721. Relief with a female figure of the type of the banquet reliefs. A woman seated, wearing a lofty head-dress (polos), holds an ivy-leaf fan in her left hand, and with the right hand appears to be offering a cup to a serpent.—Athens? Elgin Coll.
Pentelic marble; height, 2 feet 3½ inches; width, 1 foot 5¾ inches. Mus. Marbles, IX., pl. 38, fig. 3; Synopsis, No. 278 (238); Ellis, Elgin Marbles, II., p. 127, No. 278.
722. Relief with banquet. A man reclines on a couch with a cup in his left hand. Before him is a table with food. A woman is seated near the foot of the couch with her left hand raised to her veil. On the right is a boy in a short tunic, perhaps holding a kyathos. On the left is a girl who is standing, and seems to be holding a vase. The relief is surmounted by a pediment.
Inscribed: Ἑρμίας Ἀθανίωνος. Hermias, son of Athenion.—Athens. Strangford Coll.
Pentelic marble; height, 1 foot 5 inches; width, 10 inches. Greek Inscriptions in Brit. Mus., CXVI.; Arch. Anzeiger, 1864, p. 164*; Pervanoglu, Familienmahl, p. 15, No. 5.
723. Relief with banquet. A man reclines on a couch, with a bowl in his left hand; with the right hand he holds a wreath on his head. Before him is a table with food. The legs of the table terminate above in the form of swans' heads. Above is an olive wreath, containing the words Ὁ δῆμος; also a pediment, having acroteria, and containing a rosette.
Inscribed:
Ὁ δῆμος· Λήναιον Ἀρτεμιδώρου·
καὶ τὸ πρὶν ἐν πολέμοις τηρῶν πύργον, παροδῖτα,