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THE VAULTED TOMBS OF MESARA

tholos b and that the head was tied on, a repair that proves the importance attached
figurines to these sacred objects, and suggests that they were used over and over again.1
Cycladic Figurines Behind, the figure has only a thin groove separating the legs, and shallow
cuttings to mark the elbows.

127. This, the other specimen from Tholos B, is like the first but smaller,
and has lost the lower part of the legs. The hole shows that the missing piece
was tied on. The extant height is -073 m. and the breadth -04 m. The nose
is in relief, and the details incised are the same as in 125, except that an extra
line across the abdomen makes a triangle with the two oblique lines marking
it off from the thighs, and the vertical line is omitted.

No. 126. This, of coarse-grained marble, was found in the square tomb r,
and is of the same type, the incised details corresponding exactly with those
of No. 125, but the breasts are shown in low relief. The legs below the knees
are missing. As the holes show, the head with its monstrous neck had been
broken off and tied on. Behind, thin cuts mark the bent elbows and the
vertebral column. Extant height -155 m., breadth -075 m.

No. 124. This was found in the small tholos, A, and has no points of
difference. The white limestone has suffered greatly from damp, which has
caused the surface to peel, so that the incised details and the nose in relief
are barely visible. The figure is, however, complete. Height -155 m.,
breadth -06 m.

No. 123. This was found in the region A B. It is the largest, and is of
white island marble, worked to a fine polish. The lower part of the legs is
missing. This lady also is flat, but an attempt at a slight rounding of the
buttocks and arms marks a step forward. The nose is in relief and so are
the breasts, but these so slightly as to be only perceptible to the touch. Other
details, lips, chin, throat, arms, and sex, are incised. Extant height -24 m.,
breadth *12 m.

No. 122. This is a perfect specimen of coarse limestone also found in the
region A B. It is illustrated also on Plate VII. Height -235 m., breadth
•065 m. It is an example of the most developed type of Cycladic figure. While
keeping the general characteristics, it is almost in the round instead of having
the flat slablike section of the rest. The head is like that of the others, but is
thicker and more curved. The nose is large, while the neck and the whole
body are rounded off. The chest and breasts are less unlike nature, the arms
show more relief and are marked off from the shoulders by deeper cuts. As
in the others, the arms are crossed and the fingers are not marked, but there
is an advance in that the end of the lower hand, the right, is marked off from
the left elbow instead of being fused with it. The abdomen is round and
swollen as in pregnancy and the vulva is in semi-relief. The legs are slightly
bent at the knees and are parted, being in fact completely separated in the

1 Similar repair holes in the figures from Hagios Onouphrios are shown by Evans, Pictograpks,
figs. 131, 132, 133.
 
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