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whom lie turns and who heads the procession coming
from the sonth side of the temple. The greeting hetween
this pair is indicated by the action of their right hands
which are about to join. We may suppose No. 17 to he a
marshal, like Nos. 46 and 47 on the opposite side. The
right foot of this figure with the leg as far as the bottom
of the calf, are preserved on a fragment unknown to
Michaelis when his work was published, and recently
acquired by the Museum. It belonged to the late
sculptor M. Steinhaiiser. On the same fragment are
the feet and part of the left leg of No. 16. The
attitude of No. 18 shows that he is leaning forward on
a staff, which must have been indicated by colour as there
is no trace of it on the marble. The legs of both these
figures are supplied in plaster from the original fragment at
Athens. Next comes a row of female figures (Nos. 2-16),
corresponding to that which has been already described as
heading the procession which approaches from the northern
side (Nos. 49-60). The first pair at the head of the pro-
cession from the south (Nos. 15-16) carry nothing in their
hands. The next four figures (Nos. 11-14) follow very
close on each other. Nos. 12 and 14 carry in the right
hand an object not unlike the stand of an ancient candel-
abrum, which tapers upwards from its base. This object
is more distinctly shown on the marble between Nos. 11
and 12, than between Nos. 13 and 14. It is encircled by
a double torus moulding at the top, and above this
moulding a hole is pierced in the marble, as if there was
here a ring for suspension or to serve as a handle. It has
been conjectured that these objects are the parasols which
the daughters of the Metoiks carried in the procession,
whence they were called SJciadepJiori, but it is more
probable that they are metallic objects of some kind which
like the censer carried by No. 55 on the opposite side of
the eastern frieze, were part of the sacred furniture used
whom lie turns and who heads the procession coming
from the sonth side of the temple. The greeting hetween
this pair is indicated by the action of their right hands
which are about to join. We may suppose No. 17 to he a
marshal, like Nos. 46 and 47 on the opposite side. The
right foot of this figure with the leg as far as the bottom
of the calf, are preserved on a fragment unknown to
Michaelis when his work was published, and recently
acquired by the Museum. It belonged to the late
sculptor M. Steinhaiiser. On the same fragment are
the feet and part of the left leg of No. 16. The
attitude of No. 18 shows that he is leaning forward on
a staff, which must have been indicated by colour as there
is no trace of it on the marble. The legs of both these
figures are supplied in plaster from the original fragment at
Athens. Next comes a row of female figures (Nos. 2-16),
corresponding to that which has been already described as
heading the procession which approaches from the northern
side (Nos. 49-60). The first pair at the head of the pro-
cession from the south (Nos. 15-16) carry nothing in their
hands. The next four figures (Nos. 11-14) follow very
close on each other. Nos. 12 and 14 carry in the right
hand an object not unlike the stand of an ancient candel-
abrum, which tapers upwards from its base. This object
is more distinctly shown on the marble between Nos. 11
and 12, than between Nos. 13 and 14. It is encircled by
a double torus moulding at the top, and above this
moulding a hole is pierced in the marble, as if there was
here a ring for suspension or to serve as a handle. It has
been conjectured that these objects are the parasols which
the daughters of the Metoiks carried in the procession,
whence they were called SJciadepJiori, but it is more
probable that they are metallic objects of some kind which
like the censer carried by No. 55 on the opposite side of
the eastern frieze, were part of the sacred furniture used