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https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.4920#0020
Plate III,
5. Statue of the same material as the preceding. Height, 4 feet 45 inches. Found
on the spot west of the temple (Golgoi).
Damaged on the right cheek, left upper arm, and left hand. This injury seems to
have been done intentionally, with a sharp tool. When discovered the head was resting on
the shoulders of the figure, but broken off from the body; the left arm lay near the
statue, broken in two places, at the shoulder, and midway between the hand and elbow.
The arm has been repaired with its original piece. The left leg is advanced; the left arm
folded across the body; the right arm hanging by the side. Eyebrows and moustaches are
indicated by incised lines set obliquely in geometric order. The beard is represented by a
slightly raised surface. The head-dress and costume are the same as in the preceding
figure. The back of the statue is as carefully finished as the front, though much more
worn. When the statue was cleaned and mounted on the present pedestal there appeared
quite clearly Cypriote characters incised on the left forearm; the break in the arm divides
the inscription in two parts, and thus shows that the letters had been incised previous to
the breakage of the arm. The same action of the hands as in the preceding. The face
evidently a portrait, and the statue represents a king. About the seventh century B.C.
5. Statue of the same material as the preceding. Height, 4 feet 45 inches. Found
on the spot west of the temple (Golgoi).
Damaged on the right cheek, left upper arm, and left hand. This injury seems to
have been done intentionally, with a sharp tool. When discovered the head was resting on
the shoulders of the figure, but broken off from the body; the left arm lay near the
statue, broken in two places, at the shoulder, and midway between the hand and elbow.
The arm has been repaired with its original piece. The left leg is advanced; the left arm
folded across the body; the right arm hanging by the side. Eyebrows and moustaches are
indicated by incised lines set obliquely in geometric order. The beard is represented by a
slightly raised surface. The head-dress and costume are the same as in the preceding
figure. The back of the statue is as carefully finished as the front, though much more
worn. When the statue was cleaned and mounted on the present pedestal there appeared
quite clearly Cypriote characters incised on the left forearm; the break in the arm divides
the inscription in two parts, and thus shows that the letters had been incised previous to
the breakage of the arm. The same action of the hands as in the preceding. The face
evidently a portrait, and the statue represents a king. About the seventh century B.C.