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CATALOGUE OF SCULPTURE.
MISCELLANEOUS NAMED PORTRAITS.
1925. (Plate XVII.) Bust of a lady named Olympias. The
head is slightly turned to its left. The headdress is in
structure similar to that of No. 1898 (Sabina or Matidia).
In front is a triple system of highly artificial curls. At
the back the plaits are coiled in a great ring above the
head. The whole arrangement suggests a wig rather
than natural hair. The bust is draped in a tunic,
fastened with studs on the shoulders, and with an un-
usual piece of fringed under-drapery covering the left
shoulder. Inscribed on a tablet in front of the antique
moulded base : Memoriae Cl(audiae) Ti{beri) f(iliae)
Olympiadis Epithymctus Ub(ertus) patronae pientissimae.
Erected to the memory of Claudia Olympias by Epithy-
metus, her freedman. The name of a Claudia Olympias,
daughter of Tiberius, occurs in two other inscriptions,
one of which (C.Z.i., vi., No. 15,519) may well refer to
the original of the bust. If so, she died at the age of
49L, after 33 years of married life. 2nd cent. a.d.
Parian marble. Height (with base), 2 fret 1^ inches. Broken across
the neck, but otherwise intact and unrestored. Purchased from
the Collection of the Eight Hon. Edmund Burke, 1812. Hits.
Marbles, XL, pi. 29; Ellis, Town. Gall., II., p. 58; Mansell,
No. 1303; Grceco-Roman Guide, I., No. 77; Wolters, No. 1689 ;
C.I.L., VI., No. 15,518: cf. Nos. 15,519 and 15,520.
1926. (Plate XIX.) Portrait bust of a man of middle age,
with a short curling beard, and hair falling in short curls
round the forehead. The head is slightly turned to its
right. The brow is prominent, and the nose aquiline.
The pedestal of rosso antico on which tho bust stands
is inscribed : D(is) M(anibu8) L(ucio) Vetulenio Carico.
Decuriali Hi decuriarum. L(ueius) Iulius Theseus, heres,
amico optiino et incomparabili fecit, and therefore supported
CATALOGUE OF SCULPTURE.
MISCELLANEOUS NAMED PORTRAITS.
1925. (Plate XVII.) Bust of a lady named Olympias. The
head is slightly turned to its left. The headdress is in
structure similar to that of No. 1898 (Sabina or Matidia).
In front is a triple system of highly artificial curls. At
the back the plaits are coiled in a great ring above the
head. The whole arrangement suggests a wig rather
than natural hair. The bust is draped in a tunic,
fastened with studs on the shoulders, and with an un-
usual piece of fringed under-drapery covering the left
shoulder. Inscribed on a tablet in front of the antique
moulded base : Memoriae Cl(audiae) Ti{beri) f(iliae)
Olympiadis Epithymctus Ub(ertus) patronae pientissimae.
Erected to the memory of Claudia Olympias by Epithy-
metus, her freedman. The name of a Claudia Olympias,
daughter of Tiberius, occurs in two other inscriptions,
one of which (C.Z.i., vi., No. 15,519) may well refer to
the original of the bust. If so, she died at the age of
49L, after 33 years of married life. 2nd cent. a.d.
Parian marble. Height (with base), 2 fret 1^ inches. Broken across
the neck, but otherwise intact and unrestored. Purchased from
the Collection of the Eight Hon. Edmund Burke, 1812. Hits.
Marbles, XL, pi. 29; Ellis, Town. Gall., II., p. 58; Mansell,
No. 1303; Grceco-Roman Guide, I., No. 77; Wolters, No. 1689 ;
C.I.L., VI., No. 15,518: cf. Nos. 15,519 and 15,520.
1926. (Plate XIX.) Portrait bust of a man of middle age,
with a short curling beard, and hair falling in short curls
round the forehead. The head is slightly turned to its
right. The brow is prominent, and the nose aquiline.
The pedestal of rosso antico on which tho bust stands
is inscribed : D(is) M(anibu8) L(ucio) Vetulenio Carico.
Decuriali Hi decuriarum. L(ueius) Iulius Theseus, heres,
amico optiino et incomparabili fecit, and therefore supported