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

by A. H. Smith

Pentelic marble; height, 11 inches. Journ. of Hellen. Studies, VI., p. 43, No. 4.

686. Sepulchral cippus of Anaxicrates with an amphora carved in low relief.

Inscribed: Ἀναξικράτης Δεξιόχου Ἀθηναῖος.—Athens? Elgin Coll.

Pentelic marble; height, 2 feet ½ inch. Synopsis, No. 123 (240); Mus. Marbles, IX., pl. 34, fig. 2; Greek Inscriptions in Brit. Mus., XCVI.; C.I.G., 801.

SEPULCHRAL VASES AND RELIEFS, WITH FIGURES CLASPING HANDS.

For the various interpretations that have been proposed for these scenes, commonly known as "Scenes of Parting," see above, [p. 297].

687. Sepulchral lekythos with relief. A bearded figure stands before a woman seated on a stool, and clasps her hand.

Inscribed: Πάμφιλος Μειξιάδου Αἰγιλιεύς · Ἀρχίππη Μειξιάδου—Pamphilos, son of Meixiades, of Aigilia; Archippè, daughter of Meixiades. The figures represented are therefore brother and sister.—Found beside the portico of Hadrian, Athens. Elgin Coll.

Pentelic marble; height, 2 feet 4¾ inches; diameter, 1 foot 5 inches. Stuart I., pp. 44, 52; Dodwell, Tour, I., p. 454; Mus. Marbles, IX. pl. 33, fig. 2; Synopsis No. 192 (237); Ellis, Elgin Marbles, II., p. 164; C.I.G., 560; C.I.A., II., 1737; Greek Inscriptions in Brit. Mus., LXXV.