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Smith, Arthur H. [Hrsg.]; British Museum <London> / Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities [Hrsg.]
Catalogue of sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities (Band 3) — London, 1904

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CATALOGUE OF SCULPTURE.

with a lion's skin. On the right is Agamemnon enthroned,
and Odysseus is near Agamemnon. He wears the pileus.
The remainder of the scene is occupied by warriors or
attendants, of whom three are leading horses. Below is
a floral scroll, and above are ornate dentils, marked by
acanthus leaves, and with Gorgoneia in the intermediate
panels.

(2) On the left end Achilles takes leave of Lycomedes,
who is seated, with three daughters standing beside him.

(3) On the right end Achilles is arming. Achilles
stands in the centre holding his horse by the bridle.
His armour is seen lying on the ground. A young warrior
stands on each side of him. On the left is Odysseus, and
on the right is a warrior leading a horse. The upper
and lower mouldings are ornamented as on the front.

(4) On the back is the embassy of Priam to Achilles.
Achilles is seated on the right in an attitude of grief.
Priam kneels, with head veiled, and seizes his hand.
Hermes stands by Priam. In the middle is the two-horse
chariot of Achilles, with an attendant and a warrior. On
the left is the mule cart of Priam, from which two
attendants in Phrygian costume and a Myrmidon are
taking the presents, consisting of armour and vases.

On the cover are two draped figures reclining. One is
that of a man with a short beard, and the other is that of
a woman, with her hair dressed as in the beginning of
the third century a.d. They recline on a mattress
spread between two arms, as of a couch. The arms are
ornamented with acanthus leaves and terminate in beasts'
heads. On the right end are lozenges in low relief, as on
the Lycian sarcophagus, No. 957 6. The mattress is
elaborately adorned, in imitation of embroidery or
tapestry, with sets of bands of floi'al scrolls, alternate
with groups of hunting scenes in low relief.

The sarcophagus, which contained the Portland vase,
 
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