Part 14 (1/2)

Lioness, couching for a spring, but with right paw raised.

Prachov, pl. vi. A, e.

[Sidenote: 4.]

Lion devouring deer. This group is of an established conventional form.

Fellows, _Lycia_, pl. facing p. 174; Wolters, No. 148; Prachov, pl. vi. B, d.; Dieulafoy, _L'Art Ant. de la Perse_, III., pl. 16; Brunn, _Denkmaeler_, No. 104.

[Sidenote: 5.]

Lynx to left, with right paw raised.

Prachov, pl. vi. A, b.; Wolters, No. 147.

[Sidenote: 6, 7.]

Bull contending with Satyr, who appears to be in a position similar to Satyr on slab 1; but a joint cuts off the right leg, and the left arm is wanting.

Prachov, pl. vi. A, f; vi. B, g. Coa.r.s.e limestone. The height of the frieze is 2 feet 6-3/4 inches; the lengths of the slabs are: (1) 4 feet 9 inches; (2) 6 feet; (3) 5 feet 9 inches; (4) 5 feet 1-1/2 inches; (5) 4 feet 11 inches; (6) 4 feet 9-1/2 inches; (7) 3 feet 1 inch.

[Sidenote: =82.= 1-8.]

Frieze of c.o.c.ks and hens. Six c.o.c.ks and five hens represented as standing still, picking up food, or fighting. The work is carefully studied from nature.--_Built into the walls of the Acropolis at Xanthos._

Coa.r.s.e limestone; height, 1 foot 4-1/2 inches; combined length of eight slabs, 28 feet 8 inches; Fellows, _Lycia_, pl. facing p. 174 (two slabs); Wolters, Nos. 136-144; Brunn, _Denkmaeler_, No. 103.

[Sidenote: =83.=]

Part of a tomb (?). From each of two opposite sides, the head and forepaws of a lioness project. The heads are slightly turned towards the front.--_Found at the foot of the Inscribed Monument, Xanthos._

Limestone; height, 1 foot 5 inches; length, 4 feet 1-3/4 inches.

Fellows, _Lycia_, pl. facing p. 174.

[Sidenote: =84.=]

Head and neck of a lion, from a tomb (?). Several pieces of the mane were separately worked and attached.--_Xanthos._

Limestone; height, 1 foot 10 inches.

[Sidenote: =85.=]

Fragment of unfinished relief, with two legs of a seat or couch (?).--_Xanthos._

Limestone; height, 2 feet 4 inches. Compare Perrot and Chipiez, V., p. 304, fig. 211.

[Sidenote: =86.=]

A frieze representing a procession moving from left to right. The figures beginning from the right are:--

[Sidenote: 1.]