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(1886) [MARC] Author: Carl Bovallius
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to be a repetition of the helmet of the head. The outer edges of the slab
formed a border five to six cm. broad and 3 cm. high. The slab was broken
in two pieces, the lower portion was found lying far from the upper one.
The entire slab measured 182 cm. from the upper edge of the upper
projection to the lower edge of the border below the feet; its breadth across
the body of the figure was 74 cm. The length of the figure irom the top
of the head to the lower edge of the feet was 135 cm. The length of the
face was 28 cm., its breadth 27 cm. The length of the breast-plate from
the chin was 30 cm. The breadth across the shoulders 45 cm. The statue
was found on the ground immediately north of the mound I; the lower piece
was found west of the mound III.

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PI. 32.

Not mentioned by SQUIER.

Male figure in relief. Broken in several fragments and impossible to
reconstruct. Only the face could be delineated. The face was well preserved
and originally uncommonly well executed. It was quite expressive; the
forehead was broad, not low, covered with a round cap or low turban; the eyes
were narrow, elliptical, boldly cut; the nose was straight, broadening
downwards; the mouth half-open, with thin, but well-formed lips; the cheeks were
lean, but carefully sculptured; the chin was broad and powerful. The ears
were large, very prominent. The length of the face from the lower edge of
the turban to the lower edge of the chin was 35 cm.; its breadth 26 cm.
The thickness of the slab oi stone was about 30 cm. Most fragments of
this relief were lying at the western margin of the mound V.

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PI. 32.

Not mentioned by SQUIER.

Relief representing a male figure with the face of a skull. It was of
much rougher workmanship than the reliefs before described. The face was

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