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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 2) — London, 1900

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CATALOGUE OF SCULPTURE.

base is inscribed with, a dedication by a priestess to Perse-
phone. . . . Acta Upua Kovpa.—Temenos of Demeter, Cnidos.

Height, 3 feet 8 inches. Newton, Hist, Disc, pi. 58, fig. 1; pi. 89,
No. 26; II., pp. 383, 718 ; Greek Inscriptions in Brit. Mus., No.
DCCCXIV.

1314. Female ideal bead, perhaps Aphrodite. The head is
slightly turned upwards, the forehead is broad and
smooth. The sides of the head, chin, and nose are broken
away. The back is worked flat.—-Temenos of Demeter,
Cnidos.

Parian marble. Height, 1 foot 1 inch.

1315. (Plate XXV. Pig. 1.) Head of a young girl, slightly
turned upwards. The hair is brought to the back of the
head, and is bound round and round with a broad band,
the ends of which are tied in a knot above the top of the
head.—Temenos of Demeter, Cnidos.

Marble. Height, 8f inches. Newton, Hist. Disc, II., p. 381.

1316. Female head, perhaps Artemis. The hair is brought
back from the forehead, and tied in a knot rather far back
on the top of the head. The brow is prominent, and the
eyes look slightly upwards.—Temenos of Demeter, Cnidos.

Marble. Height, 7 inches. Newton, Hist. Disc, II., p. 385, No. 13.

1317. Small male head, of heroic type, bound with a fillet.
Short curling hair, prominent brows, and eyes looking
upwards. The top of the head is worked flat.—Temenos
of Demeter, Cnidos.

Marble. Height, 2J inches.

1318. Female head. The hair is brought back on each side
to the back of the head. The neck is worked to fit into
a socket in the body.—Temenos of Demeter, Cnidos.

Marble. Height, 6f inches.
 
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