Fragment of colossal head. According to Hamilton's Memorandum, this
fragment was discovered built into a Turkish house at the west front
of the temple. It contains the upper part of a face and head. The
sockets of the eyes are hollow, and must have once contained eyes
composed of ivory, precious stones, or enamel. (An ivory eye, which
must have belonged to a colossal statue, was found in the temple of
Athenè, at Ægina, and is engraved in Cockerell, _Temples at Ægina, and
Bassæ_, pl. 12, fig. 4. Cf. also _Arch. Anzeiger_, 1889, p. 102). The
surface of the marble is highly polished, and traces of red colour
have been remarked in the hair. The back of the head is worked in a
peculiar way, to a plane surface, such as might be required if this
was a head from a pediment, on account of the cornice above. The hard,
conventional style, however, is not in accordance with that of the
pedimental sculptures. This fragment was formerly thought to belong
to the Athenè of the western pediment, to which its scale would
correspond, but there are no other grounds for the attribution.
Height, 10 inches. _Synopsis_, No. 101 (118); _Mus. Marbles_, VI.,
pl. 16; Michaelis, pl. 8, fig. 14.
[Sidenote: =329.=]
Two feet, shod with leather, attached to a plinth. The feet belonged
to a figure striding to the (spectator's) right. The left foot was
advanced, and bore the weight of the body. Between the feet a stump
of a tree is attached to the plinth. The feet appear to be those of a
female figure, which in that case must have worn a short chiton. The
fragment has been assigned by different writers to the Athenè of the
west pediment, which is impossible, on account of the attitude; to
the Poseidon, which is impossible, on account of the scale; and to the
Athenè of the east pediment, about whom we have no information. It has
also, with more plausibility, been assigned to the figure of Hermes
(H; see Carrey's drawing), who accompanies the chariot of Athenè on
the west pediment. It is, however, unlikely that that figure was shod
with leather shoes; and the stump also has to be accounted for. It
is very probable that the plinth does not belong to the pedimental
sculptures at all, and Sauer's plan of the floor of the pediment seems
to leave no room for it. It has been suggested that it is part of an
independent group of Athenè and Poseidon, which Pausanias saw on the
Acropolis. But as to this there is no evidence either way.
Length, 4 feet 6 inches. _Mus. Marbles_, VI., pl. 8; _Synopsis_,
No. 256 (201); Michaelis, pl. 8, fig. 4, p. 194; _Journ. of
Hellen. Studies_, III., p. 251.
[Sidenote: =330.=]
Part of colossal right arm of female figure, bent at a right angle
at the elbow. It comprises the upper arm, from the shoulder, and the
upper part of the forearm. This fragment may, perhaps, have belonged
to figure G of the west pediment. (See Carrey's drawing.)
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