Limestone; height, 2 feet 3¾ inches; width, 1 foot 9½ inches.
655. Sepulchral relief, rude and late. Standing, draped female figure raises her right hand to her cheek. The first inscription has been obliterated, and in place of it is the inscription, ΣΩΤ ... ΝΙΚΕ χαῖρε.
Greek marble; height, 2 feet 2½ inches; width, 1 foot.
656. Sepulchral monument of Artipous. An old woman is seated wrapped in her mantle, with a pomegranate in her left hand. A girl stands at her left side holding a box and a purse (?). The relief is bounded by pilasters, surmounted by a pediment with acroteria.
Inscribed: Ἀρτίπους Ἀλκίμα and ∟π. ∟ is a symbol chiefly used in Ptolemaic inscriptions to precede a numeral denoting a year. The inscription therefore appears to mean '80 years old,' if π is given its usual value.—Kertch.
Limestone; height, 4 feet ½ inch; width, 2 feet 5¾ inches. Greek Inscriptions in Brit. Mus., CCII.; Latyschev, II., 133.
657. A draped figure, Theodotè, seated on a throne, raises her left hand to her veil. Before her a figure of a girl, standing. The arms of the throne are supported by Sphinxes. Above the relief are an arch, springing from pilasters, a pediment with acroteria, and rosettes.
Inscribed: [Θεοδ]ότη γυνὴ [Μυρίνου, χαῖρε].—Kertch.
Limestone; height, 2 feet 5 inches; width, 1 foot 8½ inches. Greek Inscriptions in Brit. Mus., CCI.; Latyschev, II., 231. The restoration is taken from a copy, given by Latyschev, which was made before the inscription was broken.
658. A draped female figure, seated on a throne, raises her left hand to her veil, and holds a mirror in her right hand. A female figure stands before her. On each side of the standing figure is a diminutive figure of a girl; one holds a bird, and the other a vase. Above is a pediment with acroteria and rosettes.