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his features are roughly modelled ; he has a long pointed
beard projecting forward ; his eyebrows are slightly
raised ; over the forehead his head is encircled by a
thick roll tapering to the back. The body of this figure
is flat like a board, without any modelling. Height,
6 in.
(3) Ox; extremely rude. Seems of the same early
period as Nos". 1,2. Kameiros. S. & B.
(4) Female figure down to waist. The body round ;
the arms indicated by flattened projections at each side
rising above the shoulders and narrowing upwards; the
tops of the projections broken away; the features are
defaced ; right ear wanting; the left ear very large and
projecting. The clay of this figure is of a dark mud
colour, and the art ver}r rude. Height, 6 in.
(5) Draped female figure. The body represented like
a flat board, with, a slight projection for the feet and
arms; the sides are nearly parallel from head to foot,
tapering slightly in the neck, and notched at the waist.
The features are modelled in relief in an Archaic style ;
on the head is a high crown, the lower part of wdiich rises
in rays from the forehead; the upper edge is engrailed.
The earrings are large circular disks. Height, ll£ in.
Thebes. F. L.
(6) Draped female figure ; the body similar to that
last described. The features modelled in an Archaic
style ; on the head a kind of halathos. The earrings are
large circular disks. Height, 10| in. Thebes. F. L.
Gazette Arch. ii. p. 68, where it is described as As-
tarte.
(7) Draped female figure broken off below the waist.
On the head is a Stephanos; the hair is arranged in a
double row of curls over the forehead, and falls in two
long tresses in front of the shoulders, on which are two
circular projecting bosses, perhaps large fibulce; round the
neck is a necklace with pendants, below which another
necklace with a central circular bulla between two pointed
pendants. The body below the neck is represented like a
nearly flat board, with no attempt at modelling the forms;
the right arm only remains, and is represented as a pro-
jecting stump covered with a fold apparently intended to
represent a hemidiploidion ; a broad raised band, apparently
meant to represent folds in the drapery, crosses the
his features are roughly modelled ; he has a long pointed
beard projecting forward ; his eyebrows are slightly
raised ; over the forehead his head is encircled by a
thick roll tapering to the back. The body of this figure
is flat like a board, without any modelling. Height,
6 in.
(3) Ox; extremely rude. Seems of the same early
period as Nos". 1,2. Kameiros. S. & B.
(4) Female figure down to waist. The body round ;
the arms indicated by flattened projections at each side
rising above the shoulders and narrowing upwards; the
tops of the projections broken away; the features are
defaced ; right ear wanting; the left ear very large and
projecting. The clay of this figure is of a dark mud
colour, and the art ver}r rude. Height, 6 in.
(5) Draped female figure. The body represented like
a flat board, with, a slight projection for the feet and
arms; the sides are nearly parallel from head to foot,
tapering slightly in the neck, and notched at the waist.
The features are modelled in relief in an Archaic style ;
on the head is a high crown, the lower part of wdiich rises
in rays from the forehead; the upper edge is engrailed.
The earrings are large circular disks. Height, ll£ in.
Thebes. F. L.
(6) Draped female figure ; the body similar to that
last described. The features modelled in an Archaic
style ; on the head a kind of halathos. The earrings are
large circular disks. Height, 10| in. Thebes. F. L.
Gazette Arch. ii. p. 68, where it is described as As-
tarte.
(7) Draped female figure broken off below the waist.
On the head is a Stephanos; the hair is arranged in a
double row of curls over the forehead, and falls in two
long tresses in front of the shoulders, on which are two
circular projecting bosses, perhaps large fibulce; round the
neck is a necklace with pendants, below which another
necklace with a central circular bulla between two pointed
pendants. The body below the neck is represented like a
nearly flat board, with no attempt at modelling the forms;
the right arm only remains, and is represented as a pro-
jecting stump covered with a fold apparently intended to
represent a hemidiploidion ; a broad raised band, apparently
meant to represent folds in the drapery, crosses the