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164 The Archaic Artemisia of Ephesus.
towards which its head is turned. It is placed on a thin plinth of this form,
seen from below, the surface of which is lightly scored with irregular crossed
oblique lines, probably intended to assist the adhesion of the medium by which
it was attached. The bull's legs are folded beneath it, the 1. hind foot appearing
above the r., the tail coiled round. At each end of the plinth a small circular
hole has been bored upwards to a depth of about \ cm., for its attachment to
something; one of these holes is double, probably in consequence of a
correction.
[Found embedded in foundations of D south cella wall.]
xxvi. 25. Seated ram. H. "025 m. The figure reclines to 1., on an oblong
' ' plinth, roughly ^045 m. long by "025 m. wide, of which the upper and under
surfaces are both convex. The details of head, tail and feet are indicated by
finely engraved lines, and on the forehead is an engraved pattern of a palmette
between two spirals inverted (fig. 30). Below the centre of the body a bronze
pin has been run through from front to back, which has stained the ivory
beneath it a light green colour. The 1. horn is partly broken away.
\Cf. two very similar ivory figures found at Sparta, in the excavations of
the British School at Athens in 1906 (B. S. A. xii., p. 320). Found near the
S. end of the W. wall, at a level between — 3*90 and — 4'30 : see p. 41.]
xxvi. 26. Relief, wild boar, couchant to 1. The modelling is treated in a purely
3 a' b* conventional manner, the lines dividing the various main features, such as jaw,
shoulder, flank being greatly exaggerated, so that the whole appears like a
mosaic of disconnected pieces ; the ear and eye are exaggerated in a form
suggestive of a flower petal, and the mane is represented as a triangular raised
surface extending from the jaw to the hindquarters. The nose is pointing
downwards, and the position of the forelegs points to a seated rather than
couchant position ; it may be that the artist was desirous of suggesting the
action of rising.
At the back, the relief is plain, but has a rectangular projection -02 long
by 'Oi8 m., slightly rounded at the back, which is pierced with circular holes
'005 m. in diam. vertically and horizontally (cf. No. 23, the ibex).
[Found in an isolated pocket, within the S.W. corner : see p. 43. A very
similar figure of a boar in gold (?) from S. Russia is represented in Tolstoy,
Russian Antiq. ii., p. 95, apparently either Ionic or imitated from Ionic work:
cf. also below, p. 177, fig. 33J.
xxvi. 27. Forepart of horse. H. '055 m., width "035 m., projection "03 m.
The figure is cut off vertically at the base of the neck, and was evidently
intended for attachment as an emblema : for this purpose a circular hole 21, cm.
9 a, b.
towards which its head is turned. It is placed on a thin plinth of this form,
seen from below, the surface of which is lightly scored with irregular crossed
oblique lines, probably intended to assist the adhesion of the medium by which
it was attached. The bull's legs are folded beneath it, the 1. hind foot appearing
above the r., the tail coiled round. At each end of the plinth a small circular
hole has been bored upwards to a depth of about \ cm., for its attachment to
something; one of these holes is double, probably in consequence of a
correction.
[Found embedded in foundations of D south cella wall.]
xxvi. 25. Seated ram. H. "025 m. The figure reclines to 1., on an oblong
' ' plinth, roughly ^045 m. long by "025 m. wide, of which the upper and under
surfaces are both convex. The details of head, tail and feet are indicated by
finely engraved lines, and on the forehead is an engraved pattern of a palmette
between two spirals inverted (fig. 30). Below the centre of the body a bronze
pin has been run through from front to back, which has stained the ivory
beneath it a light green colour. The 1. horn is partly broken away.
\Cf. two very similar ivory figures found at Sparta, in the excavations of
the British School at Athens in 1906 (B. S. A. xii., p. 320). Found near the
S. end of the W. wall, at a level between — 3*90 and — 4'30 : see p. 41.]
xxvi. 26. Relief, wild boar, couchant to 1. The modelling is treated in a purely
3 a' b* conventional manner, the lines dividing the various main features, such as jaw,
shoulder, flank being greatly exaggerated, so that the whole appears like a
mosaic of disconnected pieces ; the ear and eye are exaggerated in a form
suggestive of a flower petal, and the mane is represented as a triangular raised
surface extending from the jaw to the hindquarters. The nose is pointing
downwards, and the position of the forelegs points to a seated rather than
couchant position ; it may be that the artist was desirous of suggesting the
action of rising.
At the back, the relief is plain, but has a rectangular projection -02 long
by 'Oi8 m., slightly rounded at the back, which is pierced with circular holes
'005 m. in diam. vertically and horizontally (cf. No. 23, the ibex).
[Found in an isolated pocket, within the S.W. corner : see p. 43. A very
similar figure of a boar in gold (?) from S. Russia is represented in Tolstoy,
Russian Antiq. ii., p. 95, apparently either Ionic or imitated from Ionic work:
cf. also below, p. 177, fig. 33J.
xxvi. 27. Forepart of horse. H. '055 m., width "035 m., projection "03 m.
The figure is cut off vertically at the base of the neck, and was evidently
intended for attachment as an emblema : for this purpose a circular hole 21, cm.
9 a, b.