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 SCULPTUKE.

them. The upper half of the front is occupied by a
moulded panel, containing- the inscription: Vernasiae
Cycladi coniugi optimae, vix(it) ann(is) XXYII, Vitalis
Aug(jisti) l(ibertus) scrib(a) cub(icularis). Below are the
draped figures of a man and woman standing, fully
draped, with right hands clasped, as on the marriage
relief (No. 2307). Between them are inscribed the letters
F. A. P., for which Mommsen suggests f(idelissimac)
a(mantissimae) p(ientissimac). The two figures stand
beneath a canopy in the form of a small pediment,
containing a wreath, and supported by two sceptres,
similar to that on No. 2275. On each side is a laurel
tree. The cover is in the form of a pediment with a
wreath in the centre, and a dolphin on the acroterial
ornaments at the angles. 1st cent. A.D. (?).—Toicneley Coll.

Italian marble. Height, without cover, 1 foot 8 inches; width,
1 foot inches. Formerly in the Delia Valle - Capranica
collection, and later in the Villa Montalto. Mus. Marbles, V.,
pi. 1, fig. 4; Ellis, Town. Gall., JL, p. 230; Gruter, p. 576,2;
Wolters, No. 2108 ; C.I.L., VI., 8769. Compare Venuti, Mon.
Matt., III., p. 114 (probably a modern copy).

2380. (Fig. 54.) Sepulchral chest, with cover. At the angles
are rams' heads, between which are suspended wreaths of
fruit and flowers, tied with ribands. On the front above the
wreath is a lizard, attacked by two birds, and a moulded
tablet, within which is the inscription: Vipsania M.
Vipsani Musaei l(iberta) Thalassa sibi et Ti(berio) Claudia
Aug(usti) l[iberto) Epicteto. Below the wreath are two
birds pecking at the fruit, and a Lesbian cymation. On
the right and left sides are pairs of birds above the
wreaths, respectively attacking a locust and a butterflj*;
below on each side is a pair of birds as on the front. On
the front of the cover is an eagle, within a lunette,
on each side of which is a large rosette. On the top of
the cover are two cup-like sinkings, perforated at the