726. Relief with banquet and serpent. A man fully draped, reclines on a couch, with a bowl in his left hand. Before the couch is a table with provisions. A woman is seated on a stool by the foot of the couch. In her left hand she extends a bowl from which a serpent is drinking. The serpent is coiled about the trunk of a tree. On the right is a diminutive male figure standing by a crater; on the left is a female figure holding a box.—Found in a store at Portsmouth. Probably from Smyrna.
Bluish marble; height, 1 foot 10½ inches; width, 1 foot 6 inches.
727. Fragment of a relief with banquet and serpent. A man reclines on a couch holding a bowl in his left hand. A woman is seated on a chair by the head of the couch. A snake issues from under the chair and approaches the woman. One arm of the chair is supported by a figure of a Sphinx. The heads of both figures are wanting of Mytilene.
Marble; height, 11 inches; width, 10½ inches. Conze, Lesbos, p. 10, Note 3, No. 3.
728. Relief with banquet and serpent. A figure, apparently that of a man, reclines on a couch. He has long hair, and a closely-fitting chiton, and holds a cup in his left hand. Before him is a table with food, towards which he extends his right hand. A woman is seated on the foot of the couch, and gives drink from a bowl to a serpent. On the right a boy has drawn wine from a crater with a jug, and is offering a bowl to the reclining figure. Behind is a stair-like series of shelves, on which stand several vessels. On the left a woman raises her right hand with a gesture as of adoration. Above, a horse's head is seen looking through an opening. The relief is bounded by two Ionic columns surmounted by a flat arch.—Naucratis. Presented by the Egypt Exploration Fund, 1886.
Limestone, with traces of red paint; height, 1 foot 3 inches; width 1 foot 8½ inches. Gardner, Naukratis, II., p. 22.
729. Fragment of relief, with banquet and serpent. The fragment contains the upper part of a male figure, wearing a polos, reclining on a couch, holding a cup in the left hand, and having a table before him. A snake is coiled about one leg of the table.—Mytilene.
Marble; height, 1 foot ¾ inch; width, 7 inches. Conze, Lesbos, p. 10, Note 3, No. 2.
730. Fragment of relief, with banquet. A male figure reclines on a couch. Before him is a table with food. He has a rhyton in his right hand and a cup in his left hand.
Marble; height, 11 inches; width, 10 inches.