Walters, Henry Beauchamp: Catalogue of the bronzes, Greek, Roman, and Etruscan in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum (London, 1899)

MISCELLANEOUS STATUETTES.

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1581. Romulus and Remus suckled by the wolf. The wolf stands to 1., with head
turned round to her 1 ; on either side of her is one of the twins, kneeling on one
knee and approaching his head to her teats.

Ht. 1 in. Length ij in. Hamilton Coll. Tail ofwolflost.

1582. Romulus and Remus suckled by the wolf; medallion with relief. The Piate XI.
wolf stands to r., looking round to 1. ; the twins crouch underneath, reaching up

to the teats with their hands.

Diam. 2f in. Cf. Brit. Mus. Cat. of Vases, iv., G 125.

III. MISCELLANEOUS STATUETTES AND BUSTS (1583-1728).

1583. Roman Orator. He stands on 1. leg, with r. arm hanging down, the fingers
bent, as if having held some object; the 1. hand is extended palm upwards, with
the third and little fingers bent, an ordinary oratorical gesture. He is beardless,
and wears a sleeved tunic, over which is a toga, part thrown over 1. shoulder and
tucked in under the girdle in front, forming a loop, the other part carried round
the back and over 1. arm. On his feet are boots of the kind known as calceus
senatorius, attached to the leg by cross-straps reaching up to the ankle ; the
pupils of the eyes are incised.

Ht. 6j in. Payne Knight Coll. Ancient base ; left foot and left fore-arm restorcd ;
much corroded.

1584. Man sacrificing. He stands on 1. leg, holding out a fruit in r. hand ; in 1.
he has held a patera. He is beardless, and wears shoes with an upper leather
covering all but the toes, short sleeved tunic, and toga arranged in the fashion
known as cinctus Gabinus ; one part is drawn over the head, and falls in front to
the waist, where it is looped up and tucked up under a transverse fold twisted
round the waist, while the other part is thrown over the 1. arm. On the r. shoulder
has been inlaid a narrow stripe (the clavus angustus) ; the hair is slightly waved.

Ht. 5l m. Encycl. Brit, 8 vi. p. 456 ; Srnith, Dict. Antiqs? i. p. 256 (described as augur
wearing trabea). Left hand broken off.

1585. Roman Official, perhaps in the act of sacrificing. He stands on 1. leg,
looking to his 1. ; his r. hand has held out a patera, and in 1. he holds a sort of
wand curved at one end, perhaps part of a lituus. He is beardless, and his hair
falls straight over the forehead ; he wears shoes, sleeved tunic, and toga arranged
in the cinctus Gabinus, as No. 1584.

Ht. 4| in. Hollowed out at the back.

1586. Roman Official. As the last ; he looks dovvn to the r., and holds in 1. hand
a long bundle of rods (fasces?), tied in the middle and at the upper end, which
is curved and rests against the shoulder ; his r. hand is extended with open
palm. The pupils of the eyes are incised.

Ht. 4) in. Hamilton Coll. Nose and fingers of right hand broken. A Satyric niask is
affixed to the base.

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