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Hogarth, David G.; Smith, Cecil Harcourt [Mitarb.]
Excavations at Ephesus: the archaic Artemisia: Text — London, 1908

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174 The Archaic Artemisia of Ephesus.

shoulders to below the knees : Waille describes it as a catella e punicae malt
intextis calycibus informata: Gauckler calls it a " bandelette de Iaine " : in our
instance it seems to be composed of beads of some hard material. Probably
the curious fez-like cap, the broad decorated belt, and the mode of dressing the
hair, with a plait looped in front of each ear, may be regarded as part of the
same ceremonial costume.1 In that case, it is possible that a similar explanation
may be found for the unusual headdress of the distaff figure No. 3, who also, it
will be noticed, has a necklace of large beads, a dress with long full sleeves, and
the same plaits looped in front of the ears.

This last figure, as has been said, has a hole in the crown, presumably for
the support of a hawk-pole similar to that of No. 1 : Nos. 12-19 are apparently
portions of such attributes. At first sight these pole-supporting figures suggest
a Caryatid function,2 but in the case of No. 1 we see that the figure stood free.
It is worth noting that the marble figure found in the Polledrara tomb (Micali,
Mon. Plate VI.), which holds in one hand a hawk of bronze, and in other
respects also offers close analogy with our ivory No. 1, has a similar hole
sunk in the crown of the head ; this may quite possibly have supported a
hawk pole.

The occurrence of hawks on poles or columns in art is not unknown,
though rare : and most of the known instances occur in Asia Minor. Korte
found at Gordion an ivory head of a bird which seems to resemble our hawks ;
but it was much damaged, and incomplete below, so that it is uncertain whether
it belonged to this type or not.3 Chantre bought in Cappadocia4 some bronzes
which appear to be poles surmounted by hawks. But the nearest parallel is
that offered by the stone columns supporting hawks which were found outside
the tumulus at Kara Kush,5 where the religious significance of the
monuments seems to be undoubted. The fact that these are of considerably
later date is no real objection, when we remember the durability of reli<nous
tradition in remote regions. It is possible that the type may have been
borrowed from Egypt: the hawk on a pole was a well-known Egyptian
standard; and at Nebesheh, Petrie found a column surmounted by a
hawk.0

The metal dish which the ivory figure holds in her 1. hand is exactly

1 The pierced rectangular addition above the fez was probably intended a.-, a tenon to be fitted into some object
which the figure supported.

- As in the Xaxian dedication at Delphi.

3 Gordion, p. II".

' Mution en Cappadocie, pi. 24.

1 Ilamdy et Osgan, Tumulus de Nemroud Dagi, pL S.

* Petrie, Tana, ii. (Xc-besheh), p. 9.
 
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