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 PROM CYRENE.

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SCULPTURES PROM SMALL TEMPLE
NEAR STADIUM.

For an account of the temple, see p. 221.

1472. Female torso, perhaps the nymph Cyrene. The torso
extends from the neck to the knees. The head was let
into a socket. The arms are broken off below the
shoulders. She wears a short tunic, reaching nearly to
the knees, girt with a double girdle. Between the
breasts it is gathered together by a broad band in such
a way that both breasts are left bare. She stands on the
left leg, with the right knee bent. When found there
were traces of red paint on and near the girdle.—Small
Temple near the Stadium, Cyrene.

Marble. Height, 1 foot 3 inches. Smith and Porcher, pi. 67,
pp. 94, 105, No. 114; Studniczka, Kyrene, p. 171; v. Schneider,
Jahrb. d. Eunsthistor. Sammlunqen des Kaiserhauses (Austria),
XII., p. 82 ; Roscher, Lcxikon, II., p. 1732 ; Reinach, Repertoire
de la Statuaire, 11., p. 317, fig. 10.

1473. Female figure. The arms, and the legs from the knees
are wanting, and the body has been much injured by the
splitting of the marble. The figure stands with the left
leg advanced, and wears a chiton and a diploi'dion girt
under the breasts. The hair is gathered back and con-
fined by a narrow taenia.—Small Temple near the Stadium,
Gyrene.

Marble. Height, 2 feet 4 inches. Smith and Porcher, pi. 67 ;
pp. 94, 105, No. 115; Reinach, Repertoire de la Statuaire, II.,
p. 672, fig. 4.

1474. Colossal female (?) head, in several pieces. Flowing
hair is brought to each side of the head. The nose, right
cheek, and part of the left eye have been broken away.
It has been suggested (Studniczka) that this was the head
of a temple-image of the goddess Cyrene herself, and that
the temple in which it was found was dedicated to her,