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500 LION TOMB.
forms a conspicuous object in the modern village
of Palatia.
This lion is 8' long and 4' high. It is in a
couching position; the face is badly preserved;
the body, especially the hind quarters, in good
condition. The fore paws are wanting. The style
is conventional, and may, perhaps, exhibit an imi-
tation of archaic sculpture by a lloman artist.
A few yards to the Avest of this lion are the ruins
of a tomb which appears to have been a Doric
structure on a basement.
The east and west sides of this basement measure
22', and the north and south sides, 25'.
The details of the architecture show that this
edifice was of the Roman period. There is every
reason to suppose that the lion, lying so near the
basement, originally surmounted the tomb.
The other colossal lion at Miletus is lying near
the great theatre, a little to the Avest of the north-
west end of its cavea, on the edge of the marshy
ground bordering on the Mseander.
This lion is in a style still more conventional
than the one I have just described, and is, pro-
bably, of a later period. It is broken in the
middle, and much weatherworn.
The present length is 6'; the fore paws are
wanting.
Close to this lion are the remains of a lloman
tomb, of the Corinthian order.
The basement of this tomb measures 50' by 32'.
Under it is a chamber Avith a barrel vault, 21' long
by 15' 6".
forms a conspicuous object in the modern village
of Palatia.
This lion is 8' long and 4' high. It is in a
couching position; the face is badly preserved;
the body, especially the hind quarters, in good
condition. The fore paws are wanting. The style
is conventional, and may, perhaps, exhibit an imi-
tation of archaic sculpture by a lloman artist.
A few yards to the Avest of this lion are the ruins
of a tomb which appears to have been a Doric
structure on a basement.
The east and west sides of this basement measure
22', and the north and south sides, 25'.
The details of the architecture show that this
edifice was of the Roman period. There is every
reason to suppose that the lion, lying so near the
basement, originally surmounted the tomb.
The other colossal lion at Miletus is lying near
the great theatre, a little to the Avest of the north-
west end of its cavea, on the edge of the marshy
ground bordering on the Mseander.
This lion is in a style still more conventional
than the one I have just described, and is, pro-
bably, of a later period. It is broken in the
middle, and much weatherworn.
The present length is 6'; the fore paws are
wanting.
Close to this lion are the remains of a lloman
tomb, of the Corinthian order.
The basement of this tomb measures 50' by 32'.
Under it is a chamber Avith a barrel vault, 21' long
by 15' 6".