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Plate XXXIV,
282. Red terra cotta, exterior now gray. Height, 6j4 inches. Found at Cythrea.
Female lyre-player; holding lyre in left arm ; the right, with bracelet on wrist, folded
across the body, holding a plectrum. Low turreted head-dress, with ample peplos falling
behind ; hair in a roll over the forehead, with side tresses ; dress, a chiton and diplo'is. Broken
across, and reset.
283. Buff terra cotta. Height, $% inches. Found at Kiti (Salines near Larnaca).
Female lyre-player, seated. Lyre (cithara) held in left arm, and played with the right
hand. Hair combed back from the forehead, and gathered in a knot behind. Head-dress, a
tiara ; peplos revealing the coiffure beneath, and falling down the back. Chiton clasped over the
right shoulder, leaving the right arm bare. Rear portion somewhat broken away.
284. Red terra cotta, exterior now gray. Height, 6fs inches. Found at Cythrea.
Female lyre-player; pointed head-dress ; peplos ; diplois ; chiton ; bracelet on wrist;
hand holding peplos, as in No. 282.
285. Red terra cotta, exterior now gray. Height, gji inches. Found at Lapithus.
Almost identical with, and probably made in the same mould, as Plate XXV., No.
202, and there described. Here shown in a slightly different position, as well as in a different
grouping, to which it equally well belongs.
286. Red terra cotta, exterior now gray. Height, 12^ inches. Found at Cythrea.
Female lyre-player ; turreted head-dress, from which falls a peplos behind. Chiton
clasped over right shoulder ; apparently a himation comes over the left shoulder, under the
cithara, and winds about the body. Apparently the neck-band of both chiton and diplois are
visible, as separate garments ; but the latter may be the remnants of a necklace. Formerly
colored light brown. Surface much defaced. Style late Greek. Broken, and reset.
287. Gray terra cotta. Height, 10^ inches. Found at Lapithus.
282. Red terra cotta, exterior now gray. Height, 6j4 inches. Found at Cythrea.
Female lyre-player; holding lyre in left arm ; the right, with bracelet on wrist, folded
across the body, holding a plectrum. Low turreted head-dress, with ample peplos falling
behind ; hair in a roll over the forehead, with side tresses ; dress, a chiton and diplo'is. Broken
across, and reset.
283. Buff terra cotta. Height, $% inches. Found at Kiti (Salines near Larnaca).
Female lyre-player, seated. Lyre (cithara) held in left arm, and played with the right
hand. Hair combed back from the forehead, and gathered in a knot behind. Head-dress, a
tiara ; peplos revealing the coiffure beneath, and falling down the back. Chiton clasped over the
right shoulder, leaving the right arm bare. Rear portion somewhat broken away.
284. Red terra cotta, exterior now gray. Height, 6fs inches. Found at Cythrea.
Female lyre-player; pointed head-dress ; peplos ; diplois ; chiton ; bracelet on wrist;
hand holding peplos, as in No. 282.
285. Red terra cotta, exterior now gray. Height, gji inches. Found at Lapithus.
Almost identical with, and probably made in the same mould, as Plate XXV., No.
202, and there described. Here shown in a slightly different position, as well as in a different
grouping, to which it equally well belongs.
286. Red terra cotta, exterior now gray. Height, 12^ inches. Found at Cythrea.
Female lyre-player ; turreted head-dress, from which falls a peplos behind. Chiton
clasped over right shoulder ; apparently a himation comes over the left shoulder, under the
cithara, and winds about the body. Apparently the neck-band of both chiton and diplois are
visible, as separate garments ; but the latter may be the remnants of a necklace. Formerly
colored light brown. Surface much defaced. Style late Greek. Broken, and reset.
287. Gray terra cotta. Height, 10^ inches. Found at Lapithus.