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FRAGMENTS OF PARTHENON PEDIMENTS (?). 201the west pediment. If the hand is derived thence, it ispossible that the hand is a hand of Athene, and that theobject it holds is not the base of a torch, as has beensuggested, but part of the olive-tree. In that case Athenewould be placing her left hand on a projecting bough ofher tree.Length of third finger, 6J inches. Overbeck, Ber. d. k. sdchs. Ges.d. Wissenschaftcn, 1880, pi. 3.17. Fragment of an olive-tree with foliage.Height, 6^ inches.18. Similar fragment of olive-tree, larger than last.Height, 1 foot 4 inches. Michaelis, pi. 8, fig. 15.19. Fragment of ankle and part of calf of right leg wearinghigh boot and attached on the right side to the trunkof a tree. It is highly improbable that this fragmentbelonged to the Parthenon.Height, 1 foot 3 inches.20. Left hand and wrist of male figure ; the palm is groovedfor the reception of some object like a staff; the thumb,forefinger, and upper joints of the other fingers are wanting.The scale is rather larger than that of the so-calledTheseus (D) of the east pediment, to which the fragmenthas been attributed by Overbeck. The wrist is slightlybent inwards.This hand is finely modelled.Length, 9J inches. Overbeck, Ber. d. k. sdchs. Ges. d. Wissenscliaften,1880, p. 43.21. Fragment of left hand and wrist of male figure, thehand much bent back as if the figure had rested on theopen palm ; broken across the middle of the metacarpalbones ;possibly the left hand of the Eiver-God V in thewest pediment. See No. 304 V.Breadth, 6 J inches.