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 156 HISTORY OF ART IN PHCENICIA AND ITS DEPENDENCIES. origin. Neither in handling nor material does it resemble pieces from Syria or Cyprus. The greenish-grey of the paste and the general character of the execution are, in M. Heuzey's opinion, quite those of Babylonian figures dating from the late Parthian epoch ; he is inclined, in fact, to place our statuette among the very late productions of Oriental art. 1 On the other hand, the same motive reappears on a Louvre figurine the provenance of which is known (Fig. 106). It was found by Mr. Lang, at Livadia, near Larnaca ; so that it comes FIG. 106. Terra-cotta statuette. Height 8 inches. Louvre. From Heuzey. most likely from the workshops of Kition. 2 Imitation of Egypt may be traced in the arrangement of the headdress, but that of a freer art, which can have been no other than the art of Greece, may be divined in the slender elegance of the forms, especially of 1 HEUZEY, Catalogue, p. 108. Under the necklace there are certain figures in relief in which some have recognized Greek characters used to write some other language. If we may put faiih in the memory of M. Guillaume Rey whose liberality has greatly enriched the Louvre collections the figure in question was sold to him, in Syria, as having come originally from Hillah, near Bagdad. 2 HEUZEY, Catalogue, p. 199.