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)

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CATALOGUE OF SCULPTURE.

oray-fish and a crab. Between two of the terms is a
tablet with a moulded frame. Above it are two nude
boys seated on overturned vases, whence water issues,
playing with an eagle.

The tablet is inscribed (probably by a modern hand) :
D(is) M(anibus) Serviliae Zosimeni, quae vixit ann(is) XXVI,
bene meren(ti) fecit Prosdecius filius.

There is an egg-and-tongue moulding round the lip of
the chest. 2nd cent. a.d. (?).—Towneley Coll.

Italian marble. Height, 11J inches; diameter, llf inches. Formerly
in the villa of the Cardinal Passionei near Frascati. Bought
from Piranesi, 1768. Ellis, Town. Gall., II., p. 237; Mas.
Marbles, V., pi. 4, figs. 1, 2; Wolters, No. 2111; C.I.L., VI.,
26456. The inscription is questioned by Wolters and Huebner
(cf. C.I.L.).

2375, Sepulchral chest. On the front, within a tablet with a
moulded frame, is the inscription: JD{is) M(anibus) T.
Sex(tio) Agathae T. Sex(tius) Hecticus frat(r)i optimo f(ecit).
At each end of the tablet is a palmette ornament, between
rosettes, and the whole is surrounded by a frame. On the
sides are joints, as of masonry.—Presented by T. Mollis, Esq.,
1757.

Italian marble. Height, without cover, 5f inches; width, 1 fcot
i inch. Restored: the cover. Mus. Marbles, V., pi. 7, fig. 1 ;
Ellis, Toini. Gall., II., p. 244; C.I.L., VI., 26521.

2376. Sepulchral chest, cf flat oblong form, divided internally
into two compartments. In the middle, in a tablet with
moulded frame, is the inscription : B(is) M(anibus) Silicic
Atticae fecit P(ublius) Silius Abascantus matri pientissimae.
Beneath the tablet is a festoon of laurel. On each side of
the tablet is a winged Cupid standing in a basket of fruit,
and accompanied by a raven. On each end is a Gryphon,
standing. Below is a Lesbian cymation. The modern