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A catalogue of the Sparta Museum (1906)

Sparta Museum, Tod, Marcus Niebuhr, 1878-1974, Wace, A. J. B. (Alan John Bayard), 1879-1957 · Oxford : Clarendon Press · leaf 192

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eless and ungirt, but with crossedbands under the breasts and overthe shoulders. There is also ahimation round her lower limbsand over the 1. shoulder. Shewears sandals; 1. is free leg andis drawn back in a resting position.Her 1. hand is broken away: herr. holds out a prochoos pouringinto the… … Fig- 59- figures there is a plain omphalos standing on a square plinth: each sideof the omphalos on the edges of the plinth stands an eagle; they faceeach other, but their heads are looking round behind them. The eaglesobviously refer to the legend that Zeus sent two eagles round the worldto find…

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