[Sidenote: =804.=]
Tablet with votive relief of vulva, dedicated by Olympias.
Inscribed: [Greek: Olympias hypsistô euchên].--_Pnyx, Athens._ _Elgin
Coll._
Pentelic marble; height, 5-1/2 inches; width, 7-1/2 inches.
Dodwell, _Tour_, I., p. 403; _Synopsis_, No. 216 (246); _C.I.G._,
500; _Greek Inscriptions in Brit. Mus._, LXII.
[Sidenote: =805.=]
Tablet with votive relief, representing a human face from the bridge
of the nose downwards, dedicated by Tertia.
Inscribed: [Greek: Tertia hypsistô euchên].--_Pnyx, Athens._ _Elgin
Coll._
Pentelic marble; height, 8-1/2 inches; width, 7-3/4 inches.
Dodwell, _Tour_, I., p. 404, with woodcut; _Synopsis_, No. 218
(250); _Mus. Marbles_, IX., pl. 41, fig. 7; _C.I.G._, 501; Ellis,
_Elgin Marbles_, II., p. 105, No. 218; _Greek Inscriptions in
Brit. Mus._, LXIII.
[Sidenote: =806.=]
Tablet with votive relief, representing a pair of arms, within a
panel, dedicated by Claudia Prepusa. The hands are wanting.
Inscribed: [Greek: Klaudia Prepousa eucharistô hypsistô].--_Pnyx,
Athens._ _Elgin Coll._
Pentelic marble; height, 6 inches; width, 7-1/4 inches. Dodwell,
_Tour_, I., p. 402, with woodcut; _Synopsis_, No. 215 (248);
_Mus. Marbles_, IX., pl. 41, fig. 6; _C.I.G._, 502; Ellis, _Elgin
Marbles_, II., p. 105, No. 215; _Greek Inscriptions in Brit.
Mus._, LXIV.
[Sidenote: =807.=]
Tablet with votive relief, representing a female breast somewhat
broken, dedicated by Onesimè.
Inscribed: [Greek: Onêsimê euchên Diï hypsistô].--_Pnyx, Athens._
_Elgin Coll._
Pentelic marble; height, 4-7/8 inches; width, 6 inches. Dodwell,
_Tour_, I., p. 403; _Synopsis_, No. 211 (249); _Mus. Marbles_,
IX., pl. 41, fig. 1; _C.I.G._, 503; Ellis, _Elgin Marbles_, II.,
p. 105, No. 211; _Greek Inscriptions in Brit. Mus._, LXV.
[Sidenote: =808.=]
Fragment of a votive relief, with part of a thigh, or perhaps part of
the shoulder.
Inscribed: [Greek: ....a theô hypsi[stô e]uchên].--_Pnyx, Athens.
Found by the fourth Earl of Aberdeen in 1803, and presented by the
fifth Earl of Aberdeen in 1861._
Pentelic marble; height, 4-1/4 inches; width, 4-1/2 inches. _Greek
Inscriptions in Brit. Mus._, LXX.
[Sidenote: =809.=]
Tablet with votive relief representing a left leg from above the knee
in relief, dedicated to Asclepios and Hygieia.
Inscribed: [Greek: Asklêpiô kai Hyg(i)eia eucharistêrion].--_Found in
1828, in a Shrine of Asclepios in Melos._ _Blacas Coll._
Parian marble; height, 1 foot 1-1/2 inches; width, 7-1/2 inches.
_Annali dell' Inst._, 1829, p. 341; _Exp. de Morée_, III., pl.
29, fig. 2; _C.I.G._, 2429; _Greek Inscriptions in Brit. Mus._,
CCCLXV. This relief was found together with the fine head of
Asclepios (No. 550) and with a votive inscription (_C.I.G._,
2428).
[Sidenote: =810.=]
Tablet with votive relief, representing a right ear. The right side of
the tablet is lost.--_Cyrenè._
Marble; height, 6-3/4 inches; width, 10 inches. Smith and Porcher,
p. 108, No. 148.
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