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PLATE XXIX.
A terminus of the bearded Bacchus, crowned with a narrow
diadem; the hair descends on the forehead in irregular curls, and
the beard has not that stiff and formal appearance, which we have
seen in the heads of Bacchus before described. (PI. XIX. and
XXVII.) The head and the upper part only of the term are repre-
sented in the engraving; the term, however, is nearly complete, as it
wants nothing but the plinth, into which the lower part of it was
anciently inserted. In its present state, this terminus measures
six feet eight inches in height; with the addition of the ancient
plinth, it would stand, perhaps, seven or eight inches higher.
It was found in the year 177l> at Baias, in digging a deep trench
for the renewal of an old vineyard, and was brought to England
by the late Dr. Adair, who purchased it on the spot, at the time it
was discovered.
This terminus has not undergone any restoration whatever, and
is very finely preserved.
A terminus of the bearded Bacchus, crowned with a narrow
diadem; the hair descends on the forehead in irregular curls, and
the beard has not that stiff and formal appearance, which we have
seen in the heads of Bacchus before described. (PI. XIX. and
XXVII.) The head and the upper part only of the term are repre-
sented in the engraving; the term, however, is nearly complete, as it
wants nothing but the plinth, into which the lower part of it was
anciently inserted. In its present state, this terminus measures
six feet eight inches in height; with the addition of the ancient
plinth, it would stand, perhaps, seven or eight inches higher.
It was found in the year 177l> at Baias, in digging a deep trench
for the renewal of an old vineyard, and was brought to England
by the late Dr. Adair, who purchased it on the spot, at the time it
was discovered.
This terminus has not undergone any restoration whatever, and
is very finely preserved.