Smith, Arthur H. [Hrsg.]; British Museum <London> / Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities [Hrsg.]: Catalogue of sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities (Band 1) (London, 1892)

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CATALOGUE OF SCULPTURE.

FRAGMENTS OF THE PARTHENON
SCULPTURES.

Numerous small fragments of the Parthenon sculptures
were taken from Athens either by Lord Elgin, or by
travellers who visited Athens. Others have been more
recently discovered in excavations on the Acropolis, or on
its south slope, and are still at Athens. Casts of all such
fragments, so far as they could be obtained, are now in
the British Museum. As far as possible the fragments
have been adjusted in their correct positions on the
sculptures, and have been described in their respective
places in this Catalogue. Of the remainder all the
original marble fragments, and the most interesting of
the casts, are exhibited in the Elgin Boom, and are
described below.

Marble Fragments attributed to the Pedimental

Sculptures.

328. Fragment of colossal head. According to Hamilton's
Memorandum, this fragment was discovered built into a
Turkish house at the west front of the temple. It
contains the upper part of a face and head. The
sockets of the eyes are hollow, and must have once
contained eyes composed of ivory, precious stones, or
enamel. (An ivory eye, which must have belonged to
a colossal statue, was found in the temple of Athene, at
iEgina, and is engraved in Cockerell, Temples at JEgina
and Bassse, pi. 12, fig. 4. Cf. also Arch. Anzeiger, 1889,
p. 102). The surface of the marble is highly polished,
and traces of red colour have been remarked in the hair.
The back of the head is worked in a peculiar way, to
a plane surface, such as might be required if this was
a head from a pediment, on account of the cornice
above. The hard, conventional style, however, is not in