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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 23 December 2013
The objects described in this article have for the most part been acquired by the Trustees of the British Museum in the course of the last four years through Sir Cecil Smith, late Keeper of the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities. Sir Cecil Smith has kindly given his assent to their publication, and Mr. Arthur Smith, the present Keeper, has added his permission.
1 Cf. the head figured in Röm. Mitt., xxii. Pls. V. VI.
2 B. M. Cat. of Sculpture, iii. 1754; Brunn-Bruckmann, , Denkmäler, 46Google Scholar. This close correspondence was first pointed out by Mr. Arthur Smith.
3 See Arch. Zeit. 1869, Pl. XXIII. No. 14. The figure given above is drawn from a cast kindly supplied by Herr Regling.
4 See also I.G. i. Suppl. p. 185, 42214; Roberts, and Gardner, , Greek Epigraphy, ii. 175, pp. 431 fGoogle Scholar.
5 The inscription on the tombstone of Phrasikleia (I.G. i. 469 and Add.) is of about the same date, with the same form of sigma.
6 For a curious mediaeval parallel, see the inscribed lead cover of a twelfth century vase used to hold relics, figured in Cabrol, Dict. d'arch. chrét., s.v. Brandcum, p. 1133. Fig. 1617.
7 See, e.g., B.C.H. xxi. p. 483.
8 Theophr. xvi. (xxviii, ed. Jebb): δ δὲ δεισι δαίμων τοιοῦτός τις οῖος ἐπὶ κρήνῃ ἀπονιψάμενος δαίμων τοιοῦτός τις οῖος ἐπὶ κρήνῃ ἀπονιψάμενος περὶπατεῖν
9 See B.M. Coins of Lydia, Index IV. B. and IV. C.
10 See B.M. Coins of Crete, Pl. XIX. 15.
11 Recueil d'Antiquités de la Scythie, 1866, p. 18 ff., Pl. XIV.
12 Compte Rendu de la Comm. Imp., 1865, p. 164 ff, Pl. V. 2–6.
13 Newton, , Travels in the Levant, ii. pp. 111, 118Google Scholar.
14 Mus. Borb. viii. Pl. 36–44 (Esp. Pl. 38). Cf. also Pernice, , Griech. Pferdegeschirr, p. 29Google Scholar. The British Museum has another bronze προμετωπίδιον of unknown provenance, with a design representing a demon grasping serpents.
15 Compte Rendu, 1865, p. 180, Pl. V. 8.
16 Cf. Arch. Zeit. 1876, p. 8 ff., Pl. I., a composition which is almost an exact reverse of the present. See also Mon. delľ Inst. ix. Pl. XXXI. 1.
17 Compte Rendu, 1880, p. 92 ff., Pl. IV. 10; cf. Ransom, , Conchen, p. 30Google Scholar, n. 5.
18 Jahrb. d. arch. Inst. 1902, p. 134, Fig. 11; Wiegand, , Prienc, p. 380Google Scholar.
19 Jahrb. d. arch. Inst. 1900, p. 178, Fig. 1.
20 Ceci, , Bronzi, Pl. V. 23Google Scholar, 24.
21 Cf. Babelon et Blanchet, Bronzes ant. de la Bibliothèque Nat, No. 378.
22 Reinach, , Mus. de St. Germain, p. 212Google Scholar, No. 198.
23 Pottier, et Reinach, , Myrina, Pl. XLVI. 2, p. 473Google Scholar f.
24 In Theophr. Char. xxi. (vii, ed. Jebb) it is a mark of the Man of Petty Ambition that αύτῷ ὁ ἀκόλουθος Αὶθίσψ ἔσται
25 Sat. ii. 8. 13 ff.
26 V. 52 f.
27 Athen. 148 B: πᾶσι δὲ λαμπτηροφόρους πᾶσι δὲ λαμπτηροφόρους
28 Cf. B.M. Cat. of Terracottas, C 5, Pl. XXXIV., a figure closely resembling the present.
29 Cesnola, , Atlas, i. Pl. XV. 19Google Scholar.
30 Thiersch, , Pharos, p. 14Google Scholar, Fig. 9.
31 Torr, , Rhodes in Ancient Times, Pl. I., A, a, b, p. 116Google Scholar; MissHutton, , Gk. Terracotta Statuettes, p. 73Google Scholar, Fig. 33.
32 Ohnefalsch-Richter, Kypros, etc., Pl. XXXIII. 10, 11, p. 368.
33 E.g. B.M. Coins of Caria, Pl. XXXVI. 11.
34 B.M. Cat. of Sings, No. 1647.
35 This seal has been ia the Museum since 1851, but has only recently received attention.
36 See Maurice, Num. Constantinienne, i. Pls. XIII. XIV.
