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NOKTH FRIEZE OF PARTHENON. 167mentioned in one of the inventories of the treasuresdeposited in the Parthenon. The Metoiks, whose dutyitwas to carry these trays, were hence called Scaphephori.Their place in the procession would naturally be immediatelyafter the victims led for sacrifice.12-14. Slab vi, contains five male figures. Three (Nos. 12-14) yi.15 carry vases on their shoulders; a fourth (No. 15) stoopsto raise from the ground a similar vase, which is singularlymisinterpreted in Carrey's drawing as a lamb. Thevase resembles in form the three-handled water-pitcher,hydria or calpis, which was in use in the period ofPheidias, but two handles only are shown in thesculpture; the third handle, which was attached to theneck midway between the other two, isperhaps, on the vase of No. 15.not seen, except,Michaelis supposes thatthe vases here represented on the frieze contained thewine used in the Panathenaic sacrifice, and that thesefigures may be the Spondophori, who are mentioned by16. Pollux (i. 35). On the right of this slab are the arms,flute, and drapery of the first of the four flute-players*drawn by Carrey. This slab was found in 1833, insidethe peristyle of the Parthenon.The persons bringing objectsconnected with the sacri- VII.fice are immediately followed by a band of musicians,consisting of four flute- players and four lyre-players,or citharists, all playing on their instruments. Themusicians, as is usual, wear long chitons and amplemantles. Of slab vii. only two small fragments remain.See Plates vii., viii,, and Nos. 345, 5 and 6.17,18. The next slab contains parts of the second pair ofym,19. citharists and the foremost of a group of male figures,principally on the two slabs immediately following.The figures on these two slabs are bearded men IX., X.19-30. (Nos. 19-30), all clad in the himation, and movingforward at a leisurely pace; Nos. 25 and 26 wear a