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A catalogue of sculpture in the Department of ... - Warburg Institute

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366 CATALOGUE OF SCULPTURE.794. Fragment <strong>of</strong> relief, with <strong>the</strong> lower part <strong>of</strong> a drapedfemale figure, stand<strong>in</strong>g on a nude prostrate figure <strong>of</strong> a boy.On <strong>the</strong> right is a Gryphon and on <strong>the</strong> left a large serpent.From Amphi<strong>the</strong>atre, Gortyna,White marble; height, 1 foot; width, 11 J <strong>in</strong>ches. The Gryphon andserpent are attributes <strong>of</strong> Sarapis on a relief at Andriake <strong>in</strong>Lycia. Petersen, Reiaen <strong>in</strong> Lykien, II., p. 42, fig. 31.795. Left side <strong>of</strong> votive tablet, on which is <strong>sculpture</strong>d afemale figure stand<strong>in</strong>g to <strong>the</strong> front, hold<strong>in</strong>g a bowl <strong>in</strong> herright hand : her head and left arm from above <strong>the</strong> elboware broken away. Some vertical object, perhaps a censer,similar to that held by figure No. 56 <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> eastern frieze <strong>of</strong><strong>the</strong> Pai <strong>the</strong>non, orperhaps a fold <strong>of</strong> her mantle, is <strong>sculpture</strong>don <strong>the</strong> right. A<strong>the</strong>ns. Inwood Coll.Pentelic marble; height, 7f <strong>in</strong>ches; width, 6 <strong>in</strong>ches. Elg<strong>in</strong> RoomGuide, Part II., No. F. 12.796. Fragment <strong>of</strong> relief, conta<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g a part <strong>of</strong> a half-diapedbearded man, stand<strong>in</strong>g as if lean<strong>in</strong>g on a staff, to <strong>the</strong>right, hold<strong>in</strong>g what appears to be a flower <strong>in</strong> his righthand ; and also part <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> figure <strong>of</strong> a woman hold<strong>in</strong>g whatappears to be a pomegranate.The figures may be those<strong>of</strong> suppliants with <strong>of</strong>fer<strong>in</strong>gs on a votive relief.Cyrene.White marble; height, 6J <strong>in</strong>ches; width, 11 <strong>in</strong>ches. Smith andPorcher, p. 107, No. 138.797. Fragment <strong>of</strong> relief conta<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g a half-draped elderlymale figure, and a female figure wear<strong>in</strong>g a long chiton.Perhaps a fragment <strong>of</strong> a votive relief.Cyrene.Temple <strong>of</strong> Aphrodite,White marble ;height, 1 foot ; width, 10 <strong>in</strong>ches. Smith and Porcher,p. 104, No. 88.798. Votive relief, with two plaits <strong>of</strong> formally twisted hair,dedicated io Poseidon by Philombrotos and Aphthonetos.The relief is bounded by two pilasters and an entablature.

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