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and the mouth half smiling. The ears are large and protruding. Round the neck there appears a band in low relief as if to suggest a necklace or (1) torque. The rendering of the body gives an impression of strength, the chest is broad with the ribs indicated, the waist narrow and the thighs massive especially when seen in profile. Everywhere we observe an attempt to render the anatomical details, and especially the muscular part of the body, with some exaggeration, but the result is harmonious and forceful. The lower parts of the legs are somewhat clumsy but the toes are rendered in detail, even the nails being shown. The statue was fixed on a pedestal by way of rectangular pins extending downward from the heels. The back of (Pl.LXXV,4) the body/is rendered more summarily than the front. Generally one is struck by the refined treatment of the face with its half-smiling expression and by the rather heavy but at the same time powerful / rendering
(1) Compare the silver statuettes from Ras-Shamra wearing torques. Syria 1933, Pl.XVII.
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