330 EXCAVATIONS ON SEVERAL SITES—BTTDRUM.
crowned with a wreath of flowers. (Plate XLYI.
fig. 6.)
17. Bearded Dionysos; the lower half of the body
clothed in a peplos, which falls over the left arm;
in the left hand a phiale.
18. Bearded head, probably, of Dionysos : from
the back of the head a veil or linen head-dress falls
over the shoulders.
19. Grotesque figure of a naked boy crouching;
in his left hand he holds a small square object.
(Plate LX. fig. 11.)
A few yards to the east of the principal exca-
vation I found a large block of marble, inscribed
with a dedication to Demeter and Persephone.
(Plate LXXXVI. No. 5.) This block was smoothed
on the inscribed side, and had evidently formed
part of a Hellenic wall. It is to be presumed,
therefore, that it originally belonged to a temple
of the two deities to whom the dedication was
made; and as, from the size of the block, it could
not have been easy of transport, the edifice from
which it had been removed probably stood at no
great distance from the spot where this base was
discovered. Close to this inscription was a wall
running X. and S., composed of blocks 2' 3" wide.
In one place there were two courses of these blocks,
the uppermost being 3^' below the surface. I un-
covered 28' of this wall, but could not pursue
it, on account of the crops on the north. It met
another foundation running east, and 4! 6" in width.
The stones were smaller than those of the other wall.
Neither of these Avails are marked in the plan, as they
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crowned with a wreath of flowers. (Plate XLYI.
fig. 6.)
17. Bearded Dionysos; the lower half of the body
clothed in a peplos, which falls over the left arm;
in the left hand a phiale.
18. Bearded head, probably, of Dionysos : from
the back of the head a veil or linen head-dress falls
over the shoulders.
19. Grotesque figure of a naked boy crouching;
in his left hand he holds a small square object.
(Plate LX. fig. 11.)
A few yards to the east of the principal exca-
vation I found a large block of marble, inscribed
with a dedication to Demeter and Persephone.
(Plate LXXXVI. No. 5.) This block was smoothed
on the inscribed side, and had evidently formed
part of a Hellenic wall. It is to be presumed,
therefore, that it originally belonged to a temple
of the two deities to whom the dedication was
made; and as, from the size of the block, it could
not have been easy of transport, the edifice from
which it had been removed probably stood at no
great distance from the spot where this base was
discovered. Close to this inscription was a wall
running X. and S., composed of blocks 2' 3" wide.
In one place there were two courses of these blocks,
the uppermost being 3^' below the surface. I un-
covered 28' of this wall, but could not pursue
it, on account of the crops on the north. It met
another foundation running east, and 4! 6" in width.
The stones were smaller than those of the other wall.
Neither of these Avails are marked in the plan, as they
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