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To My Family and Uğraş Uzun - Bilkent University

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h<strong>and</strong> holds the reins of a horse rearing towards the right. The figure is wearing<br />

boots without laces. His hair is curly <strong>and</strong> cut short at the nape. He is beardless<br />

<strong>and</strong> young. The face does not have a portrait character, however, the facial<br />

features are clear. The pupils have been carved as if he is looking up. The tip of<br />

his nose <strong>and</strong> the chin have been broken off (ancient damage). There are<br />

encrustations on the broken parts of his face <strong>and</strong> within the folds of his clothes.<br />

The figure has not been polished <strong>and</strong> tiny chisel marks are visible on the entire<br />

surface.<br />

Figure L. St<strong>and</strong>ing young male figure (an attendant) (Fig. 76) wearing a<br />

belted short chiton <strong>and</strong> a chlamys draped over the right shoulder fastened with a<br />

conical brooch. The body is shown frontally <strong>and</strong> the head is turned to his left. The<br />

weight of the body is on the right leg, which is straight <strong>and</strong> st<strong>and</strong>s firmly on the<br />

ground. The left leg is curved from the knee. The left arm is entirely within the<br />

chlamys <strong>and</strong> the left h<strong>and</strong> holds an empty cornucopia. The right arm is bent,<br />

holding a spear at a slight angle, of which only the spearhead remains. He is<br />

wearing boots with laces. His hair grows half way down to his neck. He is<br />

beardless <strong>and</strong> young. The face does not have a portrait character, however, the<br />

facial features are clear. The pupils have been carved as if he is looking up. There<br />

are encrustations on his right arm <strong>and</strong> within the folds of his clothes. The figure<br />

has not been polished <strong>and</strong> tiny chisel marks are visible on the entire surface.<br />

Figure M1. Young male mounted on a horse (Fig. 77). The body <strong>and</strong> the<br />

head are in profile <strong>and</strong> are turned right. He is wearing a belted short chiton <strong>and</strong> a<br />

chlamys draped over the right shoulder fastened with a conical brooch. The skirts<br />

of the chiton are pulled up so as to leave his right leg almost entirely naked. The<br />

right arm is raised holding a spear about to pierce a lion (Figure N). The left arm<br />

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