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VOTIVE RELIEFS. 373814. Votive tablet in commemoration of a victory in thechariot race. A draped charioteer drives a chariot, drawnhy four horses, which move to the left in spirited action.Over them floats in the air a winged Victory extending awreath, now wanting, towards the charioteer. The leftside of the relief and the lower edge have been brokenaway. The missing portion on the left probably containeda figure running in front of the chariot, as the end of astaff and traces of the hand which grasped it, appear atthe edge of the slab. The charioteer wears a tunic girt atthe waibt ; a scarf passing round the back of the headbellies out with the wind, while the ends, drawn backunder the arms, float behind.This figure appears to be female, and in that case woulddoubtless be a personification, possibly of the city to whichthe victorious charioteer belonged. A similar votivetablet mounted on a pilaster is shown outside a houseor temple in the composition representing the visit ofDionysos to Icarios, in the third Graeco-Eoman Gallery{Guide to Graeco-Moman Sculptures, Pt. I., No. 176), andBuch commemorative tablets were often dedicated byAgonistic Victors. Compare a fragmentary relief atAthens, on which a horse is crowned by Victory.(Schone,Griechische Beliefs, pi. 18, fig. 80.) From Consul Logothetis'house at Athens.Elgin Coll.Pentelic marble ;present height, 2 feet 3J inches ; width, 2 feet 8inches. Mu^. Marbles, IX., pi. 38, fig. 2 ; Ellis, Elgin Marbles^II., p. 126 ;Synopsii, No. 197 (236).815. Fragment of a relief, peihaps a votive tablet in commemorationof a chariot race. Four heads of horses inrapid movement to the right ; the head of the foremosthorse has been held by a figure, of which the right handonly remains.Marble; height, llj inches; width, 1 foot 1 inch. Guide to Graeco-Roman Sculptures, Part II., No. 47.