Bluish Greek marble; height, 2 feet 5½ inches; width, 2 feet 8 inches. C.I.G., 3684; Kaibel, 245; Wolters, Rhein. Mus. N.F., 1886, p. 346.
737. Late relief with banquet. A man and woman recline on a couch. Before them is a table with food. The man puts his right arm round the neck of the woman, who appears to be holding a cup, or a wreath. On the left a woman is seated on a stool; beneath the couch are a child and a girl (the upper part alone seen), who holds a dish. The relief is bounded by two Doric columns and a pediment. The monument was erected by one Alexander for his mother, his wife Philippa, and himself. Penalties are prescribed for persons violating the tomb.
Inscribed: Ἀλέξανδρος Ἀλεξάνδρου Βειθυνιεὺ[ς] καὶ Νεικομηδεὺς ζῶν ἑαυτῷ κατεσκεύασ[α] τὸ μνημεῖον καὶ τῇ μητρί μου καὶ τῇ συμβίῳ Φιλίππᾳ Ποντιανοῦ. καὶ βούλομε μετὰ τὸ τεθῆναι ἡμᾶς εἰς τὴν καμάραν μηδένα ἕτερον ἀνοῖξε· εἰ δὲ παρὰ ταῦτα ποιήσει δώσει ἰς τὸν φίσκον δην. β͵φ̄ καὶ ἰς τὴν πόλιν δην. β͵φ̄. χαίρετε.—Smyrna. Presented by M. Duane and T. Tyrwhitt, Esqs., 1772.
Marble; height, 2 feet 9 inches; width, 1 foot 8 inches. Archaeologia, III., pl. 11, fig. 3; C.I.G., 3265; Pervanoglu, Familienmahl, p. 45, No. 180.
738. Sepulchral relief. Two men recline on a couch; a woman is seated on a stool at the head of the couch. The inscribed metrical epitaph, in which one Cassiodoros relates his death at the age of twenty-four, has no appropriateness to the relief.
Νυμφιδίου θαλάμοιο λιπὼν δυσπενθέα κόσμον
καὶ γονέων οἰκ[τ]ρῶν δακρυόεντα δόμον
κεῖμαι ἐς [αὐ]χμηροὺς καὶ ἀλαμπέας Ἀΐδος εὐνὰς
εἴκοσ[ι τ]έσσαρ' ἔχων Κασσιόδωρος ἔτη·