Fragment of relief, with banquet. The upper half is wanting. A man
reclines on a couch, and holds a bowl and a rhyton (?), which were
perhaps of bronze attached, in the left and right hands respectively.
A woman sits on the end of the couch. On the right is a diminutive
male figure with the hands clasped. On the left is a girl, who stands
leaning against the foot of the couch, and holds an ivy-leaf fan in
her left hand.--_Halicarnassos._
Marble; height, 1 foot 2 inches; width, 2 feet.
[Sidenote: =726.=]
Relief with banquet and serpent. A man fully draped, reclines on a
couch, with a bowl in his left hand. Before the couch is a table with
provisions. A woman is seated on a stool by the foot of the couch. In
her left hand she extends a bowl from which a serpent is drinking.
The serpent is coiled about the trunk of a tree. On the right is a
diminutive male figure standing by a crater; on the left is a female
figure holding a box.--_Found in a store at Portsmouth._ _Probably
from Smyrna._
Bluish marble; height, 1 foot 10-1/2 inches; width, 1 foot 6
inches.
[Sidenote: =727.=]
Fragment of a relief with banquet and serpent. A man reclines on a
couch holding a bowl in his left hand. A woman is seated on a chair
by the head of the couch. A snake issues from under the chair and
approaches the woman. One arm of the chair is supported by a figure of
a Sphinx. The heads of both figures are wanting of _Mytilene_.
Marble; height, 11 inches; width, 10-1/2 inches. Conze, _Lesbos_,
p. 10, Note 3, No. 3.
[Sidenote: =728.=]
Relief with banquet and serpent. A figure, apparently that of a man,
reclines on a couch. He has long hair, and a closely-fitting chiton,
and holds a cup in his left hand. Before him is a table with food,
towards which he extends his right hand. A woman is seated on the foot
of the couch, and gives drink from a bowl to a serpent. On the right a
boy has drawn wine from a crater with a jug, and is offering a bowl
to the reclining figure. Behind is a stair-like series of shelves, on
which stand several vessels. On the left a woman raises her right hand
with a gesture as of adoration. Above, a horse's head is seen looking
through an opening. The relief is bounded by two Ionic columns
surmounted by a flat arch.--_Naucratis._ _Presented by the Egypt
Exploration Fund, 1886._
Limestone, with traces of red paint; height, 1 foot 3 inches;
width 1 foot 8-1/2 inches. Gardner, _Naukratis_, II., p. 22.
[Sidenote: =729.=]
Fragment of relief, with banquet and serpent. The fragment contains
the upper part of a male figure, wearing a polos, reclining on a
couch, holding a cup in the left hand, and having a table before him.
A snake is coiled about one leg of the table.--_Mytilene._
Marble; height, 1 foot 3/4 inch; width, 7 inches. Conze, _Lesbos_,
p. 10, Note 3, No. 2.
[Sidenote: =730.=]
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