Handbook to the antiquities in the British Museum : being a description of the remains of Greek, Assyrian, Egyptian and Etruscan art preserved there, with numerous illustrations (1851)
Vaux, W. S. W. (William Sandys Wright), 1818-1885 · London : Murray · leaf 65
01 is a small fragment of the upper part of a femalehead. As it was discovered among the ruins near the Temple,and as the size corresponds, it has been generally supposed tobe the head of Athene. The sockets of the eyes have been filledby precious stones or metal, and a furrow, which forms the line… … No. 102. It represents a portion of the left breast of Athene, covered as usualwith the ^gis. Holes are apparent on the surface of the marble,probably denoting the places where the bronze serpents and heailof Medusa were formerly attached. No. 103 represents the torso of the figure of Poseidon.…
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