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'''Modern Publication(s):''' ''CIG'' 473; ''Mus. Worsl''., Cl. I, no. 2 (p. 10); Michaelis no. 28 (p. 231); ''IG'' II 1607; ''IG'' II(2) 4952<br />
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'''Brief description:''' Votive relief<br />
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== Attributes ==<br />
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'''Inscription Type:''' Dedication <br />
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'''Object Type:''' Relief <br />
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'''Material:''' Marble (Worsley)<br />
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'''Original Location:''' <br />
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'''Provenance:''' ‘discovered at Athens in 1785.’ (Dallaway)<br />
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'''Dimensions:''' <br />
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'''Layout:''' Two lines of preserved text.<br />
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'''Writing:''' Inscribed: ‘the inscription…is defaced and very imperfect.’ (Worsley)<br />
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'''Condition:''' <br />
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'''Decoration:''' ‘The hero is lying on the lion’s skin with the ''skyphos'' in his r[ight] hand and a wine-skin in his l[eft]; quiver and club are near him.’ (Michaelis). The relief ‘resembles…one of the Oxford marbles in the Arundel collection.’ (Worsley)<br />
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== Collection ==<br />
'''Location:''' Brocklesby Park: ‘most of the Yarborough and Worlsey marbles seem to be in the sculpture Gallery behind the house.’ (Vermeule 1955 p. 131)<br />
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'''Collector(s):''' Sir Richard Worlsey; Worsley’s collection then passed on to the Earl of Yarborough at Brocklesby Park (see Michaelis pp. 115-117). <br />
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'''Date collected:''' Found by Sir Richard Worsley at Athens in 1785. ‘On the sale of the Appuldurcomb[e] property the collection formed by Worsley was removed to the Earl of Yarborough’s seat, Brocklesby Park…’ (Lee p. 37)<br />
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'''Accession or catalogue number:''' Not known <br />
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== Translation ==<br />
Timaios the Herakleian and ---es the Herakleian set up this dedication ---NOSOU.<br />
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== Bibliography ==<br />
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J. Dallaway, ''Anecdotes of the Arts in England, or Comparative Remarks on Architecture, Sculpture, & Painting, Chiefly illustrated by Specimens at Oxford'' (London 1800) p. 362 no. 27. <br />
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S. Lee, ''Dictionary of National Biography'' vol. 63 Wordsworth- Zuylestein (London 1900) s.v. Sir Richard Worsley (p. 37). <br />
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A. Michaelis, ''Ancient Marbles in Great Britain'' (Cambridge 1882) no. 28 (p. 231). <br />
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C. C. Vermeule, ‘Notes on a new edition of Michaelis: Ancient marbles in Great Britain’, ''AJA'' 59 No. 2 (1955), 129-150 (p. 130 s.v. Brocklesby Park).<br />
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C. Vermeule and D. von Bothmer, ‘Notes on a New Edition of Michaelis: Ancient Marbles in Great Britain Part Two’, ''AJA'' 60 no. 4 (1956) 321-350 (pp. 324-325 s.v. Brocklesby Park).<br />
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R. Worsley, ''Museum Worsleyanum'' (London 1824) Class I, no. 2 (p. 10); pp. 11-12.<br />
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== Web Links ==<br />
[http://epigraphy.packhum.org/inscriptions/oi?ikey=7256&bookid=5&region=1 Greek text, from PHI]<br />
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== Image(s) ==<br />
Worsley Cl. I, no. 2 (p. 10)</div>Admin ukepig