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 264 HISTORY OF ART IN PIKKNU i. AND ITS DEPENDENCIES. formed part of the contents of the temple itself. Most likely they represent people of distinction princes, perhaps, and priests who, in raising their images close to the sanctuary, wished to FIG. 193. Votive stele from Sulcis (Sardinia). Height 28 inches. From Crespi. perpetuate evidence of their piety. This hypothesis is confirmed by the fact that on the site of the temples of Golgos and Amathus, a great number of statues, often very well preserved, have been found, and that their attitude is only to be explained Fa;. 194. Votive stele from Sulcis. From Crespi. in one way. They are both male and female ; their heads are bound about sometimes with a veil, sometimes with a crown of flowers ; the pendant hair and beard are dressed with