The age and physiognomy of each of these personages is clearly indicated.

The lotus gatherer is of good birth, as may be seen by her carefully plaited hair and tunic.

The Theban ladies wore long robes; but this damsel has gathered up her skirts that she may thread her way among the reeds without wetting her garments.

The two musicians and the swimming girl belong, on the contrary, to an inferior, or servile, class.

Two of them wear only a girdle, and the third has a short garment negligently fastened.