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AND PLUTO EPIMACHOS. 377
chart, this spot is noted as containing statues, and
this indication led me to visit the ground. The
first object which caught my eye was a small Greek
stele, 2' 4|" high, on which were the remains of a
dedicatory inscription. (Appendix, No. 27. See
Plate LXXXIX.)
Close to this stele was the statue noticed by the
Dilettanti mission. On clearing away the earth
with which it was nearly covered, it proved to be
a draped female seated in a chair. The head, hands,
and feet were wanting, and the parts projecting
above the soil had suffered much from exposure.
On uncovering the entire figure, however, I found
that much of the drapery Avas in fine condition, and
the composition was very good.
I then commenced digging round the spot where
the stele was still standing, and, a few feet nearer
the escarp, came upon a small statue in Parian
marble, lying only a few inches below the sur-
face. (Plate LVII.)
It represents a female figure clad in a talaric
chiton and peplos. On her head is a modiiis, par-
tially covered with the peplos, which hangs down
on each side of the neck. In her right hand she
holds a pomegranate flower, with her left she is
gathering up the folds of her peplos. A smile
plays over the features.
The type of this figure may be at once recognized
terrace we found the headless statue of a seated female, of fine
style and execution, which had once, probably, occupied one of
the niches above ; it is of Parian marble, and the head is not of
the same block as the body."
II. 2 C
chart, this spot is noted as containing statues, and
this indication led me to visit the ground. The
first object which caught my eye was a small Greek
stele, 2' 4|" high, on which were the remains of a
dedicatory inscription. (Appendix, No. 27. See
Plate LXXXIX.)
Close to this stele was the statue noticed by the
Dilettanti mission. On clearing away the earth
with which it was nearly covered, it proved to be
a draped female seated in a chair. The head, hands,
and feet were wanting, and the parts projecting
above the soil had suffered much from exposure.
On uncovering the entire figure, however, I found
that much of the drapery Avas in fine condition, and
the composition was very good.
I then commenced digging round the spot where
the stele was still standing, and, a few feet nearer
the escarp, came upon a small statue in Parian
marble, lying only a few inches below the sur-
face. (Plate LVII.)
It represents a female figure clad in a talaric
chiton and peplos. On her head is a modiiis, par-
tially covered with the peplos, which hangs down
on each side of the neck. In her right hand she
holds a pomegranate flower, with her left she is
gathering up the folds of her peplos. A smile
plays over the features.
The type of this figure may be at once recognized
terrace we found the headless statue of a seated female, of fine
style and execution, which had once, probably, occupied one of
the niches above ; it is of Parian marble, and the head is not of
the same block as the body."
II. 2 C