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 2oS HISTORV OF ART ix PIUEXICIA AND ITS DEPENDENCIES. finding a plausible appellation for some other statuettes of which the physiognomy is very peculiar. These are, as a rule, seated and draped in a robe falling to the feet. The head-dress, which seems to be an exaggerated version of the Egyptian coiffure, forms a round and ample mass on each side of the forehead. The left FIG. 142. Astarte. Terra-cotta. Louvre. Height 104 inches. Fit;. 143. Mother goddess. Terra- cotta. Louvre. arm hangs down by the side, the right is bent so that the hand rests upon the stomach, which by its abnormal salience seems to suggest a state of pregnancy (Fig. 143). J Statuettes of this type are continually found in Cyprus. They are closely connected with 1 HEUZEY, Catalogue^ Phenicie, Nos. 192-194.