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CATALOGUE OF SCULPTURE.
his head and falls in curls at the side. The legs are lost
except the right foot. A nude boy, with his back turned,
is driving his hoop to the right. He has short hair. The
legs are wanting from the middle of the thighs. Above
are a floral scroll, and row of acanthus leaves, and esa* and
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tongue and bead and reel mouldings. Side B (the front,
which is very imperfect) contains part of a horse and
of the hips of a boy. Side C contains the upper part of a
boy, with his back turned, throwing a ball to the left.
On the right is part of a tree. Side D contains part of
a tree.
The lid is ridge-shaped, with a row of palmettes round
the bottom edge. The roof is covered with scales, and
has a shield in relief in the pediment, and remains of
acroteria at the corners. Below the pediment are
palmettes.—Xantlws (compare No. 957ffl).
Marble. Height, 2 feet 5 inches; width, 3 feet 4 inches ; existing
length, 3 feet 11 inches; height of lid, 1 foot 5£ inches.
Synopsis, Lycian Room, No. 169.
Lower part of a large sarcophagus. The long sides
are divided into five niches by spirally-fluted columns,
rising from square bases. The short sides are similarly
divided into three niches. Side A, beginning from right,
contains : (1) lower half of a male figure in short chiton
and buskins, stepping to the right; (2) lower part of a
draped female figure standing; (3) feet of a standing-
figure wearing buskins ; (4) feet of a male figure wearing
buskins, stepping to the left; (5) feet of a draped
female figure standing, and the end of a sceptre (?).
Side B contains in the central niche the base of a cande-
labrum (?); on the right, the feet of a figure wearing
sandals. The figure on the left is altogether lost. Side
C contains: (1) the nude feet of a standing figure, and
part of a quiver; (2) the feet of a draped female figure;
CATALOGUE OF SCULPTURE.
his head and falls in curls at the side. The legs are lost
except the right foot. A nude boy, with his back turned,
is driving his hoop to the right. He has short hair. The
legs are wanting from the middle of the thighs. Above
are a floral scroll, and row of acanthus leaves, and esa* and
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tongue and bead and reel mouldings. Side B (the front,
which is very imperfect) contains part of a horse and
of the hips of a boy. Side C contains the upper part of a
boy, with his back turned, throwing a ball to the left.
On the right is part of a tree. Side D contains part of
a tree.
The lid is ridge-shaped, with a row of palmettes round
the bottom edge. The roof is covered with scales, and
has a shield in relief in the pediment, and remains of
acroteria at the corners. Below the pediment are
palmettes.—Xantlws (compare No. 957ffl).
Marble. Height, 2 feet 5 inches; width, 3 feet 4 inches ; existing
length, 3 feet 11 inches; height of lid, 1 foot 5£ inches.
Synopsis, Lycian Room, No. 169.
Lower part of a large sarcophagus. The long sides
are divided into five niches by spirally-fluted columns,
rising from square bases. The short sides are similarly
divided into three niches. Side A, beginning from right,
contains : (1) lower half of a male figure in short chiton
and buskins, stepping to the right; (2) lower part of a
draped female figure standing; (3) feet of a standing-
figure wearing buskins ; (4) feet of a male figure wearing
buskins, stepping to the left; (5) feet of a draped
female figure standing, and the end of a sceptre (?).
Side B contains in the central niche the base of a cande-
labrum (?); on the right, the feet of a figure wearing
sandals. The figure on the left is altogether lost. Side
C contains: (1) the nude feet of a standing figure, and
part of a quiver; (2) the feet of a draped female figure;