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

by A. H. Smith

Inscribed: Κλαυδία Πρέπουσα εὐχαριστῶ ὑψίστῳ.—Pnyx, Athens. Elgin Coll.

Pentelic marble; height, 6 inches; width, 7¼ inches. Dodwell, Tour, I., p. 402, with woodcut; Synopsis, No. 215 (248); Mus. Marbles, IX., pl. 41, fig. 6; C.I.G., 502; Ellis, Elgin Marbles, II., p. 105, No. 215; Greek Inscriptions in Brit. Mus., LXIV.

807. Tablet with votive relief, representing a female breast somewhat broken, dedicated by Onesimè.

Inscribed: Ὀνησίμη εὐχὴν Διῒ ὑψίστῳ.—Pnyx, Athens. Elgin Coll.

Pentelic marble; height, 4⅞ inches; width, 6 inches. Dodwell, Tour, I., p. 403; Synopsis, No. 211 (249); Mus. Marbles, IX., pl. 41, fig. 1; C.I.G., 503; Ellis, Elgin Marbles, II., p. 105, No. 211; Greek Inscriptions in Brit. Mus., LXV.

808. Fragment of a votive relief, with part of a thigh, or perhaps part of the shoulder.

Inscribed: . . . . α θεῷ ὑψί[στῳ ε]ὐχήν.—Pnyx, Athens. Found by the fourth Earl of Aberdeen in 1803, and presented by the fifth Earl of Aberdeen in 1861.

Pentelic marble; height, 4¼ inches; width, 4½ inches. Greek Inscriptions in Brit. Mus., LXX.