Draped male figure playing on the double flute, which he holds with
either hand. The band for strengthening the muscles used in blowing
the flute, _phorbeia_, is indicated by a red stripe; the chiton is
ornamented with a narrow red stripe on the shoulder down each side,
and round the hem.--_Camiros._
Limestone; height, 9 inches.
[Sidenote: =68.=]
Similar draped male figure playing on the double flute. The _phorbeia_
is indicated by a red stripe across the mouth; the headdress, probably
a wig, comes very low on the forehead, and falls in a thick mass on
the back of the neck. On the head-dress, eyebrows, and flutes, are
traces of black colour.--_Camiros._
Limestone; height, 7-3/8 inches.
[Sidenote: =69.=]
Upper part of draped male figure. In his right hand he holds a lotos
sceptre (?); his left arm hangs down by his left side. A thick mass of
hair falls on each side of the neck.--_Camiros._
Limestone; height, 4-1/2 inches.
[Sidenote: =70.=]
Androsphinx seated on a plinth. On the head are the combined crowns of
Upper and Lower Egypt; in front is a collar, or pectoral; on the
crown are traces of red colour. This Sphinx is a pseudo-Egyptian
work.--_Acropolis of Camiros._
Limestone; height, 5 inches.
[Sidenote: =71.=]
Androsphinx seated on a plinth. On the head are the crowns of Upper
and Lower Egypt.--_Acropolis of Camiros._
Limestone; height, 3-1/2 inches.
[Sidenote: =72.=]
Androsphinx seated on a plinth. From the head falls a mass of long
hair over the back and shoulders; the front of the body is covered
with a collar or pectoral; the upper part of the wings is broken
off.--_Acropolis of Camiros._
Limestone; height, 5 inches.
[Sidenote: =73.=]
Lion seated on a plinth. The mouth is open; the teeth are shown; about
the lips and edge of the mane are traces of red colour.--_Camiros._
Limestone; height, 5-1/4 inches.
[Sidenote: =74.=]
Bird standing on a plinth with wings closed. Head broken off; tail
long and spreading.
Height, 3-1/4 inches.
[Sidenote: =75.=]
The Egyptian ram-headed deity, Knef, seated in a chair. He wears a
long chiton bound with a girdle, on each side of which a lappet falls
as far as the knees; a thick mass of hair falls from behind each horn
on to the breast.--_Lindos, in Rhodes._
Limestone; height, 4 inches.
SCULPTURES FROM XANTHOS.
The following sculptures, Nos. 80-97, are the archaic portion of the
collection of sculptures from Xanthos, a town some ten miles from
the sea, in the south-west of Lycia. The people of Lycia were a
non-Hellenic race, but the sculptures of Xanthos are distinctly Greek,
though not without traces of oriental influence (cf. No. 86). In the
most important remains, especially in the Harpy Tomb (No. 94) we find
the characteristics of the Ionian School of Asia Minor.
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