812. Votive tablet, dedicated by a priestess called Claudia Ageta, on which are sculptured in relief various articles of the toilet. In the centre is a bowl inscribed with the name of the priestess, Κλαυ(δία) Ἀγήτα Ἀντιπάτρου, ἱέρεια; round it are the following objects:—On the left of the bowl, a shell to hold unguents, two mirrors (one much smaller than the other), a small comb, a hair-pin, a small bottle for unguents, a small oval tray with a lid, containing a sponge, a larger bottle, a cylindrical object, and a circular object like a stud; above the bowl is a small elliptical box, a bottle, and an object which appears to be a net for the hair; below are a comb, two bodkins, and a strigil. On the right of the bowl are two pairs of shoes, two studs linked together, a small mortar (in which is a pestle like a bent thumb), a spoon, and a small oblong box with a lid, into which are fitted six little circular boxes or bottles. Round these sculptured objects runs a raised frame richly ornamented with fir-cones, ivy, ears of corn, and pomegranates, and with a coiled snake in its lower side.—From Slavochori in Laconia (cf. No. 811). Presented by the fifth Earl of Aberdeen, 1861.
Marble; height, 2 feet 3½ inches; width, 3 feet 6 inches. Walpole's Memoirs relating to Turkey, 1817, I., p. 446; C.I.G., 1466; Greek Inscriptions in Brit. Mus., CXLII.; Guide to Graeco-Roman Sculptures, Part II., No. 12; Wolters, No. 1851.
813. Fragment of a votive relief dedicated by a victor in a torch race. On the right a youth, with a whisk for sprinkling, and a man stand at an altar. The head of the man is lost. Three nude athletes, of whom two are bearded, stand on the left conversing. Above is an entablature with the dedicatory inscription: Ὁ δεῖνα λ]αμπάδι νικήσας, γυμνασιαρχῶν [ἀνέθηκεν].—Athens. Strangford Coll.
Pentelic marble; height, 1 foot 5½ inches; width, 1 foot ½ inch. C.I.G., 257; Greek Inscriptions in Brit. Mus., XLI.; C.I.A., II., 1221.
814. Votive tablet in commemoration of a victory in the chariot race. A draped charioteer drives a chariot, drawn by four horses, which move to the left in spirited action. Over them floats in the air a winged Victory extending a wreath, now wanting, towards the charioteer. The left side of the relief and the lower edge have been broken away. The missing portion on the left probably contained a figure running in front of the chariot, as the end of a staff and traces of the hand which grasped it, appear at the edge of the slab. The charioteer wears a tunic girt at the waist; a scarf passing round the back of the head bellies out with the wind, while the ends, drawn back under the arms, float behind.
This figure appears to be female, and in that case would doubtless be a personification, possibly of the city to which the victorious charioteer belonged. A similar votive tablet mounted on a pilaster is shown outside a house or temple in the composition representing the visit of Dionysos to Icarios, in the third Graeco-Roman Gallery (Guide to Graeco-Roman Sculptures, Pt. I., No. 176), and such commemorative tablets were often dedicated by Agonistic Victors. Compare a fragmentary relief at Athens, on which a horse is crowned by Victory. (Schöne, Griechische Reliefs, pl. 18, fig. 80.)—From Consul Logothetis' house at Athens. Elgin Coll.
Pentelic marble; present height, 2 feet 3½ inches; width, 2 feet 8 inches. Mus. Marbles, IX., pl. 38, fig. 2; Ellis, Elgin Marbles, II., p. 126; Synopsis, No. 197 (236).