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 3) (London, 1904)

APHRODITE.

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her left breast. The right arm is missing from the
biceps, but traces of thumb and fingers remain before her
middle.—The Fayoum.

Parian marble. Height, 11£ inches. Bought, 1882.

1591. Aphrodite (?). Nude female torso, from the neck to the
waist, leaning over to her right side. The right arm
was lowered, and the left arm was raised.—Rhodes.

Parian marble. Height, b\ inches. Bought from A. Biliotti, 1874.

1592. Lower half of a female figure, probably Aphrodite,,
standing on her left leg, with the right knee bent. She
has her drapery gathered about her legs, and forming a
knot before her body. The upper part, from the waist,
was a separate piece, joined on.

Pentelic marble. Height, 2 feet 4£ inches.

1593. Female torso, perhaps Aphrodite, from the neck to the
navel. The right arm was raised, and the left arm hung
down by the left side. There is a piece of drapery on the
right shoulder.—Rhodes.

Parian marble. Height, 5| inches. Bought from A. Biliotti, 1874.

1594. Female torso, perhaps Aphrodite, from the neck to the
waist. The left arm was somewhat raised. Slight work,
in poor condition.

Parian marble. Height, 5 inches. Obtained by C. T. Newton in the
Levant, 1855.

1595. Head of Aphrodite, inclined to its left, and upwards.
The hair, parted in the middle of the forehead, is bound
with a narrow diadem; two tresses are drawn back from
over the forehead, and fastened in a knot over the crown
of the head. The rest of the hair, drawn back from the
temples in rich wavy lines, is tied at the back of the
head, the ends of the tresses having been left free to fall
down the neck; but this portion has been broken away.

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