Smith, Arthur H. [Hrsg.]; British Museum <London> / Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities [Hrsg.]: Catalogue of sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities (Band 3) (London, 1904)

MISCELLANEOUS RELIEFS.

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moving to the left, with, right arm extended. The head
is wanting-, together with both arms from the middle of
the biceps. Below
the hips of the figure
are a flat bed and
cramp holes which
seem to show that
the figure was in-
serted in a plinth.
The marine appen-
dages, which sur-
rounded the hips of
the Triton, appear to
have been added in
bronze, to judge from
the numerous drilled
holes for bronze
rivets.

The relief has been
connected with the
remains of a marine
relief recently found
at Delos, but data are
wanting for a comparison of the scales. It is wrought in
a large and fine style, which may be compared with that
of the giant frieze from Pergamon.—Delos. Presented by
Commander J. Murray, B.N., 1819.

Pentelic marble. Height, 3 feet 11 \ inches. Stuart, 2nd edition, IV.,
Section on Delos, pi. 4, fig. 3. Furtwaengler, Arch. Zeit., 1882,
p. 365 ; Homolle, Bull, de Corr. Eellenique, 1884, p. 421.

Head of a personified City in high relief, turned three-
quarters to the right. She wears a wreath of ears of corn,
with a rosette in the centre, and a mural crown. The
nose is lost. The surface is only roughly finished. This

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Fig. 36. No. 2220.