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30 CATALOGUE OF SCULPTURE.44. Fragment of drapery, with the bottom of several folds.It has an incised maeander, as in No. 29, 7, and a palmettoornament painted in red.Height, 6 inches.45. Fragment of the lower moulding of a sculptured base,with a left great toe to the right, and the remains of arectangular object rising from the moulding.Height, 6J inches ; width, 1 foot 6J inches.The Cornice of the Archaic Temple.The restoration of the Sculptured Cornice, which hasbeen built up from the small fragments excavated byMr. Wood, is certainly accurate in its general outlines,although the result is quite unique in form. In place ofthe small cornice with floral decorations, common in latertemples (compare the cornice from Phigaleia, No. 505),the archaic temple of Artemis was surmounted by a loftycornice, 2 ft. lOf in. high. Lions' heads projected atintervals, and drained off the rain water. The intervalsbetween the lions' heads were occupied by metope-likecompositions, carved in a delicate early style.The original frieze probably extended along the twolong sides of the temple. The existing remains are smallportions of at least thirty figures. It is therefore impossibleto reconstruct the separate groups with muchcertainty, although the subjects can, to a certain extent,be conjectured. An attempted restoration of a combatbetween a Lapith and a Centaur is exhibited. The friezealso included chariots and horses ; warriors in chariots,and on foot ; and perhaps scenes with Harpies.The central group on the cornice with the combat ofaCentaur and Lapith is composed of the following fragments.No. 46, 1-18.See Journ. of Ilellen. Studies, x., p. 2, for sketches of