[Sidenote: =644.=]
Sepulchral relief, mutilated on the left. A female figure draped and
seated on a chair, draws her peplos over her shoulder with her left
hand. Above, a pediment.
Inscribed with a name now illegible, terminating in [Greek: ô], and
[Greek: chairete hapantes].--_Obtained by the fourth Earl of Aberdeen
in Greece, and presented by the fifth Earl of Aberdeen._
Marble; height, 1 foot 9-1/2 inches; width, 1 foot 1/2 inch.
_Greek Inscriptions in Brit. Mus._, CXXXIII.; Conze, _Attische
Grabreliefs_, No. 46; pl. 23, fig. 1.
[Sidenote: =645.=]
Lower part of sepulchral relief, much mutilated. A female figure is
seated to the front on a lofty throne. She holds a fruit in her left
hand. On the left is a youth with a box; and on the right a female
figure, whose right hand was raised to her chin. The arms of the
throne are supported by Sphinxes.--_Kertch._
Limestone; height, 1 foot 8 inches; width, 2 feet 2 inches.
[Sidenote: =646.=]
A female figure, Demetria, seated on a chair, extends her right
hand to a box, held by a girl standing before her; behind is another
standing female figure.
Inscribed: [Greek: [D]êmêtria].--_Probably from Athens._ _Obtained
by the fourth Earl of Aberdeen, and presented by the fifth Earl of
Aberdeen._
Pentelic marble; height, 2 feet 1/2 inch; width, 1 foot 1 inch.
_Greek Inscriptions in Brit. Mus._, CXIII.; _C.I.A._, III., 3072.
[Sidenote: =647.=]
Lower part of a sepulchral relief. A fully draped female figure,
wanting above the breast, is seated on a stool. The left hand was
probably raised to the chin or to the veil. Before her, a female
figure of which nothing remains except a portion of drapery, from the
knees downwards. A small boy stands at the knee of the seated woman,
and raises his right hand.--_Athens?_ _Elgin Coll._
Pentelic marble; height, 1 foot 6 inches; width, 1 foot 3 inches.
_Mus. Marbles_, IX., pl. 39, fig. 2; _Synopsis_, No. 196 (162).
[Sidenote: =648.=]
Boy seated on a rock fishing with a rod and line for a large fish, a
basket in his left hand. Above a pediment.
Inscribed in rude late characters, [Greek: Agathême<t>ros Asiachô
syntrophô mnêmês charin].--Placed by Agathemeros in memory of his
foster brother Asiachos.--_Athens._ _Purchased from the Besborough
Coll. 1801._
Pentelic marble; height, 1 foot 2 inches; width, 10-1/2 inches.
_C.I.G._, 6892.
[Sidenote: =649.=]
A girl, seated on a stool, holds an open scroll on her lap. Before
her is a column, on which is another scroll (?); on the left is a
dog raising a paw. The relief is bounded by pilasters and a pediment,
slightly sketched out.
Inscribed: [Greek: Abeita zêsasa etê [=i] mênas dyo· chairete]--Avita,
who lived ten years and two months. Hail.--_Townley Coll._
Parian marble; height, 1 foot 1 inch; width, 11 inches. Ellis,
_Townley Gallery_, II., p. 165. _C.I.G._, 6866; Wolters, No. 1811.
[Sidenote: =650.=]
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