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ATHLETIC FIGURES, ETC.
103
1748. (Fig. 15.) Head of a Trumpeter. The head, which is
of a realistic type, is thrust forward. The hair is short
and curly. A band, which passes
over the top of the head and behind
the ears, is knotted under the chin.
The arrangement of this strap differs
from that of the usual pliorbeia, which
gives direct support to the buccinator
and other muscles of the face, but the
purpose is presumably the same. The
surface is worn and in poor condition.
— Towneley Coll.
Greek marble. Height, 10£ inches. Re-
stored : bust, nose, lower lip. Ellis,
Town. Gall., II., p. 64: Grceco-Roman „. „ n-,,0
/-, .j Tx ' ' „ Fig. Id. ISo. 174b.
Guide, EL, No. 149. °
1749-1751. Fragments of a Chariot Group. The following
fragments are portions of a considerable series, excavated
by the late Lord Savile, at Civita Lavinia. The frag-
ments were too incomplete to allow a complete reconstruc-
tion of the group. They were described by Lord Savile
as an equestrian group, of which fragments of seven
horses were found, " showing that the composition probably
consisted of a chariot with four horses, with two attendant
warriors on either side," the whole being similar to the
group of a chariot and horsemen on coins of Trajan,
showing the Basilica Ulpia. " The excavations have dis-
closed five torsos in armour and a sixth dressed in a tunic
and mantle" (No. 1751), "which may have been that of
the charioteer, in addition to which have been found the
pendant sandaled foot of a rider, part of a saddle-cloth,
numerous legs and hoofs, and portions of tails of horses "
(Archaeologia, liii., p. 150; cf. ibid., xlix., p. 375). As,
however, the figures would seem to have been cut off at
the middle, the composition may have been more akin to
103
1748. (Fig. 15.) Head of a Trumpeter. The head, which is
of a realistic type, is thrust forward. The hair is short
and curly. A band, which passes
over the top of the head and behind
the ears, is knotted under the chin.
The arrangement of this strap differs
from that of the usual pliorbeia, which
gives direct support to the buccinator
and other muscles of the face, but the
purpose is presumably the same. The
surface is worn and in poor condition.
— Towneley Coll.
Greek marble. Height, 10£ inches. Re-
stored : bust, nose, lower lip. Ellis,
Town. Gall., II., p. 64: Grceco-Roman „. „ n-,,0
/-, .j Tx ' ' „ Fig. Id. ISo. 174b.
Guide, EL, No. 149. °
1749-1751. Fragments of a Chariot Group. The following
fragments are portions of a considerable series, excavated
by the late Lord Savile, at Civita Lavinia. The frag-
ments were too incomplete to allow a complete reconstruc-
tion of the group. They were described by Lord Savile
as an equestrian group, of which fragments of seven
horses were found, " showing that the composition probably
consisted of a chariot with four horses, with two attendant
warriors on either side," the whole being similar to the
group of a chariot and horsemen on coins of Trajan,
showing the Basilica Ulpia. " The excavations have dis-
closed five torsos in armour and a sixth dressed in a tunic
and mantle" (No. 1751), "which may have been that of
the charioteer, in addition to which have been found the
pendant sandaled foot of a rider, part of a saddle-cloth,
numerous legs and hoofs, and portions of tails of horses "
(Archaeologia, liii., p. 150; cf. ibid., xlix., p. 375). As,
however, the figures would seem to have been cut off at
the middle, the composition may have been more akin to