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Plate XLIII.
280. Calcareous stone. Height, 4 feet 31 inches. From the temple (Golgoi).
Male figure, wearing the Egyptian head-dress, collar, and kilt. The left thigh is
advanced; the right arm is folded across the body, and the left arm hangs by the
side. Rows of short curls are visible below the head-dress on the forehead, and round
the back of the head. The beard is indicated by formally arranged curls. In
front of the kilt hangs a lappet, on which is a double uraeus, the head of which
is surmounted by the globe. The kilt-flaps are marked by finely chiselled grooves. The
belt is ornamented with a pattern consisting of four horizontal bars, alternating with
a perpendicular bar.
The statue is broken off, with an irregular fracture above the line of the knees.
The left hand is wanting, and the right hand is mutilated at the top. The nose
is damaged. The statue was vigorously executed, and the surface of the stone
polished; plain visible traces of red color on the necklace and belt. When dug out,
this statue was found with the right side upwards, and only about fourteen inches
below the surface. The cuts and hackings on the right forearm and hip of the statue
are due to the modern tillers of the ground, with their iron-pointed ploughs.
The left arm, above the elbow, was broken off in transportation, and has
been reset.
280. Calcareous stone. Height, 4 feet 31 inches. From the temple (Golgoi).
Male figure, wearing the Egyptian head-dress, collar, and kilt. The left thigh is
advanced; the right arm is folded across the body, and the left arm hangs by the
side. Rows of short curls are visible below the head-dress on the forehead, and round
the back of the head. The beard is indicated by formally arranged curls. In
front of the kilt hangs a lappet, on which is a double uraeus, the head of which
is surmounted by the globe. The kilt-flaps are marked by finely chiselled grooves. The
belt is ornamented with a pattern consisting of four horizontal bars, alternating with
a perpendicular bar.
The statue is broken off, with an irregular fracture above the line of the knees.
The left hand is wanting, and the right hand is mutilated at the top. The nose
is damaged. The statue was vigorously executed, and the surface of the stone
polished; plain visible traces of red color on the necklace and belt. When dug out,
this statue was found with the right side upwards, and only about fourteen inches
below the surface. The cuts and hackings on the right forearm and hip of the statue
are due to the modern tillers of the ground, with their iron-pointed ploughs.
The left arm, above the elbow, was broken off in transportation, and has
been reset.