776. Votive relief representing an offering to Apollo. On the right, the god is seated on the omphalos, holding up his right hand. The object held up in this hand has been broken away. A mantle is wrapped round his body, and he wears sandals. On the left are three mortals, clad in Roman military armour, who appear to be approaching as if to consult the Oracle of Apollo, and who, from the difference of stature, are probably a father and two sons. Between them and the god are two female figures, of colossal proportions, who stand to the front, their heads turned towards Apollo. Each wears a diadem, and the figure on the left holds a box containing incense in her left hand. These two figures are thought to be Leto and Artemis, whose worship was associated with that of Apollo. The relief is bounded by two pilasters surmounted by an entablature. On the base are the remains of a dedication to Apollo, in elegiac verse, which has been restored as follows, by Koehler:
Σ[οὶ] Χάρ[μος, βα]σιλεῦ Παιὰν, ἑκατηβόλ' Ἄπολ[λον],
Ἱππο[κράτους δῶρον] π[αῖ]ς ἀνέθηκε τόδε.—Townley Coll.
Pentelic marble; height, 1 foot 7¾ inches; width, 2 feet 8 inches. Presented by the Duke of Bedford to Mr. Townley, in 1805. Mus. Marbles, II., pl. 5; Ellis, Townley Gallery, II., p. 135; Guide to Graeco-Roman Sculptures, I., No. 200; Wolters, No. 1849; C.I.G., 1946; C.I.A., II., 1527b; Kaibel, 799; Rhein. Mus. N.F., 1886, p. 346; Cavaceppi, Raccolta d'Antiche Statue, III., pl. 1.
777. Fragment of votive relief dedicated by Asclepiodotos to Apollo Tadokomeites. The upper part is missing. On the right is the figure on a colossal scale of Apollo Kitharoedos, preserved only from the knees downwards. On the left a draped male figure kneels by an altar, holding a ram, and having a knife in the right hand. Behind the altar is a tree. On the left of the relief, a male figure, whose head is wanting, stands holding a conical object in his right hand.
Inscribed: Ἀσκληπιόδοτος Διφίλου Ἀπόλλωνι Ταδοκωμείτῃ εὐχήν.—Cyzicus. Presented by A. van Branteghem, Esq., 1890.
Marble; height, 1 foot 1 inch; width, 11½ inches. Rev. Arch., 1891, p. 12, No. 3.
778. Fragment of votive relief. Artemis stands with the right arm on her right thigh, and leaning on what appears to be a torch. She wears a huntress dress, with short chiton, and has a hound standing beside her. On the right is an altar at which a male worshipper appears to be making an offering. On the extreme right is the hand and drapery of a female figure making a gesture of adoration.—Ephesus. J. T. Wood.
Ephesian marble; height, 1 foot 1 inch; width, 9 inches.
779. Fragment of relief, including the upper part of a standing figure of Artemis, from the middle of the thighs. At her left side was a stag, of which the head alone remains. In the centre is a female figure with the right arm extended. On the right is a female worshipper of smaller stature, who has the right hand raised, making a gesture of adoration. Around the relief is a rudely cut rocky background.