Part 15 (1/2)

Slab from the left end of a frieze. A woman stands near the foot of a couch upon which a dead man is laid out. Only the end of the couch and the left foot of the corpse remain. The woman wears a long chiton, himation, cap with ta.s.sel, and earrings. Behind her stands a male attendant, wearing a short chiton, drawn up, beneath a girdle. He holds a small piece of drapery in his left hand.

A groove to the left of the group seems to show that this slab was at an interior angle of a building. The different dimensions make it unlikely that it was a part of the same frieze as No. 86.--_Xanthos._

Limestone; height, 2 feet 9-1/2 inches; length, 2 feet 7 inches.

Prachov, pl. 1, fig. 2; Murray, I., pl. 6; Wolters, 135; Wolters in _Jahrbuch des Arch. Inst._, I. p. 83.

[Sidenote: =88.=]

Slab from the left end of a frieze. A woman wearing a long chiton with sleeves and a himation stands to right with right hand raised, and holding a flower(?). She holds a piece of drapery in left hand. Before her, the remains of another figure.

At the left of this figure is a groove, suggesting that this was an interior angle stone.--_Xanthos._

Limestone; height, 2 feet 9 inches; length, 3 feet 6 inches.

Prachov, pl. 6 B. _h_; Wolters, _Jahrbuch des Arch. Inst._, I., p.

83.

[Sidenote: =89, 90.=]

Gable end of a tomb. On each side of a doorway is a seated Sphinx, and above the lintel are two lions.--_Xanthos._

[Sidenote: =89.=]

The Sphinx on the left wears a cap enclosing most of the hair, a pendant earring, and a narrow taenia. There are traces of red paint on the cap, and of the markings of feathers on the wings. The head and fore-quarters of the lion are wanting.

Limestone; height, 3 feet 9 inches; width, 3 feet 1 inch. About 3 inches appear to be wanting on the right of the slab. Prachov, pl.

5, fig. 1 (the head only of the Sphinx); Dieulafoy, _L'Art Ant. de la Perse_, II., pl. 18, fig. 2; Brunn, _Denkmaeler_, No. 101A.

[Sidenote: =90.=]

The Sphinx on the right of the doorway has her hair confined by a broad band, and has a pendant earring. The markings of the feathers may be seen on the wings. When first discovered in 1840, this relief was brilliantly coloured, as is recorded in a drawing by Scharf. The ground of the relief was bright blue; the feathers were red, black, blue, and white. The hair was yellow, and the taenia was painted with a white pattern on a red ground. The head and fore-quarters of the lion are wanting.

Limestone; height, 3 feet 4-1/2 inches; width, 3 feet 4 inches.

About 3 inches appear to be wanting on the left of the slab.

Prachov, pl. 5, fig. 2; _Museum of Cla.s.s. Antiq._, I., p. 251; Dieulafoy, _L'Art Ant. de la Perse_, II., pl. 18, fig. 2; Brunn, _Denkmaeler_, No. 101A.

[Sidenote: =91, 92.=]

Gable end of a tomb. On each side of a doorway is a seated Sphinx.

Above the lintel of the door is a s.p.a.ce which may have held a relief, now wanting.--_Xanthos._

[Sidenote: =91.=]

The Sphinx on the left wears a stephane; a tress of hair falls on the shoulder. There are faint traces of paint on the wing. The hind-quarters are missing.

Limestone; height, 2 feet 10 inches; width, 2 feet 2 inches. The joint of the stone is at the left side of the door. Prachov, pl.

4, fig. 2.

[Sidenote: =92.=]