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)

SCULPTURES FROM CYRENE. 231

1400. Female head, bound with a small diadem.—Temple of
Apollo, Gyrene.

('"arse marble, with surface corroded. Height, 5J inches. Smith
and Porcher, p. 100, No. 29.

1401. Female head, worked to fit into a torso. Hair falls
down each side of neck in a long tress. The back of the
head is roughly worked, and the missing part has never
been attached.—Temple of Apollo, Gyrene.

Marble. Height, 1 foot 3J inches. Smith and Porcher, p. 100,

No. 30; Grseco-Roman Guide, II., No. 164.

1402. Panther, seated with head raised and turned to the left,
The forepaws and hind-quarters are wanting. It appears
to have held a metal object in its mouth. The work is
very rude and unfinished.—Temple of Apollo, Gyrene.

Marble. Height, 8 inches. Smith and Porcher, p. 100, No. 31.

SCULPTURES FOUND NEAR THE TEMPLE
OF APOLLO.

Female portrait figure, stands with right knee bent,
and wears a long sleeved chiton, and an ample mantle,
which passes over the back of the head, and about the
body. Both arms are bent at the elbows. The forearms,
which were separate pieces, are now lost. She has a
narrow diadem and sandals. The features seem to be
those of a portrait statue, and if such is the case, it is
possibly the portrait of some queen, perhapjs of the family
of the Egyptian Ptolemies, as several of the queens of this
dynasty are represented on their coins wearing the diadem
and veil. The head is a separate piece inserted. The
figure has rather an imposing effect, but the proportions