Waldstein, Charles: The Argive Heraeum (Band 1): General introduction, geology, architecture marble statuary and inscriptions (Boston [u.a.], 1902)

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to be a fragment of an upper arm extended, with indications of straight folds and
possibly of the long hair hanging over the shoulder. A larger fragment, No. 5, may
have belonged to the same figure, with shallow but firmly cut grooves at larger inter-
vals than in the other fragments, converging towards one point, probably the shoulder.
This appears to be a portion of the back covered by the himation or upper garment, and
being at the back, the elevation of the folds is flatter than in the other fragments. The
statue in question could
not have belonged to a
later time than the first
quarter of the fifth century
B. c.

II.— Small archaic torso
of a female figure, with
close-fitting upper garment
and indications of a girdle
(zone) at the waist (Fig. 71,
No. 7). There were long
curls hanging over either
shoulder. There are two
terra-cottas of the archaic
period l which correspond
to this marble torso.2

Between these fragments
of archaic sculpture and
those belonging to the
Graeco-Roman period there
are no works which we
could ascribe to single and
separate statues. But of
the Graeco-Roman period
there are portions of two
statues, the one evidently
over, the other slightly un-
der, life-size.

III. — Five fragments,
probably belonging to the

same statue, remain of a large draped female figure, probably seated (Fig. 72). The
marble appears to me to be Parian. No. 1 is the upper and front portion of a large
female head, from upper lip to occiput. It was found during the digging at the West
Building, and was evidently transferred here, at some distance from its original position,
in later times. The dimensions are the following;: —

Greatest height of fragment (in centimetres)......29.50

Greatest width " "..........22.50

Fig. 72. — Makble Fragments, probably part ok a Female Figure

OF TOE GrAECO-IIoMAN PERIOD.

1 These will be figured and described in the second
volume.

2 Cf. the winged " Nike"" attributed to Archermus
(Collignon, op. cit. I. p. 135) ; the statuette of one of the
"Eumenides" from Olympia (P. Gardner, Journal of

Hellen. Studies, XVI. 1896, p. 277); Olympia, III. p. 27,
pi. v.; similar types, Collignon, op. cit. I. pp. 120 ff.

I must thank Dr. Carroll N. Brown, who rendered val-
uable assistance in the taking of measurements of the
marbles at Athens in 1896.