Left hand of colossal female figure clasped round an uncertain
object. The hand is broken off at the wrist; the forefinger and
middle finger are wanting. There is no evidence that this hand
belongs to the Parthenon. The scale, however, is suitable to
one of the central figures of the west pediment. If the hand is
derived thence, it is possible that the hand is a hand of Athenè,
and that the object it holds is not the base of a torch, as has
been suggested, but part of the olive-tree. In that case Athenè
would be placing her left hand on a projecting bough of her tree.
Length of third finger, 6-1/4 inches. Overbeck, _Ber. d. k. sächs.
Ges. d. Wissenschaften_, 1880, pl. 3.
[Sidenote: 17.]
Fragment of an olive-tree with foliage.
Height, 6-1/2 inches.
[Sidenote: 18.]
Similar fragment of olive-tree, larger than last.
Height, 1 foot 4 inches. Michaelis, pl. 8, fig. 15.
[Sidenote: 19.]
Fragment of ankle and part of calf of right leg wearing high
boot and attached on the right side to the trunk of a tree. It is
highly improbable that this fragment belonged to the Parthenon.
Height, 1 foot 3 inches.
[Sidenote: 20.]
Left hand and wrist of male figure; the palm is grooved for the
reception of some object like a staff; the thumb, forefinger, and
upper joints of the other fingers are wanting. The scale is
rather larger than that of the so-called Theseus (D) of the east
pediment, to which the fragment has been attributed by Overbeck.
The wrist is slightly bent inwards. This hand is finely modelled.
Length, 9-1/2 inches. Overbeck, _Ber. d. k. sächs. Ges. d.
Wissenschaften_, 1880, p. 43.
[Sidenote: 21.]
Fragment of left hand and wrist of male figure, the hand much bent
back as if the figure had rested on the open palm; broken across
the middle of the metacarpal bones; possibly the left hand of the
River-God V in the west pediment. See No. 304 V.
Breadth, 6-1/4 inches.
[Sidenote: 22.]
Right hand of female figure, small; the thumb and fingers broken
off.
Breadth of palm, 4-1/4 inches.
[Sidenote: 23.]
Right hand; the thumb and fingers broken off.
Breadth of palm, 4-3/4 inches.
[Sidenote: 24.]
Right arm of female figure, slightly bent; the upper arm broken
about the bottom of the biceps; the under side is worked rough.
Length, 1 foot 2 inches.
[Sidenote: 25.]
Fragment of left upper arm of female figure with sleeve of chiton
fastened with studs (Michaelis, pl. 8, fig. 25).
Length, 8-1/2 inches.
[Sidenote: 26.]
Fragment of right shoulder and upper part of back of arm of female
figure; over the shoulder is drapery.
Height, 1 foot 1/2 inch.
[Sidenote: 27.]
Fragment of right hip and right side of body nearly to the navel,
of a boy, possibly from the west pediment.
Greatest height, 8 inches.
[Sidenote: 28.]
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