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)

ARIADNS.

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1643. Terminal bust of Ariadne (?). The hair, which rises
above each temple, and falls in curls over each ear and
in tresses on the shoulders, is tied with a broad taenia
across the forehead. The eye-sockets are hollowed out.
The bust is draped with a tunic. At the back it is cut
away flat.—Temple Bequest.

Marble. Height, S inches.

1644. Terminal bust of Ariadne (?). She wears an ivy wreath,
and a band, of which the ends fall on the shoulders. The
surface is much worn.—Hamilton Coll.

Marble. Height, 6£ inches. Synopsis (1808), p. 102, No. 17.

1645. Terminal bust of Ariadne (?). She wears an ivy
wreath; sashes fall from it on the shoulders. The bust
is draped with a nebris knotted on the right shoulder.—
Hamilton Coll.

Giallo-antico marble. The surface much worn. Height, 1\ inches.
Synopsis (1808), p. 102, No. 21.

1646. Terminal bust of Ariadne (?). She wears an ivy
wreath, with rosettes, and with bunches of grapes under
the ears, a band crossing the forehead. She has a small
modius. The bust is draped with a nebris knotted on the
right shoulder,—Temple Bequest.

Marble. Height, 7 inches.