Female head (unfinished (?)) from an archaic statue. The figure wears
a veil which covers the whole of the head, except the face. The ears
are indicated beneath the veil.--_Branchidae._
Marble; height, 9 inches.
[Sidenote: =21.=]
Relief, with figures moving to the right, in a dance. It is incomplete
at both ends, and appears to have been part of a frieze formed of
several slabs. On the left are a woman and a man joining hands. On
the right is a woman between two men; of the man on the right only the
right leg is preserved. The right hand of the woman is seen behind,
while her left hand is held by the man before her. The man on the left
of this group has some object, perhaps a cup, in his right hand
which is stretched out behind him. Between the two groups, and in the
background, a woman rushes to the right, holding branches (?) in her
raised hands.
The men are considerably larger than the women. The women wear a plain
chiton, the men a chiton and mantle. All have bracelets, and long
hair, which falls in a peculiar manner over the forehead; one wears
a taenia, the remainder have stephanae. All the limbs are indicated
under the draperies, even those of the figures in the background,
which are seen through their own draperies and those of their
companions.--_Presented by J. Scott Tucker, Esq., R.N. Karakewi
(Teichioussa), near Branchidae._
Marble; height, 1 foot 9 inches; width, 2 feet 11 inches. Rayet et
Thomas, _Milet et le Golfe Latmique_, pl. 27; Brunn, _Denkmaeler_,
No. 101 B.
SCULPTURES FROM LYDIA.
The following sculptures were found in 1882 by Mr. George Dennis,
C.B., in one of the tumuli at Bin Tepè, near Sardes. Perrot (v., p.
904) suggests that they may have been part of a series of reliefs of
a hunting scene, decorating the sepulchral chamber. The date is
uncertain, but the reliefs may well be earlier than the fall of
Croesus.
[Sidenote: =22.=]
Relief. Three horsemen moving to the right. They wear large helmets
and cuirasses, with shoulder plates, and carry spears.
The figures are cut in a narrow panel, and appear to have served an
architectural purpose.--_Bin Tepè, Sardes._
Marble; height, 7-1/4 inches; width, 1 foot 5 inches. Perrot and
Chipiez, V., p. 903, fig. 535; Murray, _Gr. Sculpt._, 2nd ed., I.,
p. 107.
[Sidenote: =23.=]
Relief. Three deer, moving to the right, grazing. From a panel nearly
similar to the preceding.--_Bin Tepè, Sardes._
Marble; height, 6-3/4 inches; width, 1 foot 4 inches. Perrot and
Chipiez, V., p. 904, fig. 536; Murray, _Gr. Sculpt._, 2nd ed., I.,
p. 107.
SCULPTURES FROM EPHESUS.
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