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

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the west pediment. If the hand is derived thence, it is
possible that the hand is a hand of Athene, and that the
object it holds is not the base of a torch, as has been
suggested, but part of the olive-tree. In that case Athene
would be placing her left hand on a projecting bough of
her tree.

Length of third finger, 6| inches. Overbeck, Ber. d. k. siichs. Gcs.
d. Wissenschaften, 1880, pi. 3.

17. Fragment of an olive-tree with foliage.

Height, inches.

18. Similar fragment of olive-tree, larger than last.

Height, 1 foot 4 inches. Michaelis, pi. 8, fig. 15.

19. Fragment of ankle and part of calf of right leg wearing
high boot and attached on the right side to the trunk
of a tree. It is highly improbable that this fragment
belonged to the Parthenon.

Height, 1 foot 3 inches.

20. Left hand and wrist of male figure ; the palm is grooved
for the reception of some object like a staff; the thumb,
forefinger, and upper joints of the other fingers are want-
ing. The scale is rather larger than that of the so-called
Theseus (D) of the east pediment, to Avhich the fragment
has been attributed by Overbeck. The wrist is slightly
bent inwards. This hand is finely modelled.

Length, inches. Overbeck, Ber. d. k. saclis. Ges. d. Wissenschaften,
1880, p. 43.

21. Fragment of left hand and wrist of male figure, the
hand much bent back as if the figure had rested on the
open palm; broken across the middle of the metacarpal
bones; possibly the left hand of the Eiver-God V in the
west pediment. See No. 304 V.

Breadth, 6J inches.