Mutilated relief. A horseman is mounted, to the right. He has an
elaborate skin saddle-cloth, terminating with an animal's head before
the horse. Behind on the left is an attendant with a tunic worn over
one shoulder (_heteromaschalos_), and with a shield. On the right are
an altar and a tree, about which a serpent is entwined. An uncertain
object is seen in the upper left corner of the relief. The relief is
very high. The horse originally had reins of bronze.
Marble; height, 3 feet; width, 3 feet.
[Sidenote: =752.=]
Fragment of sepulchral relief? A figure was represented leading a
horse to the right. Only one hand and foot, and parts of the horse
remain. Before it stand three male figures on a smaller scale, each
figure raising the right hand, making a gesture as of adoration. The
relief was bounded by pilasters and an entablature.--_Blayds Coll._
White marble; height, 1 foot 1 inch; width, 1 foot 1 inch.
[Sidenote: =753.=]
Sepulchral relief. A youth rides on a horse, to the right, wearing
a short tunic and cloak. He approaches a female figure, of a larger
scale, who wears a long chiton and himation. She has an oinochoè in
the right hand and a phialè in the left hand. Behind her is a
bearded figure on a smaller scale with the right hand raised as in
adoration.--_Aphanda, Rhodes._
Marble; height, 1 foot 5 inches; width, 2 feet. _Arch. Anzeiger_,
1854, p. 485, No. 8; _Athenische Mittheilungen_, VIII., p. 370.
[Sidenote: =754.=]
Fragment of a sepulchral relief, of a late period. A mounted horseman
advances to a flaming altar. On the right of the altar is a pine
tree, about which a snake is coiled. Only the head and forelegs of the
horse, and the left hand of the horseman is preserved. The hand holds
a double-headed axe. A dog stands below the horse.--_Ephesus._ _J. T.
Wood._
Ephesian marble; height, 1 foot 4-1/2 inches; width, 8 inches. The
figure with the double-headed axe resembles that of the so-called
[Greek: theos sôzôn] on late reliefs from Asia Minor (_Journ. of
Hellen. Studies_, VIII., p. 235; Roscher, _Lexicon_, p. 2564).
[Sidenote: =755.=]
Fragment of a sepulchral relief of a late period. A mounted horseman
with a chiton and a cloak flying behind him stands on the left of an
altar, at which a draped youth makes a libation. On the right is a
tree about which a snake is coiled. The left side of the relief is
wanting.--_Ephesus._ _J. T. Wood._
Ephesian marble; height, 1 foot 2 inches; width, 1 foot 5 inches.
[Sidenote: =756.=]
Fragment of a sepulchral relief, with a figure of a mounted horseman
wearing a chiton and cloak. The head of the rider, and the head and
hind-part of the horse are wanting.--_Ephesus._ _J. T. Wood._
Ephesian marble; height, 10 inches; width, 6-1/2 inches.
[Sidenote: =757.=]
Mounted horseman to the right. Before him stands a figure making a
gesture of adoration. Above is a pediment, with rosettes. The relief
is in very late rude style.
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