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OF THE MAUSOLEUM. 229
which appears to be a portion of a rocky base. It
is probable, therefore, that it has been placed by the
side of a statne, which, from the scale of the helmet,
Would not have much exceeded life size.
On the first discovery of this fragment, I imagined
that it had been broken off from a helmeted head,
which, from the peculiar treatment of the beard,
appeared to be an example of archaic sculpture;°
but further examination has convinced me that a
helmet placed on the ground is all that is intended
to be represented. Though found amid the remains
of the quadriga and pyramid steps, it is evident,
from the smallness of the scale, that this helmet
could not have been placed so high.
It is singular that Guichard, in describing the
sarcophagus of Mausolus, speaks of its tymbre tie
marbre blanc, which I have translated "helmet."
Were it not that the rough character of its base
seems unsuitable for such a position, I should be
tempted to believe that the marble helmet found by
me was that seen by De la Tourette in the sepulchral
chamber.
Among the most remarkable features in the
sculptural decorations of the Mausoleum were the
lions, of which it is probable that we possess frag-
ments of about twenty. Their proportions are evi-
dently adjusted to three different scales. The largest
measure 4/ 6" from the point of the shoulder to the
hind-quarter; and the second in scale, about 3" less.
Their height cannot be exactly ascertained ; but it
0 See Papers, &c, p. 22, and ante, p. 105, where this helmet is
described as an archaic helmeted head.
which appears to be a portion of a rocky base. It
is probable, therefore, that it has been placed by the
side of a statne, which, from the scale of the helmet,
Would not have much exceeded life size.
On the first discovery of this fragment, I imagined
that it had been broken off from a helmeted head,
which, from the peculiar treatment of the beard,
appeared to be an example of archaic sculpture;°
but further examination has convinced me that a
helmet placed on the ground is all that is intended
to be represented. Though found amid the remains
of the quadriga and pyramid steps, it is evident,
from the smallness of the scale, that this helmet
could not have been placed so high.
It is singular that Guichard, in describing the
sarcophagus of Mausolus, speaks of its tymbre tie
marbre blanc, which I have translated "helmet."
Were it not that the rough character of its base
seems unsuitable for such a position, I should be
tempted to believe that the marble helmet found by
me was that seen by De la Tourette in the sepulchral
chamber.
Among the most remarkable features in the
sculptural decorations of the Mausoleum were the
lions, of which it is probable that we possess frag-
ments of about twenty. Their proportions are evi-
dently adjusted to three different scales. The largest
measure 4/ 6" from the point of the shoulder to the
hind-quarter; and the second in scale, about 3" less.
Their height cannot be exactly ascertained ; but it
0 See Papers, &c, p. 22, and ante, p. 105, where this helmet is
described as an archaic helmeted head.