Salaminia (Cyprus) : the history, treasures, & antiquities of Salamis in the island of Cyprus (1882)
Cesnola, Alexander Palma di, 1837-, Birch, Samuel, 1813-1885 · London : Trübner and Co. · leaf 148
freely-disposed masses, istinted and bound in a large knot over the forehead.From the presence of wings on the head, Dr. Birchconjectures that the figure was probably intended forMedusa. The arms of the little carving have beenattached to the body by means of pins, one of which Ireplaced more… … Fig. 74. Archaic Box and Contents. Bone. and irrefragable prcof that bone is in question here, isafforded by the unmistakeable cancellated structure ofthe interior of the relic. The collection of antiquitiesalso contains an elegantly-worked bone carving of a lion,which originally foimecl the end or…
