617. Palmette from top of stelè.—Kertch.
Limestone; height, 2 feet 6 inches; width, 1 foot 7½ inches.
618. Top of stelè, with acanthus leaves forming the base of the acroterion. The leaves are only sketched in outline on the front, but have been finished on the right and left.—Kertch.
Limestone; height, 2 feet 3 inches; width, 2 feet 3 inches.
SEPULCHRAL MONUMENTS WITH SCENES FROM DAILY LIFE.
619. Cast of the sepulchral relief of Hegeso. A lady, Hegeso, is seated on a chair, with a foot-stool. She appears to be taking a necklace from a box which is held by a servant standing before her. Hegeso is richly dressed in a chiton with short sleeves, himation and sandals. Her hair is confined by a sphendonè, or band, broadest in front. The servant has a close-fitting cap, and a plain chiton with long sleeves. The relief is bounded by two pilasters surmounted by a pediment, with acroteria.
Inscribed Ἡγησὼ Προξένο(υ)—Hegeso daughter of Proxenos.
This relief, which is unequalled for its grace and delicacy, appears to belong to the close of the fifth century b.c. The original, of Pentelic marble, is near the Dipylon at Athens, where it was discovered in 1870.
Height, 4 feet 9¾ inches; width, 3 feet 1 inch. Arch. Zeit., 1871, pl. 43, p. 19; C.I.A., II., 3753; Mitchell, p. 502; Waldstein, Essays, p. 309; Wolters, No. 1030; Conze, Attische Grabreliefs, No. 68, pl. 30; Stereoscopic, No. 123.