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Height, 4 inches; width, 5 inches.
[Sidenote: 5.]
Drum of a limestone column with flutings.
Height, 4-5/8 inches; diameter, 1 foot 6 inches.
[Sidenote: 6.]
Lower part of the base of an Ionic column.
Height, 4 inches; diameter, 1 foot 9 inches. _Naukratis_, I., pl. 3.
MISCELLANEOUS FRAGMENTS FROM FIRST TEMPLE.
[Sidenote: =101.= 1.]
Upper part of an acroterion, worked below with a rebate.
Height, 3-1/2 inches. _Naukratis_, I., pl. 14A.
[Sidenote: 2.]
Angle piece, with half of a palmette.
Height, 5 inches. _Naukratis_, I., pl. 14A.
[Sidenote: 3.]
Fragment of a plane surface of limestone, with a series of circles painted in blue, white, and red.
Height, 2 inches; width, 7-1/2 inches.
[Sidenote: 4, 5.]
Fragments of two sculptured rosettes, perhaps intended for the decoration of mud surfaces, and probably derived from the earlier temple.
Diameters, 4-1/2 inches and 3 inches. _Naukratis_, I., pl. 18, figs. 7, 8.
THE SECOND TEMPLE OF APOLLO.
[Sidenote: =102.=]
The remains a.s.signed to the second temple are of marble, instead of limestone. They are too fragmentary for restoration, but include bead and reel mouldings, egg and dart patterns, portions of palmette and lotus patterns of elaborate design. Several of the fragments are brilliantly painted with red and blue. The second temple probably belongs to the second half of the fifth century.
Compare _Naukratis_, I., pls. 14, 14A.
MISCELLANEOUS SCULPTURES FROM NAUCRATIS.
[Sidenote: =103.=]
Fragment of the lower part of a draped standing figure. In the middle of the legs the drapery falls in conventional vertical folds. The figure is painted white with a red stripe down each side.--_From the temenos of Apollo._
Limestone; height, 1 foot 5 inches. _Naukratis_, I., p. 13.
[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.
