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uncovered in its excavations at Persepolis a marble statue of a draped and seated female figure (pls. viii, Ix, x). The figure has been mutilated by the destruction of the arms, the head, and the feet. These are now lost except for the right hand, which was discovered in fragments (pl. XII, A). Thus the torso was all that remained of the original figure, and it was further reduced in size to the shape of a rectangular block when the thigh was broken off. Fortunately the smaller piece was found near the larger and both parts join together exactly (pl. xII, B). The shining white marble of the statue, which has medium large crystals, is related to stone from the quarries of the Aegean islands.2 Therefore it cannot be Persian but must be Greek. The workmanship, which produced a surface so polished that the crystals appear like inset brilliants, is comparable to statues such as the Nike found on Paros.3 Hence it cannot be Attic but must be East Greek. Typologically, the pose represents a woman seated upon a chair supported by a pillar with her bent arm propped upon her bent leg. Thus the new statue must be related to the well-known copies in Rome usually labeled the "Mourning Woman," or

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Author

Cleta Margaret Olmstead

Published

1950

Language

EN

Field

Arts and Humanities (Social Sciences)