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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 302

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side, are,unfortunately, broken ; but enough exists to shew thatone has extended on her knees a half-unrolled scroll,coloured blue, from which, as her action unmistakablydeclares, she is in the act of singing. In one hand, sheholds a spherical object, probably a ball. The companionmember of this… … Fig. 203. The Goddess of Rain. Tc-rra-coffa. collection contains also the representation in terra-cottaof a young woman advancing against the wind, as thepositions of her legs and hands and the disposition of herdraperies suggest. A torch is in her left hand, the flameof which is drawn backwards.…

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