A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume 1 (of 2)

by A. H. Smith

Fig. 24.—Sepulchral stelè of Smikylion, No. 599.

Inscribed Σμικυλίων Εὐαλκίδου ἐκ Κεραμέων—Smikylion, son of Eualkides, of the deme of the Cerameicos.—Athens. Presented by A. Robinson, Esq., R.N.

Pentelic marble; height, 2 feet 9½ inches; width, 1 foot 5½ inches. Synopsis No. 441. Greek Inscriptions in Brit. Mus., LXXXVI.; C.I.A., II., 2139.

600. Plain stelè of Hippocrates and Baukis; surmounted by an acroterion in low relief, of palmette form.

Inscribed Ἱπποκράτης, Βαυκίς. Below the surface of the stelè is flat, and probably was painted.—Athens. Elgin Coll.

Pentelic marble; height, 4 feet 1 inch; width, 1 foot 3 inches. Mus. Marbles, IX., pl. 29, fig. 4. Synopsis, No. 351 (175); Ellis, Elgin Marbles, II., p. 152; C.I.G., 958; C.I.A., II., 3810. Greek Inscriptions in Brit. Mus., CXX.

601. Fragment of a plain stelè, surmounted by an acroterion, in the form of a palmette in low relief, springing from acanthus leaves.

Inscribed Ἀσσκληπιόδωρος Θράσωνος Ὀλύνθιος, Ἐπικύδης Ἀσκληπιοδώρου Ὀλύνθιος—Asclepiodoros, son of Thrason, of Olynthos; Epikydes, son of Asclepiodoros, of Olynthos.—Probably from Athens. Elgin Coll.