Marble; height, 1 foot 8 inches; width, 1 foot 3 inches.
Drummond's _Travels_ (1754), pl. facing p. 229, fig. 15 (very
rudely drawn), and p. 237; _C.I.G._, 4466; Kaibel, 431. In
Drummond's time the stone was "in the Library of the right
worshipful the Levant Company" at Aleppo.
[Sidenote: =739.=]
Stelè with reliefs in two panels. In the upper panel is a figure on
a couch holding a bunch of grapes. The upper part of the figure is
wanting. Before the couch are a table with food and three attendant
male figures.
In the lower panel is a woman seated with a boy standing beside
her. Most of these two figures is wanting. In front are two warriors
standing, with shields and spears.--_Kertch._
Limestone; height, 3 feet; width, 1 foot 9 inches. For the
collection of sculptures from Kertch, see above, p. 8.
[Sidenote: =740.=]
Relief with banquet. A draped figure, now for the most part lost,
reclines on a very lofty couch, holding a two-handled cup in the left
hand. On the left are the knees and legs of a woman seated on a lofty
throne, with an arm supported by a series of arches. Before the couch
is a table with vessels of wine. A boy stands on a stool, and holds
a jug in his hands. On the right is an attendant. On the left is a
female figure holding a vase, and a smaller figure.
Inscribed: [Greek: ... de hyie Androne[ik]ou chaire]. Hail! ... son of
Andronicos.--_Kertch._
Limestone; height, 2 feet 7 inches; width, 2 feet 7 inches. _Greek
Inscriptions in Brit. Mus._, CLXXXII.; Latyschev, II., 212.
[Sidenote: =741.=]
Lower part of relief with banquet, of very rude style. A male figure
reclines to the right on a couch, holding a two-handled cup in the
right hand. Before him is a table, with vessels of wine. At the end of
the couch a woman is seated, enthroned, holding a veil with her left
hand. A boy with an oinochoè stands on the right by the table. A girl
with a pyxis stands on the left behind the throne. There are remains
of pilasters. Inscribed: [Greek: Isigonê gynê Hêraklidou chaire.
Hêrakleidê g(ynê) b chaire.]--_Kertch._
Limestone; height, 2 feet 8 inches; width, 2 feet 4-1/2 inches.
_Greek Inscriptions in Brit. Mus._, CXCI.; Latyschev, II., 96.
[Sidenote: =742.=]
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