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.

ADDENDA TO VOLUME I,

2725. (Fig. 75.) Fragment from the Treasury of Atreus
at Mycenae. This fragment, which has its beds complete
above and below, and a joint on the right side, is part of
a member, with a series of palmette-like ornaments,
arranged in pairs, and separated by a kiud of triglyph
pattern.—Presented by G. Durlacher, Esq., 1900.

Bed marble. Height, 11J inches; length, 2 feet inches. This
slab had been in Loudon for many years. Compare Perrot and
Chipiez, VI., p. 627, fig. 2"6, and the Knossos frieze, Evans,
Brit. School Annual, 1900-1901, p. 55.

Fig. 75. No. 2725.

2726. Capital from the archaic temple at Ephesus. This
capital, which is of a somewhat peculiar form, has been
made up from fragments discovered among the founda-
tions of the later temple of Artemis (compare vol. i..
p. 25). There is a considerable amount of restoration,
which can readily be distinguished, but there is authority
for all the parts, except the base of the palmettes, which is
to some extent conjectural. The volutes and the spirals
on their faces are convex, instead of concave as in later
works. The painted pattern which surmounts the flutes
is based on existing indications of colour.—Ephesus.

Marble. Width across volutes, 9 feet inches ; width of abacus.
6 feet 6£ inches. From the excavations of J. T. Wood.