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A Bronze Figure of a Youth in Oriental Costume
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 23 December 2013
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The remarkable bronze figure published on Pl. II. was exhibited, by permission of the owner, at a meeting of the Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies on Tuesday, May 8. It has not, so far as I am aware, been discussed in print, and has all the interest which attaches to an unsolved problem.
The figure was said to have been found by Egyptian natives, in 1912, in ruins to the east of the Suez Canal, but other reports ascribed it to Alexandria; and it is clear that, unless better information comes to hand, no stress can be laid on the alleged place of origin.
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1 Compare a figure of a boy, once in the Gréau collection, and not I think, entirely above suspicion. I owe this reference to Miss Hutton.
2 B.M.C. Seleucidae, Pl. 27.
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