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FKAGMENTS OP PAKTHENON PEDIMENTS (?). 203340. Cast of a marble head in the Bibliotheque Nationale atParis, wrongly assigned by C. Lenormant to the pedimentsof the Parthenon.Height, 1 foot 9 inches. Gaz. Arch., 1875, pi. 1 ; Wolters, No. 1280Laborde, Athenes, I., p. 157 ; Michaelis, p. 202, B* ; Babelon,Cabinet des Antiques a la Bibl. Nat., pi. 20.Casts from Fragments ofPediment.Chariot-Horses of West341. A large number of small fragments of horses from thewest pediment has been discovered. Several of thesefragments have been proved to have belonged to thehorses of Poseidon, which were lost before the visit ofCyriac of Ancona, in 1447. Others belonged to the groupof horses, which was let fall by Morosini's workmen.Casts of these are preserved in theBritish Museum, butonly the most remarkable are exhibited in the ElginRoom.1. Horse's head broken off at the setting off of the neck.The nose wanting. The mane, which has been hogged,and the surface of this head in several places are brokenaway. This fragment and the two following are assignedby Sauer to the chariot of Poseidon.Michaelis, pi. 8, J. K. a ; Laborde, pi. 26, fig. 25.2. Horse's head, lower half broken away. The manehogged, with a loose lock in front. Behind the ears agroove and two perforations are worked in the mane, andabove the ears two other perforations for the attachmentof trappings of metal.Orerbeck, Ber, d. k. sacks. Ges. d. Wissenschaften, 1879, pi. 1, fig. 3.3. A right hindleg from the stifle joint to the pastern,bent, so as to indicate a rearing action. From below thehough to the hoof the leg is carved out of a block resting