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FOUNTAINS.
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2540. Fountain, in form of a boy, mingens. He stands to the
front with legs wide apart. He wears a small tunic,
which leaves the left shoulder bare. It is fastened on
the right shoulder with a circular brooch and girt with a
narrow band. The left hand holds the edge of the tunic,
resting on the left thigh. The legs below the knees are
wanting. The head is ancient, but a piece of the neck is
modern, so the head need not belong. The water supply-
was brought up between the legs, and thence by a tube
to the front.— Temple Bequest.
Marble. Height, 1 foot 6 inches. Restored : nose, and piece in
neck.
2541. Well-head (puteal). Eound the puteal are groups in
relief of an indecent character. (1) Heracles, wearing a
woman's robe and cap, seizes Omphale by the arms.
The lion's skin which she has been wearing falls to the
ground. On the left is a vase covered with drapery; on
the right Eros is flying ; he holds a sceptre. (2) A female
figure, and a bearded figure of the type of Heracles,
stand, struggling with interlaced arms. The male figure
wears a large skin knotted under the chin. (3) A female
figure tries to escape from a young Satyr. He seizes her
drapery with his right hand. He wears a nebris knotted
under the chin, and carries a wineskin on his left
shoulder. (4) A bearded Satyr, seated on a rock under a
pine-tree, seizes the left arm of a hermaphroditic youth,
who tries to escape. The youth holds a double pipe.
There are mouldings above and below. lst-2nd cent.
a.d. (?).—Capri. Towneley Coll.
Greek marble. Height, 2 feet 8\ inches: diameter, 2 feet 7 inches.
Restored : in group 2, left arm and left knee of man, right arm
of woman ; in group 4, right knee of Satyr. The puteal has
been much used, as is shown by the marks worn by ropes.
Purchased in 1772 from the Colombrano Palace, at Naples.
Dallaway, p. 334; Ellis, Town. Gall, II., p. 27.
411
2540. Fountain, in form of a boy, mingens. He stands to the
front with legs wide apart. He wears a small tunic,
which leaves the left shoulder bare. It is fastened on
the right shoulder with a circular brooch and girt with a
narrow band. The left hand holds the edge of the tunic,
resting on the left thigh. The legs below the knees are
wanting. The head is ancient, but a piece of the neck is
modern, so the head need not belong. The water supply-
was brought up between the legs, and thence by a tube
to the front.— Temple Bequest.
Marble. Height, 1 foot 6 inches. Restored : nose, and piece in
neck.
2541. Well-head (puteal). Eound the puteal are groups in
relief of an indecent character. (1) Heracles, wearing a
woman's robe and cap, seizes Omphale by the arms.
The lion's skin which she has been wearing falls to the
ground. On the left is a vase covered with drapery; on
the right Eros is flying ; he holds a sceptre. (2) A female
figure, and a bearded figure of the type of Heracles,
stand, struggling with interlaced arms. The male figure
wears a large skin knotted under the chin. (3) A female
figure tries to escape from a young Satyr. He seizes her
drapery with his right hand. He wears a nebris knotted
under the chin, and carries a wineskin on his left
shoulder. (4) A bearded Satyr, seated on a rock under a
pine-tree, seizes the left arm of a hermaphroditic youth,
who tries to escape. The youth holds a double pipe.
There are mouldings above and below. lst-2nd cent.
a.d. (?).—Capri. Towneley Coll.
Greek marble. Height, 2 feet 8\ inches: diameter, 2 feet 7 inches.
Restored : in group 2, left arm and left knee of man, right arm
of woman ; in group 4, right knee of Satyr. The puteal has
been much used, as is shown by the marks worn by ropes.
Purchased in 1772 from the Colombrano Palace, at Naples.
Dallaway, p. 334; Ellis, Town. Gall, II., p. 27.