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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 OP SCULPTURE,

1429. Head of one of the Dioscuri, in a conical cap, with hair
flowing. Broken at the neck; nose and chin wanting.—
Temple of Aphrodite, Gyrene.

Height, 9J inches. Smith and Porcher, p. 102, No. 62 ; p. 104,
No. 97 (by error) ; Grceco-Roman Guide, II., No. 181.

1430. Torso of the Ephesian many-breasted Artemis, from the
neck to the knees. She wears a double necklace, and pen-
dants of an archaic form. The lower part is swathed with
bands of the usual type, among which animals in relief
are suggested but not clearly indicated. She has a mantle
down her back. The head and arms were separate and
are now lost.—Temple of Aphrodite, Gyrene.

Marble. Height, 6 inches. Smith and Porcher, p. 102, No. 63. '

1431. Lower part of triple Hecate. The three figures are
serjarated, as if standing against a circular pillar. They
are preserved from the breast downwards. They have a
long chiton with a diploidion girt under the breasts, and
falling in stiff points in the archaistic manner. The
figures are : (1) figure with an uncertain object in the
right hand, and a hound at the side looking up at it;
(2) figure with a jug in the light hand, and a torch (?) in
the left hand; (3) figure with a bowl in the right hand,
and a torch (?) in the left hand.—Temple of Aphrodite,
Gyrene.

Marble. Height, 7J inches. Smith and Porcher, p. 102, No. 64.

1432. Torso of a female figure, perhaps Artemis or Cyrene.
She stands chiefly on the left leg, and wears the short
tunic of a huntress, reaching nearly to the knees, with a
diploidion, and a fawnskin worn over the right shoulder
only, and having a broad girdle at the waist. The fawn's
head is seen, immediately below the girdle. There is a
joint above the breasts for the attachment of the head
 
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