Ayios Ermoyenis, Terracotta (T)

T 2035 continued

unlike those for the arms were open moulds, The hands were probably made from the same closed moulds as the arm moulds, but finished after with some modeling, was the hands at th~e wrists probably being turned into postion after coming out of the mould. The joins are, of ~eourse~, not visaable save where they coincide with the breaks, i.e. right side from knee to arm pit, and where the thighs join the torso. EDGE FINISHED AT KNEES Almost complete save for fingerprintips some chips in upper part of right, s^hy at juncture of arm behind, and upper part of right leg, junctur~e~ behind. The legs terminate just a bove the knees, the body from here down obviously not being in terracotta as the end of the th thighs form open cylindrical sockets which probably fitted upon a stand or lower legs in some other material than terracotta, and possibly in wood or ivory.