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 3) (London, 1904)

DECORATIVE RELIEFS.

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grasps with her left hand, while repelling his advances
with her right hand. On the left is a tree.

Marble. Height, 1 foot 2 inches ; width, 1 foot 5 inches. Restored :
lower part of relief. Mus. Marbles, II., pi. 1 ; Miiller-Wieseler,
Denkmaeler, II., pi. 40, fig. 473 ; Grceco-Roman Guide, II., No. 83 ;
Baumeister, Denkmaeler, III., p. 1564.

2203, 2204. Two fragments of a relief. They are evidently
portions of the same work, though not immediately
adjoining. In 2203 a part is preserved of a recumbent
figure of Dionysos, whose right arm is raised and rests on
bis head. Only half the head, together with most of the
right arm and breast are preserved. He has long hair
and wears a nebris. On the upper border of the relief
are branches of an oak tree.

The second fragment (2204) contains the left-hand upper
corner of the relief, with the branches and foliage of the
oak tree. Among the branches is an uncertain object,
apparently neck of a serpentine monster. A small ear is
visible near the fracture, while the upper jaw seems to be
preserved on the margin of No. 2208.

Coarse-grained marble. Height (of 2203), 10J inches ; (of 2204),
1 foot 1 inch.

2205. (Fig- 33.) Upper part of a relief. Hermes to the left,
wearing a large petasos, and a small chlamys fastened
by a brooch, which falls in conventional folds over the left
shoulder. The hair is in short curls over the brow, and
in long locks down the back. He carries in the left hand
a tortoiseshell lyre, and in the right hand a caduceus.
The style of the relief is strongly archaistic, but it is
probably of the Alexandrine period.—Canojms. Stoioe
Coll., 1848.

Grey granite. Height, 3 feet 10 inches ; width, 2 feet 8 inches.
Smyth, Aedes Hartwellianae, p. 193; Bull, dell' Inst., 1849,