Combe, Taylor [Editor]: A description of the collection of ancient Marbles in the British Museum: with engravings (Band 10) (London, 1845)

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closely fitting helmet than of a Phrygian cap. It is fastened under
the chin by a strap of some elastic material; the ear is very clearly
denned and was probably intended to project through an aperture
in the strap. On a vase9 in the Museum made in the form of
an Amazon's head covered with a Phrygian cap, the band passing
under the chin is cut away in a similar manner to shew the ear.
If the male head in the sculpture under consideration reminds us
of Pelops as described by Philostratus, the female head may per-
haps in like manner be thought to agree, not merely in attire but
also in expression and motive, with the portrait of Hippodamia in
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Height 1 ft. 5| in.

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