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—NAUCRATIS. 61.98. Torso of female figure treated like No. 96, but holdingthe fold of drapery with the left hand. Xanthos.Marble ; height, 3 feet lOJ inches. Prachor, pi. 2, fig. 4.SCULPTURES PROM NAUCRATIS.The remains here described were obtainedfor the mostpart from the site of the temple of Apollo at Naucratis,in the Nile Delta. The site of Naucratis was discoveredby Mr. W. M. Flinders Petrie, and the remains of thetemple were found in the course of excavations which hecarried on, in 1884-5. A few sculptures also were foundby Mr. E. A. Gardner in the excavations of 1885-6. Thewhole of the collections from Naucratis in the BritishMuseum were presented by the Egypt Exploration Fund,which conducted the excavations.Naucratis was a colony of Greeks, settled in Egypt forpurposes of trade. It is situated to the west of the mostwesterly or Canopic mouth of the Nile, and is nearlymidway between Cairo and Alexandria. The date of thefoundation of Naucratis has been a subject of controversy.It is known that the colony owed much to Amasis, Kingof Egypt (564-526 B.C.). According to the statement ofHerodotus (ii. 178), Amasis showed his friendship to theGreeks by giving, to those who came to Egypt, the city ofNaucratis to live in (^tXeXXrjv 8e ycvoftcvos 6"A/iacrts aAAaTc cs 'FiXk-qvoiV /AeT6^€T£povs OLireSei^aTO, /cai 8rj kol toIctioTTiKvcu/iei'Oto'i €S AtyvTTTOV ISoDKC NttV/cpaTtv ttoXlv ivoLKrjaatyK. T. A..). The question has been discussed whether thewords of Herodotus prove that Amasis was the first toallow the Greeks to live at Naucratis, or whether theaccount of Strabo (xvii., 1, 18) can be accepted, accordingto which Naucratis was already occupied by Greeks,especially by Greeks of Miletus.If Amasis introduced