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base, which is antique, lies a how terminating at the
ends in Gryphon's heads. To obtain relief for this bow,
the original surface of the base has been reduced, and, on
this account, it has been erroneously supposed that the bow
is a later addition. The position and action of the figure
at once suggest that she was represented playing at the
game of knuckle-bones, astragali. The right hand being
a restoration, its original action is ascertained by a com-
parison with other figures of the same type, of which
several are extant. The author of the original work is
unknown. The game of knuckle-bones was a favourite
subject for representation, as shown by the variety of
known types. For figures of girls, compare the cast of
a Lycian relief (vol. i., No. 765), a terracotta group
in the Brit. Mus. (D 161; Heydemann, pi. 2, fig. 1), and
a painting on marble from Herculaneum (Kobert, Knochel-
spielerinnen des Alexandros). For boys playing at the
game, cf. No. 1756 and vol. i., p. 266.— Towneley Coll.
Pentelic marble. Height, including base, 2 feet 1 inch. Kestored :
head, left shoulder, both feet, right hand and wrist, and parts
of the fingers of the left hand. This figure, and one similar to it
(see below (<?)) were found in May 1766 in the Villa Verospi, near
the Salarian Gate at Rome. On the spot where these statues
were discovered were the remains of a fountain in the form of a
crescent, richly ornamented with marbles and mosaics, to the
decoration of which these figures may have contributed.
Mus. Marbles, II., pi. 28; Clarac, IV., pi. 57S, No. 1248; Ellis,
Town. Gall., I., p. 181 ( = Vaux, Handbook, p. 169); Dallaway.
p. 309; Mansell, Nos. 819, 1228; Grwco-Iiom-in Guide, I.,
No. 196 ; Murray, Gaz. Arch., II., p. 95. (For the terracottas, cf.
ibid., IV., p. 62; V., p. 86.) The examples of the subject have
been collected and compared by Heydemann, Die Knochelspielerin
im Palazzo Colonna, Halle, 1877. The chief examples are:
(<?) Figure found at Tyndaris, and afterwards at Naples (Heyde-
mann, pp. 3, 24). (Jj) Figure found on theCaelian Hill at Rome,
in 1730, and now in the Berlin Museum {Beschreibung der ant.
Skulpturen, No. 494; Heydemann, p. 25). (c) Figure in the
Palazzo Colonna at Rome (Heydemann, pi. 1, p. 3). {d) Figure
from the Villa Borghese, now in the Louvre (Clarac, III.
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base, which is antique, lies a how terminating at the
ends in Gryphon's heads. To obtain relief for this bow,
the original surface of the base has been reduced, and, on
this account, it has been erroneously supposed that the bow
is a later addition. The position and action of the figure
at once suggest that she was represented playing at the
game of knuckle-bones, astragali. The right hand being
a restoration, its original action is ascertained by a com-
parison with other figures of the same type, of which
several are extant. The author of the original work is
unknown. The game of knuckle-bones was a favourite
subject for representation, as shown by the variety of
known types. For figures of girls, compare the cast of
a Lycian relief (vol. i., No. 765), a terracotta group
in the Brit. Mus. (D 161; Heydemann, pi. 2, fig. 1), and
a painting on marble from Herculaneum (Kobert, Knochel-
spielerinnen des Alexandros). For boys playing at the
game, cf. No. 1756 and vol. i., p. 266.— Towneley Coll.
Pentelic marble. Height, including base, 2 feet 1 inch. Kestored :
head, left shoulder, both feet, right hand and wrist, and parts
of the fingers of the left hand. This figure, and one similar to it
(see below (<?)) were found in May 1766 in the Villa Verospi, near
the Salarian Gate at Rome. On the spot where these statues
were discovered were the remains of a fountain in the form of a
crescent, richly ornamented with marbles and mosaics, to the
decoration of which these figures may have contributed.
Mus. Marbles, II., pi. 28; Clarac, IV., pi. 57S, No. 1248; Ellis,
Town. Gall., I., p. 181 ( = Vaux, Handbook, p. 169); Dallaway.
p. 309; Mansell, Nos. 819, 1228; Grwco-Iiom-in Guide, I.,
No. 196 ; Murray, Gaz. Arch., II., p. 95. (For the terracottas, cf.
ibid., IV., p. 62; V., p. 86.) The examples of the subject have
been collected and compared by Heydemann, Die Knochelspielerin
im Palazzo Colonna, Halle, 1877. The chief examples are:
(<?) Figure found at Tyndaris, and afterwards at Naples (Heyde-
mann, pp. 3, 24). (Jj) Figure found on theCaelian Hill at Rome,
in 1730, and now in the Berlin Museum {Beschreibung der ant.
Skulpturen, No. 494; Heydemann, p. 25). (c) Figure in the
Palazzo Colonna at Rome (Heydemann, pi. 1, p. 3). {d) Figure
from the Villa Borghese, now in the Louvre (Clarac, III.
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