The following votive tablets (Nos. 799-808), with representations of
portions of the human body and with votive inscriptions to Highest
Zeus ([Greek: Zeus hypsistos]), were discovered by the fourth Earl of
Aberdeen, in 1803. Excavations were made at the foot of the rock-wall
near the rock-cut structure commonly known as the Bema of the Pnyx,
and the tablets which were then found, are presumed to have fallen
from niches cut to receive them in the rock above (Dodwell, _Tour_,
i., p. 402). It has been argued that the spot where the reliefs were
found was not the Pnyx, but the altar of Highest Zeus (Welcker, _Der
Fels-Altar des Höchsten Zeus_, &c., 1852). The inscriptions, however,
which are here described, are of Roman times, and are of little value
for the decision of the question. (Cf. Hicks, _Greek Inscriptions in
Brit. Mus._ lx.)
[Sidenote: =799.=]
Tablet with votive relief representing a female breast dedicated by
Eutychis.
Inscribed: [Greek: Eutychis hypsistô euchê(n)].--_Pnyx, Athens._
_Elgin Coll._
Pentelic marble; height, 5-3/4 inches; width, 5-1/2 inches.
Dodwell, _Tour_, I., p. 403; _Synopsis_, No. 210 (245); _Mus.
Marbles_, IX., pl. 41, fig. 3; _C.I.G._, 504; Ellis, _Elgin
Marbles_, II., p. 105, No. 210; _Greek inscriptions in Brit.
Mus._, LXVI.
[Sidenote: =800.=]
Tablet with votive relief representing a female breast, dedicated by
Isias.
Inscribed: [Greek: Eisias hyps[istô] eu[chên]].--_Pnyx, Athens._
_Elgin Coll._
Pentelic marble; height, 8 inches; width, 6-1/2 inches. Dodwell,
_Tour_, I., p. 403; _Synopsis_, No. 209 (247); _Mus. Marbles_,
IX., pl. 41, fig. 2; _C.I.G._, 505; Ellis, _Elgin Marbles_, II.,
p. 105, No. 209; _Greek Inscriptions in Brit. Mus._, LXVII.
[Sidenote: =801.=]
Tablet with votive relief, representing a pair of eyes, dedicated by
Philemation.
Inscribed: [Greek: Philêmatin [e]uchên ane[th]êken].--_Pnyx, Athens._
_Elgin Coll._
Pentelic marble; height, 3-1/2 inches; width, 5-1/2 inches.
Dodwell, _Tour_, I., p. 403, with woodcut; _Synopsis_, No. 214
(251); _Mus. Marbles_, IX., pl. 41, fig. 5; _C.I.G._, 506; Ellis,
_Elgin Marbles_, II., p. 105, No. 212; _Greek Inscriptions in
Brit. Mus._, LXVIII.
[Sidenote: =802.=]
Fragment of a votive relief, which originally represented a pair of
eyes in relief, but now has little remaining except the left eye and
part of the inscription: [Greek: hyps]ist[ô].--_Pnyx, Athens._ _Found
by the fourth Earl of Aberdeen in 1803, and presented by the fifth
Earl of Aberdeen in 1861._
Pentelic marble; height, 3-3/4 inches; width, 5 inches. _Greek
Inscriptions in Brit. Mus._, LXIX. This relief is perhaps
identical with _C.I.G._, 499.
[Sidenote: =803.=]
Fragment of votive relief, with toes and the forepart of the right
foot.--_Pnyx, Athens._ _Elgin Coll._
Pentelic marble; height, 6-1/2 inches; width, 5-1/2 inches.
_Synopsis_, No. 217 (253); _Mus. Marbles_, IX., pl. 41, fig. 4;
Ellis, _Elgin Marbles_, II., p. 105, No. 217.
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