FRAGMENTS OF THE PARTHENON SCULPTURES.
Numerous small fragments of the Parthenon sculptures were taken from Athens either by Lord Elgin, or by travellers who visited Athens. Others have been more recently discovered in excavations on the Acropolis, or on its south slope, and are still at Athens. Casts of all such fragments, so far as they could be obtained, are now in the British Museum. As far as possible the fragments have been adjusted in their correct positions on the sculptures, and have been described in their respective places in this Catalogue. Of the remainder all the original marble fragments, and the most interesting of the casts, are exhibited in the Elgin Room, and are described below.
Marble Fragments attributed to the Pedimental Sculptures.
328. Fragment of colossal head. According to Hamilton's Memorandum, this fragment was discovered built into a Turkish house at the west front of the temple. It contains the upper part of a face and head. The sockets of the eyes are hollow, and must have once contained eyes composed of ivory, precious stones, or enamel. (An ivory eye, which must have belonged to a colossal statue, was found in the temple of Athenè, at Ægina, and is engraved in Cockerell, Temples at Ægina, and Bassæ, pl. 12, fig. 4. Cf. also Arch. Anzeiger, 1889, p. 102). The surface of the marble is highly polished, and traces of red colour have been remarked in the hair. The back of the head is worked in a peculiar way, to a plane surface, such as might be required if this was a head from a pediment, on account of the cornice above. The hard, conventional style, however, is not in accordance with that of the pedimental sculptures. This fragment was formerly thought to belong to the Athenè of the western pediment, to which its scale would correspond, but there are no other grounds for the attribution.
Height, 10 inches. Synopsis, No. 101 (118); Mus. Marbles, VI., pl. 16; Michaelis, pl. 8, fig. 14.
329. Two feet, shod with leather, attached to a plinth. The feet belonged to a figure striding to the (spectator's) right. The left foot was advanced, and bore the weight of the body. Between the feet a stump of a tree is attached to the plinth. The feet appear to be those of a female figure, which in that case must have worn a short chiton. The fragment has been assigned by different writers to the Athenè of the west pediment, which is impossible, on account of the attitude; to the Poseidon, which is impossible, on account of the scale; and to the Athenè of the east pediment, about whom we have no information. It has also, with more plausibility, been assigned to the figure of Hermes (H; see Carrey's drawing), who accompanies the chariot of Athenè on the west pediment. It is, however, unlikely that that figure was shod with leather shoes; and the stump also has to be accounted for. It is very probable that the plinth does not belong to the pedimental sculptures at all, and Sauer's plan of the floor of the pediment seems to leave no room for it. It has been suggested that it is part of an independent group of Athenè and Poseidon, which Pausanias saw on the Acropolis. But as to this there is no evidence either way.
Length, 4 feet 6 inches. Mus. Marbles, VI., pl. 8; Synopsis, No. 256 (201); Michaelis, pl. 8, fig. 4, p. 194; Journ. of Hellen. Studies, III., p. 251.
330. Part of colossal right arm of female figure, bent at a right angle at the elbow. It comprises the upper arm, from the shoulder, and the upper part of the forearm. This fragment may, perhaps, have belonged to figure G of the west pediment. (See Carrey's drawing.)
Height (to elbow), 1 foot 11 inches. [Plate VI]., fig. 2. In part given by Michaelis, pl. 8, fig. 40; Synopsis, No. 342 (268).
331. Left arm of female figure, bent, from near the shoulder, to a little above the elbow. Drapery, thrown over the arm at the elbow joint, falls partly on the upper and partly on the fore arm. In the drapery of the upper arm is a hole for the attachment of an object in metal. This fragment seems best suited to the figure N. (See Carrey's drawing.)
Length, armpit to elbow, 1 foot 4¼ inches. Michaelis, pl. 8, fig. 26; Synopsis, No. 315 (271*).
332. Right arm of female figure, slightly bent, formed of two fragments united at the elbow. This may, perhaps, belong to figure F.
Length, 2 feet 7½ inches. Michaelis (pl. 8, fig. 30) gives the upper arm; Synopsis No. 339 (269).
333. Left forearm of female figure, broken off above the elbow (Michaelis, pl. 8, fig. 28). To this is united a cast of a fragment at Athens with the wrist, which is bent a little inwards. The arm must have been bent at the elbow.
Length, elbow to wrist, 1 foot 7 inches. Synopsis, No. 314 (272).
334. Forearm of female figure. Michaelis (pl. 8, fig. 29) thinks that it may have belonged either to figure O or W of the west pediment.
Length, 11½ inches. Synopsis, No. 311 (264).
335. Fragment of left thigh, above life size. Michaelis (pl. 8, fig. 39) calls this a female fragment, and suggests the nude seated female figure S of the west pediment. But he seems to be in error as to the sex, and the fragment seems more appropriate to the figure of the boy, E, in the same pediment.
Length, 1 foot. Synopsis, No. 312 (267).
336. Fore part of right foot of female figure, resting on a thick sole. The foot belonged to a colossal figure, which, can hardly have been other than the Athenè of the west pediment.
Length, 1 foot 1¾ inches (length of second toe, 3¾ inches). Michaelis. pl. 8, fig. 32; Synopsis, No. 340 (244).
337. Piece of drapery, which must have hung free, apparently from the shoulder and outstretched right arm of a colossal figure. At the upper extremity is part of a dowel hole, showing that the marble had been attached here by a joint.
Height, 2 feet 1½ inches. Synopsis, No. 343 (144).
338. Fragment of right shoulder and arm as low as the deltoid. The upper arm presses against the side. This fragment may belong to the boy P on the left of Q in the west pediment.
Height, 11 inches. Synopsis, No. 303 (133).
Casts from Fragments of the Pedimental Sculptures.
339. 1. Colossal female head, slightly turned to its right. The hair was confined in a plait round the head, and also by a wreath or band, which was of metal, as is shown by the holes for its attachment. The nose and mouth have been restored; but the grand style of the antique parts of the head agrees with that of the Parthenon pediments.
It is impossible, however, to determine to which figure the head belongs. It has been assigned by Laborde and others to the Victory (G) who is driving the chariot of Athenè in the west pediment. But it may have belonged to one of the figures N, Q, S, of the same pediment.
The probability that the head is derived from the Parthenon is increased by what is known of its history. It was found in a house of the San Gallo family at Venice. A member of this family, Felice San Gallo, was secretary of Morosini, and may well have taken the head as a trophy from Athens, in 1687. The head passed in 1823 into the possession of David Weber, and afterwards into that of Laborde.
Height, 1 foot 3½ inches. Laborde, Athènes, II., pls. facing pp. 228, 230; Michaelis, p. 195; pl. 8, fig. 6; Wolters, No. 561, p. 257.
2. Colossal female head, much defaced. The hair is gathered in a cloth, which passes over the back of the head. Compare the figure in the east frieze, slab vi., No. 39 (Michaelis, pl. 14, No. 40).
Height, 11½ inches. Michaelis, pl. 8, fig. 9; Laborde, pl. 24, fig. 6.
3. Right side of colossal female head. The hair is gathered into a plait from the brow and bound round the head. This fine fragment agrees well in style with the unrestored parts of the head, No. 1, above.
Height, 10½ inches.
4.Fragment of a wing, with a joint for attachment, and a heavy support below. The figure of Victory (J) in the east pediment probably had large wings; but it is difficult to attach this cast to the statue.
Greatest length, 2 feet 6 inches. Michaelis, pl. 8, fig. 11; Laborde, pl. 25, fig. 12; Overbeck, Ber. d. k. sächs. Ges. d. Wissenschaften, 1880, pl. 3.
5. Three smaller fragments of similar wings.
One is engraved, Michaelis, pl. 8, fig. 10; Laborde, pl. 25, fig. 17.
6. Portion of chiton, the flowing lines of which greatly resemble the treatment of the Iris? (G) of the east pediment.
Length, 1 foot 6½ inches.
7. Portion of the right side of a draped figure wearing chiton and mantle, and sitting on a rock. Attributed by Michaelis to the west pediment (fig. D or fig. U).
Height, 3 feet 3 inches. Michaelis, pl. 8, fig. 5. See above, No. [304 D].
8. Left knee of seated draped figure, with the fingers of a small hand on it. (West pediment, figs. D, E.) See No. [304, D, E].
Height, 1 foot.
9. Left leg of colossal male figure, bent nearly at a right angle at the knee. It is made up from two pieces, a fragment reaching from half-way up the thigh to below the knee, and the fragment of a leg (Michaelis, pl. 8, fig. 36), reaching to the bottom of the calf.
The scale and the attitude seem to agree well with the figure of Hermes (H) of the west pediment.
Greatest circumference of the thigh, 2 feet 7½ inches.
10. Fragment of the right leg and thigh of a colossal male figure, made up of two pieces, the leg from below the knee nearly to the ankle (Michaelis, pl. 8, fig. 38), and the knee with the beginning of the thigh. This leg is slightly bent at the knee. It is on the same scale as the preceding No. 9, and appears to be in the required position for the right knee of the figure of Hermes (H) in the west pediment.
Height, 1 foot 11 inches.
11. A colossal right foot, broken off at the ankle, and also half-way between the instep and the toes. Less than half of the sole is roughly cut with a drill as if this part of the foot had been slightly raised from the ground. The heel and part of the sole under the instep have been broken away. The scale is rather larger than that of the preceding Nos. 9, 10, and it may therefore be one of the feet of the Athenè in the west pediment.
Length of fragment, 11½ inches. Michaelis, pl. 8, fig. 31; Laborde, pl. 58, fig. 8.
12. Fragment of tail of some serpentine creature having on the back a ridge of projections. This fragment has been thought to be part of the tail of a Hippocamp attached to the chariot of Amphitritè.
Length, 1 foot 6 inches. Michaelis, pl. 8, fig. 17; Laborde, pl. 24, fig. 9.
13. Fragment of left thigh, near the knee, of colossal figure; on it falls a corner of drapery to which is attached a gland. Sauer proposes to assign this fragment to the figure S of the west pediment.
Length, 9½ inches. Athenische Mittheilungen, 1891, p. 79.
14. Right thigh and knee of a male figure, rather larger than life. It is very doubtful whether this belongs to the Parthenon.
Length, 10 inches.
15. Fragment of right leg of small figure, broken off above ankle and below knee. It has been attached at the back.
Length, 11 inches.
16. Left hand of colossal female figure clasped round an uncertain object. The hand is broken off at the wrist; the forefinger and middle finger are wanting. There is no evidence that this hand belongs to the Parthenon. The scale, however, is suitable to one of the central figures of the west pediment. If the hand is derived thence, it is possible that the hand is a hand of Athenè, and that the object it holds is not the base of a torch, as has been suggested, but part of the olive-tree. In that case Athenè would be placing her left hand on a projecting bough of her tree.
Length of third finger, 6¼ inches. Overbeck, Ber. d. k. sächs. Ges. d. Wissenschaften, 1880, pl. 3.
17. Fragment of an olive-tree with foliage.
Height, 6½ inches.
18. Similar fragment of olive-tree, larger than last.
Height, 1 foot 4 inches. Michaelis, pl. 8, fig. 15.
19. Fragment of ankle and part of calf of right leg wearing high boot and attached on the right side to the trunk of a tree. It is highly improbable that this fragment belonged to the Parthenon.
Height, 1 foot 3 inches.
20. Left hand and wrist of male figure; the palm is grooved for the reception of some object like a staff; the thumb, forefinger, and upper joints of the other fingers are wanting. The scale is rather larger than that of the so-called Theseus (D) of the east pediment, to which the fragment has been attributed by Overbeck. The wrist is slightly bent inwards. This hand is finely modelled.
Length, 9½ inches. Overbeck, Ber. d. k. sächs. Ges. d. Wissenschaften, 1880, p. 43.
21. Fragment of left hand and wrist of male figure, the hand much bent back as if the figure had rested on the open palm; broken across the middle of the metacarpal bones; possibly the left hand of the River-God V in the west pediment. See No. [304 V].
Breadth, 6¼ inches.
22. Right hand of female figure, small; the thumb and fingers broken off.
Breadth of palm, 4¼ inches.
23. Right hand; the thumb and fingers broken off.
Breadth of palm, 4¾ inches.
24. Right arm of female figure, slightly bent; the upper arm broken about the bottom of the biceps; the under side is worked rough.
Length, 1 foot 2 inches.
25. Fragment of left upper arm of female figure with sleeve of chiton fastened with studs (Michaelis, pl. 8, fig. 25).
Length, 8½ inches.
26. Fragment of right shoulder and upper part of back of arm of female figure; over the shoulder is drapery.
Height, 1 foot ½ inch.
27. Fragment of right hip and right side of body nearly to the navel, of a boy, possibly from the west pediment.
Greatest height, 8 inches.
28. Left breast of female figure, draped; the drapery has been fastened on the left shoulder. This may be part of the figure of Callirrhoè (W) in the west pediment.
Height, 1 foot.
29. Left breast of female figure, the drapery strained over it; the scale is similar to that of the figure C in the west pediment.
Height, 9 inches.
340. Cast of a marble head in the Bibliothèque Nationale at Paris, wrongly assigned by C. Lenormant to the pediments of the Parthenon.
Height, 1 foot 9 inches. Gaz. Arch., 1875, pl. 1; Wolters, No. 1280; Laborde, Athènes, I., p. 157; Michaelis, p. 202, B*; Babelon, Cabinet des Antiques à la Bibl. Nat., pl. 20.
Casts from Fragments of Chariot-horses of West Pediment.
341. A large number of small fragments of horses from the west pediment has been discovered. Several of these fragments have been proved to have belonged to the horses of Poseidon, which were lost before the visit of Cyriac of Ancona, in 1447. Others belonged to the group of horses, which was let fall by Morosini's workmen. Casts of these are preserved in the British Museum, but only the most remarkable are exhibited in the Elgin Room.
1. Horse's head broken off at the setting off of the neck. The nose wanting. The mane, which has been hogged, and the surface of this head in several places are broken away. This fragment and the two following are assigned by Sauer to the chariot of Poseidon.
Michaelis, pl. 8, J. K. a; Laborde, pl. 26, fig. 25.
2. Horse's head, lower half broken away. The mane hogged, with a loose lock in front. Behind the ears a groove and two perforations are worked in the mane, and above the ears two other perforations for the attachment of trappings of metal.
Overbeck, Ber. d. k. sächs. Ges. d. Wissenschaften, 1879, pl. 1, fig. 3.
3. A right hindleg from the stifle joint to the pastern, bent, so as to indicate a rearing action. From below the hough to the hoof the leg is carved out of a block resting on the bed of the pediment. The greater part was sculptured on another block also set in the bed, which is now wanting, and was fitted to the first block at a joint roughly tooled. The outside of the haunch and hough have been cut away, evidently to gain room for the left hindleg of another horse, or, according to Sauer, for the chariot-pole. This limb is composed of three separate fragments.
Michaelis, pl. 8, J. K. f; Laborde, pl. 26, fig. 40; Overbeck, Ber. d. k. sächs. Gesell. d. Wissenschaften, 1879, p. 72, pl. 1; and 1880, p. 161.
4. Left hindleg from stifle to below hough, bent, made up of two fragments; the upper one may be Michaelis, pl. 8, J. K. g; Laborde, pl. 26, fig. 36.
5. Left thigh from below stifle; the outer side split off, broken off in the hough joint.
6. Right forefoot; made up of two fragments of which one is Michaelis, pl. 8, J. K. p; broken off below the knee; the hoof free from the ground.
7. Hoof of forefoot, free from the ground; cut away on one side with rough surface; under the foot are holes round the edge as if for nails.
8. Hindhoof attached to fragment of base.
Michaelis, pl. 8, J. K. m; Laborde, pl. 26, fig. 41.
9. Left foreleg, bent, from above knee to below knee.
Michaelis, pl. 8, J. K. s; Laborde, pl. 26, fig. 30 bis.
Marble Fragments of Metopes.
342. The following fragments can be assigned with confidence to their respective places on the south side.
1. Metope XII. (No. 314). Foot of female figure. See ante, No. [314].
2. Metope XIV. The body of a male figure from the neck to the navel. This fragment is engraved in the vignette to Museum Marbles, Part vii., and was drawn by Carrey, who gives the whole metope as a youth raising his hands in astonishment, and a woman with a casket.
Michaelis, pl. 3, xiv.; Synopsis, No. 319 (143).
3. Metope XVI. The head and trunk of a figure who has fallen in a combat between two men. The trunk was one of the Elgin fragments, and is also engraved in the vignette to Museum Marbles, Part vii. The head was formerly at Chatsworth, and was presented to the Museum by the Duke of Devonshire in 1859. Carrey gives the position of the head of the fallen figure very accurately.
Synopsis, No. 323 (294); Michaelis, pl. 3, xvi.
4. Metope XX. Left thigh of female figure with clinging drapery, standing turned to the left.
The following fragments are either of doubtful or unknown origins. Probably they are all derived from metopes on the south side.
5. Left breast of draped female figure. South side, Metope No. XIII.?
Synopsis, No. 302 (132); Michaelis, pl. 4, fig. K.
6. Fragment of right arm from the wrist to above the elbow, which is bent; above the wrist is attached a corner of drapery. Presented by M. Dubois, 1840. South side, Metope No. XV.?
7. Fragment of right arm from the wrist to the elbow, placed across the breast and left shoulder, with folds of drapery hanging as if from the hand. South side, Metope No. XIX.?
Synopsis, No. 305 (136).
8. Fragment of left arm from the wrist to near the elbow.
Synopsis, No. 306 (137).
9. Fragment of calf of leg.
Synopsis, No. 307 (138).
10. Fragment of calf of leg covered with drapery.
Synopsis, No. 308 (139).
11. Fragment of left arm from the wrist to near the elbow.
Synopsis, No. 309 (140).
12. Part of the arm (?) of a draped figure, made up of two pieces.
Synopsis, Nos. 320 (141) and 322 (142).
13. Fragment of the right upper arm of a draped female figure with sleeve fastened with two studs.
Synopsis, No. 304 (134).
14. Right shoulder and part of breast of draped female figure; the chiton fastened down the shoulder with four studs.
Michaelis, pl. 4, fig. O; Synopsis, No. 301 (131).
15. Left hind leg of Centaur up to above the hough. Presented by M. Dubois, 1840.
Casts from Fragments of Metopes.
343. A large number of fragments have been discovered in the course of excavations at Athens. Casts of these have been attached, as far as possible to the Metopes. Of the fragments which could not be so attached, the following are the most important.
1. South side, Metope XI. Fragment of shield, held by left hands of both Centaur and Lapith; cf. Michaelis, pl. 3, No. xi. See [p. 138].
2. Metope XVII. Torso of male figure, extending from the left shoulder to half-way down the right thigh; drapery hangs from the left shoulder and falls down the back to the waist. This figure has stood on the right foot; the left leg appears to have been bent. This metope, as drawn by Carrey, appears to have contained a nearly nude male figure, standing, and a draped figure of a woman, or citharist, holding a lyre.
Michaelis, pl. 3, xvii.
3. Metope XVII. Fragment, possibly part of a lyre; apparently this is the object held in the hands of the draped figure of this metope. There are traces of fingers at the back.
4. Metope XX. Fragment of right hand holding the end of a scroll. This metope, as drawn by Carrey, contained two draped figures, holding scrolls.
Michaelis, pl. 3, xx.
5. Metope XXIV. Torso of Lapith. In the complete metope, as drawn by Carrey, the Lapith holds the fallen Centaur by the hair, and places his left foot on his body.
Michaelis, pl. 3, xxiv.
6. Head of Lapith, perhaps from Metope No. 305. Found in the excavations on the Acropolis, of 1889.
Height, 7½ inches.
Marble Fragment of Frieze.
344. Head of a youth, looking to the left, in low relief. This fragment probably belongs to one of the horsemen in the north frieze. It is placed by Michaelis (pl. 13) in the space between slabs xxvi. and xxviii. This head was formerly in the possession of Mr. Steinhaüser, at Karlsruhe.
Height, 5¾ inches.
Casts From Fragments of the Frieze.
345. The fragments are here arranged, as far as possible, in the order followed in the description of the frieze.
East Frieze.
1. Fragment from left-hand lower corner of slab, with drapery falling in vertical folds from below the knee of a figure; and with a right foot turned to the right, and wearing a shoe with a thick sole. The figure to which this fragment belongs must have been a maiden in the procession; probably the figure on the left of slab ii. now entirely lost, but preserved in Carrey's drawing.
Height, 1 foot. Compare Michaelis, pl. 14, slab ii., No. 2.
2. Female head, looking to the left. The hair is gathered up under a net. This must have belonged to one of the figures in the procession on the east side, slabs vii.-ix., and probably to No. 56.
Height, 4½ inches.
North Frieze.
3. Fragment of arm and drapery of male figure moving to the left. From the left edge of a slab. This seems to be a part of the figure, No. 4, partly seen on slab ii., and has been thus drawn on [plate vii].
Height, 1 foot 1 inch.
4. Left-hand upper corner of slab, on which is a youthful male head, bound with a diadem, looking to the left; the face shown in three quarters. This seems to agree best with Carrey's drawing of the figure with the sheep, slab iv., No. 7 (= Michaelis, No. 9). See [plate vii].
Height, 7½ inches.
5. Fragment containing the back of the head of one of the lyre-players (Michaelis, No. 24) and part of the lyre of the other (Michaelis, No. 25).
Height, 11¼ inches. (See [Plate viii].) Michaelis, pl. 12, vii.
6. Fragment from lower part of draped figure from knee to right (?) foot, the direction being to the left. On the right side of the fragment is a joint. The drapery reaches to the ankle, with an upper fold falling half-way down the calf. This fragment seems to have belonged to the musician on slab vii., whose lyre is preserved on the preceding fragment, and is thus drawn on Plate viii. Michaelis is in error in marking a joint on the left of his No. 26 (= Museum, No. 17).
Height, 1 foot 7½ inches.
7. Fragment with left foot wearing a shoe, from a draped figure moving to the left. The skirt falls just above the ankle. This may be a part of the figure on slab i., only preserved in Carrey's drawing (cf. [Plate vii].); or it may have belonged to one of the figures on slabs vii.—ix., notwithstanding that Carrey represents them with bare feet.
Height, 7 inches.
8. Fragment from the left of slab ix., giving parts of the three figures shown in Carrey's drawing (see [Plate viii].). This fragment agrees fairly well with Carrey, except that he does not indicate the hand of the middle figure. It was discovered in the excavations on the Acropolis in 1889.
Height, 2 feet.
9. Fragment from the right joint of a slab, containing part of a male figure from the hip to the right shoulder. The right arm was held horizontally, and bent at the elbow, so that the hand is seen before the breast. A mantle passes round the body from under the right arm to the left shoulder. This, as Robert points out (Arch. Zeit., 1875, p. 100, l), seems to be the marshal beside the chariot group in Michaelis, pl. 12, xiii., fig. 48. (See Plate [viii]., slab xiii.) In that case the raised mass on the left of the hip of this figure would be part of the rump of the third horse.
Height, 1 foot 5 inches.
10. Fragment with edge of hind quarter of horse, rearing to the left, with part of the tail. Above the tail are folds of drapery. This fragment is perhaps a part of slab xiii., with the hinder chariot horse; but this is very doubtful.
Height, 1 foot 8 inches; Michaelis, pl. 12, slab xiii., fig. 48.
11. Part of a charioteer, between the waist and the knees; he stands in a chariot, of which the antyx is visible. The left forearm crosses the body as if holding the reins. This fragment, which is not noticed by Michaelis, must belong to the north frieze. Robert (Arch. Zeit., 1875, p. 100, n) proposed to assign it to slab No. xiii. of the north frieze. This seems the most probable position, though the fragment does not agree very well with Carrey's drawing.
Height, 1 foot.
12. Fragment of chariot group; an apobates standing in a quadriga, leaning forward. The head and neck, right arm from below elbow and legs from below the knee are wanting. On his left arm is his oval buckler. He wears a chiton which leaves the right arm and side bare. His right hand must have grasped the antyx. On the left a portion of the drapery of the charioteer is visible. There is a joint on the left of this fragment. It must belong to the northern frieze, and on p. 172, fig. 12, it has been drawn in combination with slab xix. It is not given by Michaelis, or in Robert's list (Arch. Zeit., 1875, pp. 95-103).
Height, 1 foot 5 inches.
13. Horse's head, reined back; a joint on the left side. The scale and direction show that this head belonged to a chariot group on the north side.
Height, 11½ inches; Michaelis, pl. 12, slab xx. (cf. p. 173).
14. Fragment containing a part of the neck and lower part of the mane of one of the horses of a chariot group, together with a part of the neck of a second horse. This fragment, which was discovered in the excavations on the Acropolis of 1889, must belong to a chariot group of the north frieze, perhaps to slab xi., xv., or xvi.
Height, 1 foot 3 inches.
15. The upper part of two horsemen, and part of the head or neck of a succeeding horse. The second rider, whose hand is preserved, held metal reins. The horse had a metal bridle. This fragment was formerly in the Cataio Villa, and afterwards the property of Archduke Karl of Austria. It must have belonged to the fragmentary portion of the north frieze, between slabs xxvi. and xxviii.
Height, 1 foot 3 inches; Laborde, Athènes, II., p. 236; Michaelis, pl. 13, xxvii.
South Frieze.
16. Helmeted head looking to the right. The lower part of the face is broken away. The helmet has a cheekpiece turned up at the side. This head probably belongs to the horseman, No. 5, in the south frieze.
Height, 5¼ inches.
17. Foreleg of a horse from below the knee to the hoof. The direction is to the right.
Length, 7½ inches.
18. Youthful beardless head wearing a petasos and looking to the right. The right side of the head is broken away. Michaelis engraved this head, pl. 11, slab xix., No. 48. It no doubt belongs either to that horseman, or to one of the two on the slab following (xx.), for which see Carrey's drawing.
Height, 7 inches.
19. Upper part of youthful male figure looking to the right; behind, horse's head. The figure wore a chiton with girdle, and, apparently, a close-fitting helmet or leather cap. Part of the shoulder of a second figure seems to be visible on the right edge of the fragment. It is not easy to find a place for this fragment among the horsemen of the south side. It seems more probable that the head is that of the charioteer of slab xxvi.; it agrees well with Carrey's drawing.
Height, 1 foot 4 inches; Michaelis, pl. 11, slab, xxvi.; No. 64.
20. Fragment of male figure, turned to the right, extending from the neck to the hip. The drapery consists only of a mantle which is seen passing over the right shoulder and round the body. The figure appears to be that of a youth and to correspond best with one of the charioteers of the south frieze, only preserved in Carrey's drawing, Michaelis, pl. 11, slab xxvii.
Height, 1 foot ¼ inch; Michaelis, pl. 11, slab xxiv., a.
21. Fragment of elderly male figure, moving to the right; from the hips to the beginning of the shoulder blades. He wears a mantle closely wrapped about him, and leaving the right arm bare. On the right of this fragment is a joint. It probably belongs to a figure in the group of old men and musicians, slabs xxxiv.-xxxvii. Michaelis inserts it in slab xxxv. (No. 97 in his pl. 11), but his drawing is incorrect and the fragment cannot be adjusted there. The only possible place seems to be on the right of slab xxxiv.
Height, 10 inches.
22. Fragment with left foot and part of drapery of figure moving to the right, and having the left foot hindmost. From the left-hand lower corner of a slab. The lowness of the relief shows that this foot belongs to one of the figures on the far side of the victims. Michaelis combines it with his pl. 11., slab xliii., 126. This figure, which is 84 according to the Museum numbering, has now been joined to slab xli. Although the fragment does not seem to join satisfactorily to the angle of slab xli., yet this seems its probable position.
Height, 8 inches.
South or North Frieze.
23. Fragment of helmeted head looking to the right. The head is entirely destroyed except the back of the helmet and its crest. This head perhaps belongs to one of the warriors that accompany the chariots in the north frieze.
Height, 11½ inches.