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Plate XXIII.
182. Gray terra cotta. Height, 4% inches. Found in a tomb at Dali (Idalium).
Female figure, probably a draped Aphrodite. Conical head-dress (not shown in heliotype)
supporting a peplos, which extends to the feet. Dress, a chiton, its sides held by the hands at
the ends of the pendent arms, and a diploi's, supported by a circular clasp between the breasts,
that is fastened to a band passing over the shoulders. There might be some doubt whether
this band (tcenia, mitra, apodesmos, or stethodesmos) is the upper hem of the chiton, but other
figures (e.g. No. 58 of the Cesnola terra cottas) show that it is not. Curly hair appears
beneath the peplos. Traces of throat necklace, but nearly obliterated by a break. Another
necklace with pendants. The diploi's passing over the arms gives the appearance of
bracelets.
183. Gray terra cotta. Height, 4% inches. Found at the site of a temple to Artemis
Paralia, near Larnaca.
Rude female figure, probably a draped Aphrodite. Flat-topped head-dress, sloping back,
from which falls a peplos, whose corners are grasped by the hands at the ends of the pendent
arms. Dress indicated as a long chiton.
184. Gray terra cotta. Height, 5 inches. Found in a tomb at Palaeo Limassol
(Amathus).
Draped Aphrodite; of nearly the same style as No. 182; but head-dress a semi-cincture,
above the wavy or curled hair that borders the forehead. Peplos falls to the feet, grasped on
its way by the hands at the ends of the pendent arms. The upper hem of the chiton is seen at
the throat; about the shoulders is a band joining a circular clasp between the breasts, and
supporting the hem of the diploi's, which curves in loops below the breasts; the band and hem
having much the appearance of a cross-belt. Diploi's passes over the arm at the elbow, as in
No. 184 (and in No. 58 of the Cesnola terra cottas). These examples, with others in
182. Gray terra cotta. Height, 4% inches. Found in a tomb at Dali (Idalium).
Female figure, probably a draped Aphrodite. Conical head-dress (not shown in heliotype)
supporting a peplos, which extends to the feet. Dress, a chiton, its sides held by the hands at
the ends of the pendent arms, and a diploi's, supported by a circular clasp between the breasts,
that is fastened to a band passing over the shoulders. There might be some doubt whether
this band (tcenia, mitra, apodesmos, or stethodesmos) is the upper hem of the chiton, but other
figures (e.g. No. 58 of the Cesnola terra cottas) show that it is not. Curly hair appears
beneath the peplos. Traces of throat necklace, but nearly obliterated by a break. Another
necklace with pendants. The diploi's passing over the arms gives the appearance of
bracelets.
183. Gray terra cotta. Height, 4% inches. Found at the site of a temple to Artemis
Paralia, near Larnaca.
Rude female figure, probably a draped Aphrodite. Flat-topped head-dress, sloping back,
from which falls a peplos, whose corners are grasped by the hands at the ends of the pendent
arms. Dress indicated as a long chiton.
184. Gray terra cotta. Height, 5 inches. Found in a tomb at Palaeo Limassol
(Amathus).
Draped Aphrodite; of nearly the same style as No. 182; but head-dress a semi-cincture,
above the wavy or curled hair that borders the forehead. Peplos falls to the feet, grasped on
its way by the hands at the ends of the pendent arms. The upper hem of the chiton is seen at
the throat; about the shoulders is a band joining a circular clasp between the breasts, and
supporting the hem of the diploi's, which curves in loops below the breasts; the band and hem
having much the appearance of a cross-belt. Diploi's passes over the arm at the elbow, as in
No. 184 (and in No. 58 of the Cesnola terra cottas). These examples, with others in