Pentelic marble; height, 2 feet 4-1/4 inches; diameter, 1 foot
3-1/2 inches. _Mus. Marbles_, IX., pl. 32, fig. 1; _Synopsis_ No.
122 (167); Ellis, _Elgin Marbles_, II., p. 161; _C.I.G._, 1041;
_C.I.A._, II., 4312; _Greek Inscriptions in Brit. Mus._, CXXXII.
[Sidenote: =691.=]
Sepulchral lekythos with relief. A young warrior, wearing a cuirass
over a short tunic, a chlamys and a helmet, clasps the hand of a
seated woman. He appears to hold a scroll in his left hand. Behind him
is an attendant, holding a large shield.--_Athens?_ _Elgin Coll._
Pentelic marble; height, 2 feet 6 inches; diameter, 1 foot 6
inches. _Mus. Marbles_, IX., pl. 33, fig. 3; _Synopsis_ No. 195
(228); Ellis, _Elgin Marbles_, II., p. 161.
[Sidenote: =692.=]
Sepulchral lekythos with relief. An armed warrior, Sosippos, who wears
a tunic, cuirass, and chlamys, clasps the hand of a seated woman, who,
with her left hand clasps the right hand of a small girl standing at
her knee. Behind the warrior is a boy carrying a large shield; behind
the seated figure is a woman standing with her right hand raised to
her chin.
Inscribed: [Greek: Sôsippos].--_Athens?_ _Elgin Coll._
Pentelic marble; height, 2 feet; diameter, 11 inches. Dodwell,
_Tour_, I., p. 455; _Mus. Marbles_, IX., pl. 31, fig. 3;
_Synopsis_ No. 230 (239); Ellis, _Elgin Marbles_, II., p. 165;
_C.I.G._, 1008; _C.I.A._, II., 4156; _Greek Inscriptions in Brit.
Mus._, CXXVII.
[Sidenote: =693.=]
Stelè, with a sepulchral lekythos in relief, supported by a winged
Sphinx. On the vase is a relief representing two warriors, fully
armed, standing with hands clasped. (Pl. xi., fig. 1.)
Inscribed: [Greek: Archiadês Hagn(o)usios, Polemonikos
Athmoneus]--Archiades of Hagnus; Polemonicos of Athmonon.--_Formerly
in the Guilford Collection. Presented by G. Plucknett, Esq., 1886._
Pentelic marble; height, 2 feet 11-1/2 inches width, 1 foot 1
inch. _C.I.G._, 552; _C.I.A._, II., 1700.
[Sidenote: =694.=]
Stelè, with sepulchral relief. A seated woman, Xeno, clasps the hand
of a girl, Cleo, who stands before her. Behind her, a bearded man,
Hermodoros, leans on his staff and looks downwards. The stelè is
surmounted by a rounded top as if for a palmette, which may have been
painted.
Inscribed: [Greek: Xenô, Hermodôros, Kleô].--_Athens?_--_Elgin Coll._
Pentelic marble; height, 2 feet 1 inch; width, 1 foot 2-1/2
inches. _Mus. Marbles_, IX., pl. 30, fig. 4; _Synopsis_ No. 373
(229); _C.I.G._, 981; _C.I.A._, II., 4042; _Greek Inscriptions in
Brit. Mus._, CXXIV.
[Sidenote: =695.=]
Sepulchral lekythos with relief. A youth, Polystratos, clasps the hand
of a woman, Archagora, who is seated on a chair. A woman, Pithyllis,
is seen in the background between these two figures. She stands in an
attitude of grief, with her head bowed and her right hand raised to
her veil.
Inscribed: [Greek: Archagora, Pithyllis, Polystratos].--_Athens?_
_Elgin Coll._
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