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CATALOGUE OF SCULPTURE.
The ground below is nearly destroyed, and a moulding-
appears to have been tooled away above.
A strong sense of decorative convention is shown in
the symmetrical composition of the figures (note especially
the alternate arrangement of the thyrsi), and in the rigid
treatment of the drapery. This relief is an example of
a tendency, which can be detected at Athens, to use the
conventional form of archaic art, with a decorative inten-
tion, at a period earlier than that at which archaistic imita-
tions became generally fashionable. The present relief
may be compared with the chair of the priest of Dionysos
(No 2709), but may be as early as the end of the 4th
century.—Athens. Elgin Coll.
Pentelic marble. Height, 2 feet 7 inches; length. 5 feet 8 inches.
Found among the ruins of the theatre of Herodes Atticus. For-
merly in the possession of N. Logotheti. Mus. Marbles, IX.,
pi. 28; Stuart, II., pp. 23, 45; Ellis, Elgin Marbles, II., p. 74;
(= Yaux, Handbook, p. 122); Elgin Room Guide, II., No. F. 1 ;
Hauser, Die Neu-Attischen Beliefs, p. 176.
2155. (Plate XXIV.) Votive relief, dedicated to Artemis
Bendis. On the right is a figure of a female deity. She
wears a sleeved tunic with a short skirt, and the skin of
a wild animal falling from the left shoulder and girt
round the waist, the mask being under the girdle on the
left side; also a long mantle, fastened with a circular
brooch, high boots, and a peaked Phrygian or barbarian
cap. The left hand is raised and supported apparently
by one end of a spear. In the right hand she holds out
a bowl, in the attitude of a person making a libation, but
here probably as pouring out blessings.
She is approached by a train of figures of a relatively
diminutive scale. They are led by two elderly bearded
men, draped in mantles which leave the right arms and
shoulders bare, and the foremost carries a torch with
CATALOGUE OF SCULPTURE.
The ground below is nearly destroyed, and a moulding-
appears to have been tooled away above.
A strong sense of decorative convention is shown in
the symmetrical composition of the figures (note especially
the alternate arrangement of the thyrsi), and in the rigid
treatment of the drapery. This relief is an example of
a tendency, which can be detected at Athens, to use the
conventional form of archaic art, with a decorative inten-
tion, at a period earlier than that at which archaistic imita-
tions became generally fashionable. The present relief
may be compared with the chair of the priest of Dionysos
(No 2709), but may be as early as the end of the 4th
century.—Athens. Elgin Coll.
Pentelic marble. Height, 2 feet 7 inches; length. 5 feet 8 inches.
Found among the ruins of the theatre of Herodes Atticus. For-
merly in the possession of N. Logotheti. Mus. Marbles, IX.,
pi. 28; Stuart, II., pp. 23, 45; Ellis, Elgin Marbles, II., p. 74;
(= Yaux, Handbook, p. 122); Elgin Room Guide, II., No. F. 1 ;
Hauser, Die Neu-Attischen Beliefs, p. 176.
2155. (Plate XXIV.) Votive relief, dedicated to Artemis
Bendis. On the right is a figure of a female deity. She
wears a sleeved tunic with a short skirt, and the skin of
a wild animal falling from the left shoulder and girt
round the waist, the mask being under the girdle on the
left side; also a long mantle, fastened with a circular
brooch, high boots, and a peaked Phrygian or barbarian
cap. The left hand is raised and supported apparently
by one end of a spear. In the right hand she holds out
a bowl, in the attitude of a person making a libation, but
here probably as pouring out blessings.
She is approached by a train of figures of a relatively
diminutive scale. They are led by two elderly bearded
men, draped in mantles which leave the right arms and
shoulders bare, and the foremost carries a torch with