Pentelic marble; height, 1 foot 8 inches; diameter, 11 inches.
Dodwell, _Tour_, I., p. 455; _Mus. Marbles_, IX., pl. 31, fig. 4;
_Synopsis_, No. 182 (274); Ellis, _Elgin Marbles_, II., p. 165;
_C.I.G._, 996; _C.I.A._, II., 3524; _Greek Inscriptions in Brit.
Mus._, CXII.
[Sidenote: =696.=]
Sepulchral lekythos with relief. A bearded man stands before a
woman seated on a chair and clasps her hand. There is no trace of an
inscription.--_Athens?_ _Elgin Coll._
Pentelic marble; height, 2 feet 11-1/2 inches; diameter, 11
inches. _Mus. Marbles_, IX., pl. 33, fig. 1; _Synopsis_ No. 132
(A. 50); Ellis, _Elgin Marbles_, II., p. 164.
[Sidenote: =697.=]
Sepulchral lekythos with relief. A bearded man stands before a woman
seated on a chair.
Inscribed above the head of the woman: [Greek: Ada]. The name of
the man may have been inscribed originally, but it is now
obliterated.--_Athens?_ _Elgin Coll._
Pentelic marble; height, 1 foot 10-1/2 inches; diameter, 1 foot.
_Mus. Marbles_, IX., pl. 32, fig. 2; _Synopsis_ No. 188 (110);
_Greek Inscriptions in Brit. Mus._ CXI.; _C.I.A._, II., 3438.
[Sidenote: =698.=]
Sepulchral lekythos with relief. A man, Alkimachos, stands before
a seated woman, Hedylè, and clasps her hand. A girl stands behind
Hedylè, and another girl of a smaller size stands behind Alkimachos.
Inscribed: [Greek: Hêdylê, Alkimachos].--_Probably from Athens._ _From
the Earl of Belmore's Collection_, 1842.
Pentelic marble; height, 1 foot 5 inches; diameter, 1 foot 1 inch.
_Greek Inscriptions in Brit. Mus._, CXVIII.; _C.I.A._, II., 3761.
[Sidenote: =699.=]
Sepulchral lekythos with relief, much defaced. A woman seated on a
chair clasps the hand of a woman standing before her. Behind the
chair is a girl holding a box in her left hand.--_From a store at
Portsmouth._ _Perhaps from Smyrna._
Marble; height, 1 foot 7 inches; diameter, 1 foot.
[Sidenote: =700.=]
Fragment of sepulchral relief. A youth standing clasps the hand of a
bearded man, seated on a chair. Only the upper parts are preserved of
both figures, together with the right side of the relief.--_Athens?_
_Elgin Coll._
Pentelic marble; height, 6 inches; width, 10-1/2 inches.
_Synopsis_, No. 423.
[Sidenote: =701.=]
Fragment of sepulchral relief. A woman, seated on a chair, clasps the
hand of a woman standing before her. Her left hand appears to have
been raised to her veil. The upper parts of both figures are wanting,
and also the left side of the relief. A nude boy with an uncertain
object in his hands stands in the right corner.
Pentelic marble? Height, 1 foot; width, 11 inches.
[Sidenote: =702.=]
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