A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities Part 73

[Sidenote: =776.=]

Votive relief representing an offering to Apollo. On the right, the G.o.d is seated on the _omphalos_, holding up his right hand. The object held up in this hand has been broken away. A mantle is wrapped round his body, and he wears sandals. On the left are three mortals, clad in Roman military armour, who appear to be approaching as if to consult the Oracle of Apollo, and who, from the difference of stature, are probably a father and two sons. Between them and the G.o.d are two female figures, of colossal proportions, who stand to the front, their heads turned towards Apollo. Each wears a diadem, and the figure on the left holds a box containing incense in her left hand. These two figures are thought to be Leto and Artemis, whose worship was a.s.sociated with that of Apollo. The relief is bounded by two pilasters surmounted by an entablature. On the base are the remains of a dedication to Apollo, in elegiac verse, which has been restored as follows, by Koehler:

[Greek: S[oi] Char[mos, ba]sileu Paian, hekatebol' Apol[lon], Hippo[kratous doron] p[ai]s anetheke tode.]--_Townley Coll._

Pentelic marble; height, 1 foot 7-3/4 inches; width, 2 feet 8 inches. Presented by the Duke of Bedford to Mr. Townley, in 1805.

_Mus. Marbles_, II., pl. 5; Ellis, _Townley Gallery_, II., p.

135; _Guide to Graeco-Roman Sculptures_, I., No. 200; Wolters, No.

1849; _C.I.G._, 1946; _C.I.A._, II., 1527_b_; Kaibel, 799; _Rhein.

Mus. N.F._, 1886, p. 346; Cavaceppi, _Raccolta d'Antiche Statue_, III., pl. 1.

[Sidenote: =777.=]

Fragment of votive relief dedicated by Asclepiodotos to Apollo Tadokomeites. The upper part is missing. On the right is the figure on a colossal scale of Apollo Kitharoedos, preserved only from the knees downwards. On the left a draped male figure kneels by an altar, holding a ram, and having a knife in the right hand. Behind the altar is a tree. On the left of the relief, a male figure, whose head is wanting, stands holding a conical object in his right hand.

Inscribed: [Greek: Asklepiodotos Diphilou Apolloni Tadokomeite euchen].--_Cyzicus._ _Presented by A. van Branteghem, Esq., 1890._

Marble; height, 1 foot 1 inch; width, 11-1/2 inches. _Rev. Arch._, 1891, p. 12, No. 3.

[Sidenote: =778.=]

Fragment of votive relief. Artemis stands with the right arm on her right thigh, and leaning on what appears to be a torch. She wears a huntress dress, with short chiton, and has a hound standing beside her. On the right is an altar at which a male worshipper appears to be making an offering. On the extreme right is the hand and drapery of a female figure making a gesture of adoration.--_Ephesus._ _J. T. Wood._

Ephesian marble; height, 1 foot 1 inch; width, 9 inches.

[Sidenote: =779.=]

Fragment of relief, including the upper part of a standing figure of Artemis, from the middle of the thighs. At her left side was a stag, of which the head alone remains. In the centre is a female figure with the right arm extended. On the right is a female worshipper of smaller stature, who has the right hand raised, making a gesture of adoration.

Around the relief is a rudely cut rocky background.

Greek marble; height, 1 foot 1-1/2 inches; width, 1 foot.

[Sidenote: =780.=]

Votive relief (?). Two youths on horseback, probably the Dioscuri, though the conical cap, _pileus_, by which they are distinguished is wanting. Each wears a chiton and chlamys. They are beardless; their hair is short and bound with a diadem; the bridles have been painted in red, which is still faintly visible on the marble. The horses are small and compact, like those on the frieze of Parthenon, and have hogged manes.--_Purchased from Sir W. Hamilton, 1772._

Marble; height, 1 foot 5-1/2 inches; length, 1 foot 9-1/4 inches.

_Mus. Marbles_, II., pl. 11; Ellis, _Townley Gallery_, II., p.

111; _Guide to Graeco-Roman Sculptures_, Part I., No. 153.

[Sidenote: =781.=]

Votive relief. Two youthful male figures, perhaps the Dioscuri, stand to the front, having an altar between them. One is nude, and the other only has drapery on the left arm. They have spears in their left hands. One appears to be holding an oinochoe in his right hand, and the other a phiale. They stand between two Ionic columns, surmounted by an entablature, with antefixal tiles, and festoons of rosettes above.

Marble; height, 1 foot 6-1/2 inches; width, 1 foot 2-3/4 inches.

[Sidenote: =782.=]

Votive tablet with relief representing Kybele seated. She wears a polos, and has a tympanum in the left hand, and has a lion by her left side. With the right hand she holds a phiale over an altar; on the left of the altar is a male worshipper standing.--_Cyzicus._ _Presented by A. van Branteghem, Esq._

Marble; height, 7 inches; width, 4 inches. _Rev. Arch._, 1891, p.

12 No. 6.

[Sidenote: =783.=]

Votive relief. Kybele seated within a distyle temple. On her head is a calathos; a long tress of hair falls on each shoulder; she wears a long chiton with sleeves and girt at the waist, and a mantle. In her right hand she holds a bowl; at her right side is a lion; her left hand is advanced as if it had held a sceptre, probably of metal, which is now wanting. On each side of the base of the calathos is a hole, probably for the attachment of a metal wreath.--_Elgin Coll._

Greek marble; height, 1 foot 3 inches; width, 9 inches. _Mus.

Marbles_, IX., pl. 35, fig. 2; _Synopsis_, No. 293 (97); _Guide to Elgin Room_, Part II., No. F. 7.

[Sidenote: =784.=]

Votive relief. Kybele seated, with a rec.u.mbent lion in her lap, its head to the left. In her right hand she has a bowl; in her left she holds some object, the form of which cannot be made out. She wears a long chiton, girt at the waist, and a mantle. Her head is broken off; on each side of her neck a long tress falls on her shoulder. Sculpture late and rough.--_Presented by J. P. Gandy Deering, Esq., 1820._

Greek marble; height, 11 inches; width, 10-1/2 inches. _Synopsis_, No. 300 (103*).

[Sidenote: =785.=]

Fragment of a relief, probably votive, containing Hermes, who wears a short chiton, chlamys, and petasos, and holds out a phiale in the right hand. On his left is a female figure, also holding a phiale.

On the right, the right arm alone remains of a third figure with a phiale.--_Knidos._

Marble; height, 1 foot 3 inches; width, 1 foot 1/2 inch.

[Sidenote: =786.=]

Relief with three figures. On the left is Athene, having long chiton, peplos, helmet, aegis, spear. Beside her is a seated animal, perhaps a lion. In the centre is Aphrodite (?), wearing long chiton, peplos, and polos. She has a spear in her left hand, and a much mutilated Eros (?) standing by her side. On the right is a figure of the deified Heracles (?), half-draped in mantle and lion's skin, with the club in his left hand and a sceptre or thyrsus in his right hand. He appears to wear the Egyptian crown.--_Presented by H. Gally Knight, Esq., 1839._

Parian marble (?); height, 1 foot 1-1/2 inches; width, 1 foot 1-1/4 inches. Wolters, No. 1845.

[Sidenote: =787.=]

Fragment of a relief, with a male figure, heavily draped, wearing long chiton and himation, and having long hair falling on the shoulders.

The left hand is raised, and there are marks of the attachment of a metal object, perhaps a sceptre or thyrsos. The figure also wore a metal wreath. The relief, which is only complete on the right side, was bounded by pilasters and an entablature.--_Athens (?)._ _Elgin Coll._

Pentelic marble; height, 2 feet 5 inches; width, 1 foot 7 inches.

_Mus. Marbles_, IX., pl. 38, fig. 1; _Synopsis_, No. 176 (107).

[Sidenote: =788.=]

Fragment of a relief, with a group of G.o.ds, viz.: Hermes, with caduceus and petasos; Zeus, with a sceptre; and Kybele, having a polos and sceptre. Each of the three holds out a bowl in the right hand. On the left, in low relief, is a diminutive figure seated on rocks by a ship; on the right are two warriors, seated, having shields and swords.

Marble; height, 1 foot 4 inches; width, 1 foot 10 inches.

[Sidenote: =789.=]

Relief, representing offerings to Eileithyia (?). A draped female figure is seated on a chair with foot-stool, turned to the right. With the left hand she holds a part of her mantle which pa.s.ses over her head. On the right is a draped woman who approaches, holding a closely-swathed baby on her left arm, and making a gesture with the right hand. A similar figure stands on the right, with a baby on her left arm, and having the right hand raised to her head in a manner expressive of sorrow. Behind the chair is a woman advancing, holding a baby in both arms, and on the left is a woman who carries a dish (?) on her left hand and has a casket hanging from her right hand.

The separate figures would be well suited to a sepulchral relief, on which the seated figure and a figure with a baby might well be represented. The whole composition, however, seems more suitable for a representation of mothers making offerings to some G.o.ddess, perhaps Eileithyia.--_From Sigeum in the Troad._ _Elgin Coll._