Fragment, in high relief, of the head and shoulders of a figure, from
the drum of a column. The front surface is broken away, but the figure
appears to have looked to the front, with long hair falling on the
shoulders, which are draped.
Height, 1 foot 3 inches.
[Sidenote: =31.=]
Fragment, in high relief, of the right thigh of a draped figure,
standing to the right.
Height, 1 foot 1-1/2 inches. Worked above with a bed for another
drum.
[Sidenote: =32.=]
Middle part of a draped figure to the left in high relief. The figure
wears a tunic with sleeves and himation. The left hand is pressed
close to the thigh.
This fragment is similar in style to the sculptures on the columns,
but must have come from a rectangular base, corresponding to the
rectangular bases in the later temple.
Height, 1 foot 2 inches. Murray, I., p. 113.
[Sidenote: =33.=]
Fragment of a head containing the middle of the face. A straight edge
is worked along the left cheek.
Height, 8-1/2 inches.
[Sidenote: =34.=]
Fragment of the left side of a female head, wearing a band across the
forehead, a veil, and a circular earring. Some red on the lips.
Height, 9-1/2 inches.
[Sidenote: =35.=]
Fragment of the upper part of a head, wearing a close-fitting veil,
with curls between the veil and the forehead.
Height, 4 inches.
[Sidenote: =36.=]
Fragment of the right side of a head, containing the cheek, ear, and a
part of a veil which falls behind the ear.
Height, 8 inches.
[Sidenote: =37.=]
Fragment of a head, containing the left ear, and wearing a veil; hair
falls down at the back of the head.
Height, 6 inches.
[Sidenote: =38.=]
Fragment of a head, similar to the last.
Height, 9-1/2 inches.
[Sidenote: =39.=]
Fragment of the left side of a head, turned to the left, and wearing a
veil. It contains a part of the ear and eye.
Height, 6 inches.
[Sidenote: =40.=]
Fragment from the top of a head, with hair.
Height, 6 inches.
[Sidenote: =41.=]
Fragment from the right side of a head, with part of the neck, and
hair falling down. The hair is coloured red.
Height, 3-1/2 inches.
[Sidenote: =42.=]
Fragment, from the right side of a head, containing the top of the ear
and hair falling over it.
Height, 4 inches.
[Sidenote: =43.=]
Fragment of drapery, terminating in zigzag folds.
Height, 7-1/2 inches.
[Sidenote: =44.=]
Fragment of drapery, with the bottom of several folds. It has an
incised maeander, as in No. 29, 7, and a palmette ornament painted in
red.
Height, 6 inches.
[Sidenote: =45.=]
Fragment of the lower moulding of a sculptured base, with a left great
toe to the right, and the remains of a rectangular object rising from
the moulding.
Height, 6-1/2 inches; width, 1 foot 6-1/2 inches.
THE CORNICE OF THE ARCHAIC TEMPLE.
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