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.

Parian marble. Height, 1 foot lljL inches. Restored : the plinth.
Formerly in the Odescalchi Palace at Rome (with No. 2494-),
where was a third similar altar, on which was a figure repre-
senting Winter. Mus. Marbles, X., pi. 52; Galeotti, Mus.
Odescalc, II., pis. 44, 53, 48, 51 ; Ellis, Town. Gall, EL, p. 274;
Grwco-lioman Guide, II., No. 84.

2496. Model of altar. Upper part, in the form of an Ionic
capital on a square base. Late and rough work.—Ephesus.

Parian marble. Height, 2 inches. From J. T. Wood's excavations,
1868.

2497. Model of altar. A wreath on the front face, and rosettes
in the middle of each side. Above and below are
rough Lesbian cymation mouldings. The upper surface
terminates in small volutes at each side. Late work.—
Temple Bequest.

Marble. Height. 5£ inches.

2498. Fragment from angle of small altar or pedestal. On
one face is, in relief, the upper part of a Maenad moving
rapidly to the right, with head thrown back, and thyrsus
held on high in her right hand; her left arm is drawn
back; the left hand, now wanting, may have held part of
a torn kid. Her hair is drawn back and tied behind.
She wears a tunic girt at the waist and fastened on the
shoulder-points. The violence of her action has caused
the garment to slip in disorder from the left shoulder
down to the elbow. Over this is a fawn-skin twisted
round the neck. On the return face is the upper part of
a female figure half turned to the left; the head looking
back to the right with a downward inclination. The
right arm, raised over the head, holds in the hand part
of her mantle. This figure was probably represented
dancing. She wears a close-fitting cap, with a band or fold
above the forehead, and a chiton. In both these figures