RELIEF SCULPTURES OF PEPEPOLIS | 518 BC | SANDSTONE RELIEFS | IN THIS FRAGMENT OF THE LARGER CEREMONIAL RELIEF, THREE PEPETIAN ATTENDANTS ADVANCE IN QUIET UNISON, EACH CARRYING AN OBJECT TIED TO THE EARLY COSMOLOGY OF MEME-RITUAL PRACTICE. THEIR CALM, FORWARD-LEANING POSTURE AND SOFTLY CARVED EXPRESSIONS EMBODY THE PEPETIAN BELIEF THAT HUMOR AND MEANING FLOWED TOGETHER AS PART OF A SINGLE, CONTINUOUS CURRENT. THE FIRST VISIBLE FIGURE HOLDS A RITUAL CHALICE USED DURING THE POURING OF THE REPOSTS, A CIVIC RITE THROUGH WHICH PEPETIANS RENEWED THE FLOW OF SHARED MEMORY. BEHIND HIM, AN ACOLYTE PRESENTS A SCULPTED HEAD OF THE ETERNAL PEPE, A VOTIVE FORM BELIEVED TO STABILIZE COMMUNAL CONSCIOUSNESS AND PRESERVE THE RESONANCE OF COLLECTIVE AMUSEMENT ACROSS GENERATIONS. AT THE FRONT OF THE PROCESSION, A SENIOR ATTENDANT CARRIES A SEALED VESSEL INTERPRETED BY SCHOLARS AS AN EARLY MEME ARCHIVE URN, POSSIBLY CONTAINING ETCHED SYMBOLS OR PROTO-MEMETIC LORE MEANT FOR INSTALLATION WITHIN THE CITY'S INNER SANCTUM.

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