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

by A. H. Smith

ἀπ[ροι]δὴς νοῦσ[ό]ς με συνήρπασε· μουνοέτι[ν δὲ

ν]ηπ[ί]αχον κούρην λίπω ὑπ' ἠέλιον.—Antioch?

Marble; height, 1 foot 8 inches; width, 1 foot 3 inches. Drummond's Travels (1754), pl. facing p. 229, fig. 15 (very rudely drawn), and p. 237; C.I.G., 4466; Kaibel, 431. In Drummond's time the stone was "in the Library of the right worshipful the Levant Company" at Aleppo.

739. Stelè with reliefs in two panels. In the upper panel is a figure on a couch holding a bunch of grapes. The upper part of the figure is wanting. Before the couch are a table with food and three attendant male figures.

In the lower panel is a woman seated with a boy standing beside her. Most of these two figures is wanting. In front are two warriors standing, with shields and spears.—Kertch.

Limestone; height, 3 feet; width, 1 foot 9 inches. For the collection of sculptures from Kertch, see above, p. [8].

740. Relief with banquet. A draped figure, now for the most part lost, reclines on a very lofty couch, holding a two-handled cup in the left hand. On the left are the knees and legs of a woman seated on a lofty throne, with an arm supported by a series of arches. Before the couch is a table with vessels of wine. A boy stands on a stool, and holds a jug in his hands. On the right is an attendant. On the left is a female figure holding a vase, and a smaller figure.

Inscribed: . . . δε υἱὲ Ἀνδρονε[ίκ]ου χαῖρε. Hail! ... son of Andronicos.—Kertch.

Limestone; height, 2 feet 7 inches; width, 2 feet 7 inches. Greek Inscriptions in Brit. Mus., CLXXXII.; Latyschev, II., 212.

741. Lower part of relief with banquet, of very rude style. A male figure reclines to the right on a couch, holding a two-handled cup in the right hand. Before him is a table, with vessels of wine. At the end of the couch a woman is seated, enthroned, holding a veil with her left hand. A boy with an oinochoè stands on the right by the table. A girl with a pyxis stands on the left behind the throne. There are remains of pilasters. Inscribed: Ἰσιγόνη γυνὴ Ἡρακλίδου χαῖρε. Ἡρακλείδη γ(υνὴ) β̄ χαῖρε.—Kertch.