[Sidenote: =104.=]
Upper part of an incense burner or small altar with rosettes and
Uraei.
Limestone; height, 4-3/4 inches. _Naukratis_, I., pl. 18, fig. 11.
[Sidenote: =105.=]
Part of a model of an Egyptian building.
Limestone; height, 5-1/2 inches. _Naukratis_, I., pl. 18, fig. 1.
[Sidenote: =106.=]
Model of a shrine.
Limestone; height, 8-1/2 inches.
[Sidenote: =107.=]
Portions of a group of two figures leading a bull to sacrifice. Of the
first figure no part remains except the hands which held a rope round
the bull's neck. The second figure stands beside the bull, and places
his right hand on its back. The head is wanting. An amphora stands on
the ground on each side of the figure. Red colour on the drapery and
on the tops of the vases.--_Temple of Apollo._
Limestone; height, 3 inches. _Naukratis_, I., pl. 2, fig. 21.
[Sidenote: =108.=]
Part of a figure kneading dough in a trough. Of the figure only the
hands and feet remain. Traces of red colour.--_Temple of Apollo._
Limestone; height, 2-1/8 inches. _Naukratis_, I., pl. 2, fig. 19.
[Sidenote: =109.=]
Figure seated on a chair with a box on its lap. Before it a table on
which lie four fish. The head of the figure is wanting.--_Temple of
Apollo._
Limestone; height, 1-3/4 inches. _Naukratis_, I., pl. 2, fig. 20.
[Sidenote: =110.=]
Torso of a male statuette, from the neck to the knees, holding a lion
by the tail and hind legs.
Alabaster; height, 5-3/4 inches. _Naukratis_, I., pl. 1, fig. 1.
[Sidenote: =111.=]
Upper part of a statuette of a warrior(?). The figure wears a peaked
helmet, a close-fitting tunic with sleeves, and armlets.
Alabaster; height, 4-1/4 inches. _Naukratis_, I., pl. 1, fig. 2.
[Sidenote: =112.=]
Vessel for holding ointment (_alabastron_). The upper part is in the
form of a female bust. The right hand holds a necklace on the breast.
The left hand is by the side.
Alabaster; height, 7-1/4 inches. _Naukratis_, II., pl. 14, fig.
11.
[Sidenote: =113.=]
Upper part of an _alabastron_ similar to the preceding.
Alabaster; height, 3-1/2 inches.
[Sidenote: =114.=]
Head, wearing a band across the forehead, and having a headdress with
a veil which is gathered back in folds from the front. Red on the lips
and headdress.
Limestone; height, 4 inches. _Naukratis_, I., pl. 1, fig. 5.
[Sidenote: =115.=]
Head, wearing a band across the forehead, from which lappets hang down
before the ears. Delicately executed archaic work.
Alabaster; height, 2-1/2 inches. _Naukratis_, II., pl. 17, fig.
13.
[Sidenote: =116.=]
Fragment of the rim of a basin, supported by a Harpy-like being,
carrying a diminutive figure at her breast. The figure is female, with
spreading wings. On its left side, the body ends in the egg-like form
of the figures on the Harpy tomb. On the opposite side, the form of
the body is uncertain. The head is wanting.
Alabaster; height, 3 inches.
[Sidenote: =117.=]
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