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CATALOGUE OF SCULPTUKE.

is that of the early years of the third century a.d. (Com-
pare the coins of Plautilla.)—Towneley Coll.

Parian (?) marble. Height, inches. Restored: tip of nose, and
bust. Brought from Rome, 1785. Mus. Marbles, X., pi. is,
fig. 1; Ellis, Town. Gall., II., p. 63; Graco-Roman Guide, I.,
No. 78 ; fiansell, No. 1324.

1987. (Plate XXI.) Head of a girl. The hair is brought
back in twisted tresses to a knot, tied at the back of the
head. The head is broken off at the neck.

Parian marble. Height, 7 inches. The surface is untouched.
Bought of Castellani, 1879.

1988. Portrait statue of a priestess (?). Draped female figure,
standing to the front, with head half turned to her right.
She rests on the left leg, with the right knee bent. The
left foot is broken off. The left hand and right forearm
(which were separate pieces attached by dowels) are now
wanting. The left hand is advanced, and the right arm
was extended to the right. She wears pointed shoes, a
long tunic with studded sleeves, and a large mantle,
which is worn over the back of the head, about the lower
part of the body and legs, and over the left arm. The
drapery at the back is roughly hewn out.

The head is that of an elderly woman, with a drawn-
down mouth. The hair is brought in waves from the
middle of the forehead, over the ears, to a mass at the
back of the head. She wears a wreath of myrtle. The
pupils of the eyes are indicated. The nose and mouth
are mutilated.

The drapery, which is richly and finely composed, is
very similar in its general treatment to that of the
Artemisia (No. 1001). The figure has been called Livia,
but there is no particular reason for the attribution.
1st cent. a.d.—Found at Atrapalda, near Avellino (Lower
Italy).