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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.=]
Nude female statuette, from the neck to the knees. She has necklaces, armlets, bracelets, and rings, which are partly in relief, and partly painted red. She wears also a red girdle, from which symbolic eyes are suspended, one on the abdomen, and one on the small of the back. The ends of this girdle fall one in front of each thigh, and finish in lotus flowers.
Limestone; height, 5-3/8 inches. _Naukratis_, I., p. 33.
[Sidenote: =118.=]
Statuette of a Hunter, standing, with two hares and two young boars slung over his shoulders. He holds his bow in the left hand, his hunting knife in the right hand. He wears a close-fitting cap, and tunic girt at the waist. Inscribed [Greek: Kalli[as aneth]e[ke]].--_Temenos of Aphrodite._
Limestone; height, 1 foot 7-1/2 inches. _Naukratis_, II., pl. 13, fig. 5.
[Sidenote: =119.=]
Female statuette, wearing long, close-fitting drapery and head-dress; she wears a necklace and plays on a tympanum.--_Temenos of Aphrodite._
Limestone; height, 5-5/8 inches. _Naukratis_, II., pl. 14, fig. 9.
[Sidenote: =120.=]
Upper half of female statuette wearing close-fitting drapery, and headdress. She wears a necklace, and holds a flower in the right hand between her b.r.e.a.s.t.s.--_Temenos of Aphrodite._
Limestone; height, 6 inches. _Naukratis_, II., pl. 15, fig. 5.
[Sidenote: =121.=]
Female figure, standing, wearing a close-fitting dress, necklace and shoes. She holds a part of the drapery in her right hand, before her body, and a bird in her left hand between her b.r.e.a.s.t.s. Necklace, armlets, bracelets, shoes, and stripes down her dress are painted red.
The head is wanting.--_Temenos of Aphrodite._
Limestone; height, 7-1/8 inches. _Naukratis_, II., pl. 14, fig.
12.
[Sidenote: =122.=]
Male figure, standing, playing on a lyre. He wears a chiton falling to the feet, a closely-fitting upper tunic, and boots. Parts of the tunic, lyre and boots are painted red. The head is wanting.--_Temenos of Aphrodite._
Limestone; height, 7-1/4 inches. _Naukratis_, II., pl. 14, fig.
14.
[Sidenote: =123.=]
Upper part of a female figure, standing. She wears a closely-fitting dress with long sleeves, and two necklaces. The right hand holds an ankh (?) near the thigh; on the left hand sits a goat, before her body.
Red paint at the borders of the drapery, and on ankh.--_Temenos of Aphrodite._
Limestone; height, 4-3/4 inches. _Naukratis_, II., pl. 14, fig. 8.
[Sidenote: =124.=]
Undraped male figure, standing, holding a lion by the hind legs and tail. The left arm of the figure and the lion's tail are wanting.--_Temenos of Aphrodite._
Limestone; height, 8-3/4 inches. _Naukratis_, II., pl. 14, fig.
10.
[Sidenote: =125.=]
Part of a bearded figure, closely draped, holding a goat before his body by the legs. The head and body from the waist of the figure are wanting.--_Temenos of Aphrodite._
Limestone; height, 3-1/2 inches. _Naukratis_, II., pl. 15, fig. 1.
