Chandler,
Travels in Asia Minor (1775), p. 36; Antiquities of Ionia, I.,
p. i. (The original drawing by Pars is in the Brit. Mus.)
Choiseul-Gouffier, Voyage Pittoresjue, II., pi. 19; Sy7ioj}sis,
No. 32 [ (99); Mus. Marbles, IX., pi. 11.

790. Eelief: Gyrene crowned by Lihya. This relief repre-
sents the nymph Gyrene in the act of strangling a lion,
while, t > commemorate this triumph, a crown is held over
her head by Libya.

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