637. Fragment of sepulchral relief, containing the upper parts of a bearded man and a woman conversing. On the left a younger female figure.
Inscribed: Ἀριστοδίκη, Ἀρίσταρχος, Ἀθηναΐς, Σήστιοι—Aristodikè, Aristarchos, and Athenais, of Sestos.—Athens. Found by Chandler, fixed in the wall of a church, on the road to Cephisia. Presented by the Society of Dilettanti.
Pentelic marble; height, 7¾ inches; width, 1 foot 2½ inches. Chandler, Inscriptions Ant., Part II., No. 95; Synopsis, No. 336 (236*); C.I.G., 892; C.I.A., II., 3313; Greek Inscriptions in Brit. Mus., CVIII.
638. A bearded figure, Aristocles, rides a prancing horse and places his right hand on its head. A youth in a short chiton runs behind the horse. Inscribed:
Πολλὰ μεθ' ἡλικίας ὁμοήλικος ἡδέα παίσας
ἑκ γαίας βλαστὼν γαῖα πάλιν γέγονα.
Εἰμὶ δὲ Ἀριστοκλῆς Πειραιεὺς, παῖς δὲ Μένωνος.
'After many pleasant sports with my comrades, I who sprang from dust, am dust once more. I am Aristocles, of the Piraeus, son of Menon.'—Athens. Elgin Coll.
Pentelic marble; height, 2 feet 8 inches; width, 1 foot 6 inches. Stuart, III., p. 56; Chandler, Inscriptions Ant., Part II., No. 78 ("fixed in a wall at the door of the Greek School"); Mus. Marbles, IX., pl. 34, fig. 3; Synopsis, No. 384 (213); C.I.G., 749; C.I.A., II., 2442; Greek Inscriptions in Brit. Mus., XCII.; Kaibel, 75.