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CHESTS AND CIPPI: ISOCHKYSUS-LICINTL'S. 353
from the Mattei Collection, but as in the case of the previous
number, this is not confirmed. Mas. Marbles, V., pi. 7, fig. 3 ;
Ellis, Town. Gall., II., p. 245 ; C.7.L., VI., 20794.
2368. Sepulchral chest, with, cover. At the angles of the front
are two columns with spirally twisted ffutings and late
Corinthian capitals. Between them hangs a festoon of
fruit, tied with ribands. Below it stand two swans
with spread wings. In the middle is a doorway with
two closed doors. Above it is a moulded tablet containing
the inscription: Diis Manibus L. Lcpidi Epaplirae patris
ojptimi L. Lepidius Maximus f(eci£) de suo.
On the sides are large palmettes. The cover, which is
modern, is in the form of a pediment containing a wreath.
1st cent. a.d. (?).—Presented by W. A. MacJcinnon, Esq.,
1817.
Italian marble. Height, without cover, 1 foot; width, 1 foot £ inch.
Uestored: plinth, and part of eagle and right doorway; part
of angle column, also the cover. Formerly in the Church of
St. Sebastian at Rome. First copied by Jucundus, before 14S9.
For other MS. copyists, see C.T.L. Mazzochi, Epigraminata
Ant. Urbis (1521), folio 123 verso; Boissard, pt, VI., p. 128;
Montfaueon, VAnt. Expl., V., pi. 120; Mas. Marbles, V., pi. 2,
fig. 1; C.T.L., VI., No. 21188.
2369. Sepulchral chest, with cover. At the angles of the front
are two winged Cupids, standing each on a cornucopia,
and supporting between them a heavy festoon of fruit.
Below are two birds pecking at it, and above is a wingless
Cupid riding on a hippocamp to the right. Above it is a
moulded panel, containing the inscription : Bis Man(ibus)
Comicus et Auriola parentes infelicissimi P(ublio) Licinio
Successo. v(ixit) a(nnis) XIII m(ense) I d(iebus) XIX.
On each side is an imitation of the masonry of a wall.
The cover is in the form of a pediment, containing an
acanthus and rosettes, and having volutes at the sides
and foliage on the top. 1st cent. a.d. (?).—Towneley Coll.
vol. in. 2 a
from the Mattei Collection, but as in the case of the previous
number, this is not confirmed. Mas. Marbles, V., pi. 7, fig. 3 ;
Ellis, Town. Gall., II., p. 245 ; C.7.L., VI., 20794.
2368. Sepulchral chest, with, cover. At the angles of the front
are two columns with spirally twisted ffutings and late
Corinthian capitals. Between them hangs a festoon of
fruit, tied with ribands. Below it stand two swans
with spread wings. In the middle is a doorway with
two closed doors. Above it is a moulded tablet containing
the inscription: Diis Manibus L. Lcpidi Epaplirae patris
ojptimi L. Lepidius Maximus f(eci£) de suo.
On the sides are large palmettes. The cover, which is
modern, is in the form of a pediment containing a wreath.
1st cent. a.d. (?).—Presented by W. A. MacJcinnon, Esq.,
1817.
Italian marble. Height, without cover, 1 foot; width, 1 foot £ inch.
Uestored: plinth, and part of eagle and right doorway; part
of angle column, also the cover. Formerly in the Church of
St. Sebastian at Rome. First copied by Jucundus, before 14S9.
For other MS. copyists, see C.T.L. Mazzochi, Epigraminata
Ant. Urbis (1521), folio 123 verso; Boissard, pt, VI., p. 128;
Montfaueon, VAnt. Expl., V., pi. 120; Mas. Marbles, V., pi. 2,
fig. 1; C.T.L., VI., No. 21188.
2369. Sepulchral chest, with cover. At the angles of the front
are two winged Cupids, standing each on a cornucopia,
and supporting between them a heavy festoon of fruit.
Below are two birds pecking at it, and above is a wingless
Cupid riding on a hippocamp to the right. Above it is a
moulded panel, containing the inscription : Bis Man(ibus)
Comicus et Auriola parentes infelicissimi P(ublio) Licinio
Successo. v(ixit) a(nnis) XIII m(ense) I d(iebus) XIX.
On each side is an imitation of the masonry of a wall.
The cover is in the form of a pediment, containing an
acanthus and rosettes, and having volutes at the sides
and foliage on the top. 1st cent. a.d. (?).—Towneley Coll.
vol. in. 2 a