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say. In one case a female figure (Fig. 49), the import of
which is hard to determine1, stands over a tomb, with the
acanthus-leaves for a background.
o
FIG. 49. HEAD OF STELE.
It is not rare in most periods of Greek art to place on
a tomb, instead of a portrait, the image of an animal, or
some other device, the meaning of which has to be discovered
1 Athens Cat. No. 744.
K
say. In one case a female figure (Fig. 49), the import of
which is hard to determine1, stands over a tomb, with the
acanthus-leaves for a background.
o
FIG. 49. HEAD OF STELE.
It is not rare in most periods of Greek art to place on
a tomb, instead of a portrait, the image of an animal, or
some other device, the meaning of which has to be discovered
1 Athens Cat. No. 744.
K