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Plate XXXIII.
212. Statue of calcareous stone. Height, 4 feet 2 inches. From the site near
the temple (Golgoi).
Male figure. The right arm from the shoulder, and both legs from below the
knees, wanting; part of the left hand mutilated; a portion of the helmet, or head-dress,
broken off, in the rear, on the right side. The whole surface is much worn and defaced.
When unearthed, the head was broken off, but uninjured; the lower part of the body,
on a line with the left wrist, broke off while being raised from the ground; the face
and neck were damaged and chipped off, in crossing the Atlantic; the fragments were
collected, and, as far as practicable, reset, with such addition of plaster as was indispen-
sable to keep the fragments together.
The right arm had been folded on the breast, as is indicated by remaining
fragments; the left arm hangs by the side. The figure wears a short-sleeved upper-
garment, broad belt and kilt, a large necklace, or collar, and spiral ear-rings. On the
left arm, a double-ring armlet, joined together in front by a rosette. The helmet,
surmounted by two lotus flowers in relief round the knob, has a rosette carved in front,
outside of which there is an ornamented band passing back to the knob, or crest. A
short row of curls projects from the helmet, over the centre of the forehead. A raised
surface round the face, with curving outlines, indicates a close-cut beard, or, more
probably, the cheek-pieces of the helmet. The eyebrows are represented by a raised
surface marked by chiselled lines.
212. Statue of calcareous stone. Height, 4 feet 2 inches. From the site near
the temple (Golgoi).
Male figure. The right arm from the shoulder, and both legs from below the
knees, wanting; part of the left hand mutilated; a portion of the helmet, or head-dress,
broken off, in the rear, on the right side. The whole surface is much worn and defaced.
When unearthed, the head was broken off, but uninjured; the lower part of the body,
on a line with the left wrist, broke off while being raised from the ground; the face
and neck were damaged and chipped off, in crossing the Atlantic; the fragments were
collected, and, as far as practicable, reset, with such addition of plaster as was indispen-
sable to keep the fragments together.
The right arm had been folded on the breast, as is indicated by remaining
fragments; the left arm hangs by the side. The figure wears a short-sleeved upper-
garment, broad belt and kilt, a large necklace, or collar, and spiral ear-rings. On the
left arm, a double-ring armlet, joined together in front by a rosette. The helmet,
surmounted by two lotus flowers in relief round the knob, has a rosette carved in front,
outside of which there is an ornamented band passing back to the knob, or crest. A
short row of curls projects from the helmet, over the centre of the forehead. A raised
surface round the face, with curving outlines, indicates a close-cut beard, or, more
probably, the cheek-pieces of the helmet. The eyebrows are represented by a raised
surface marked by chiselled lines.