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XANTHOS.
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this relief is later than the Persian conquest of Xanthos
by Harpagos (about 545 B.C.).
The architectural disposition of the frieze has not been
ascertained. The slabs were found by Fellows, inserted
in a wall of late date on the Acropolis of Xanthos (Benn-
dorf, Beisen in Lyhien, i., p. 86), but it is clear from the
square holes that occur at intervals of 4 ft. 8 in., that
stone beams, imitating wood construction, must once have
projected, and from the raised border round the holes it
is seen that this was the intention of the artist. It is
probable that the frieze belonged to a tomb, and perhaps
represented a funeral procession. It is not possible to
say whether it was on the outside or on the inside of the
building. (Compare Nos. 87, 88, and the tomb of Giol-
Baschi. Compare also the casts of reliefs from Pinara,
Nos. 761-4, for the projecting beam ends.)—Acropolis of
Xanthos.
A similar procession occurs on a sarcophagus from
Amathus. (Cesnola, Cyprus, pi. 14.)
Height, 2 feet 9J inches; combined length of five slabs, 17 feet
4 inches ; height of relief, 2 feet 5 inches; but in parts, upper
margin is cut into. Fellows, Lycia, pis facing pp. 173, 177 ;
Prachov, pi. 3 ; Cesnola, Cyprus, pis. 16, 17 ; Murray, I., pis. 4-6 ;
Wolters, Nos. 131-134 ; Wolters in Jahrbuch des Arch. Inst.,
I., p. 84; Brunn, Denkmaeler, No. 102.
87. 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, hiimttion, cap
with tassel, 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
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51
this relief is later than the Persian conquest of Xanthos
by Harpagos (about 545 B.C.).
The architectural disposition of the frieze has not been
ascertained. The slabs were found by Fellows, inserted
in a wall of late date on the Acropolis of Xanthos (Benn-
dorf, Beisen in Lyhien, i., p. 86), but it is clear from the
square holes that occur at intervals of 4 ft. 8 in., that
stone beams, imitating wood construction, must once have
projected, and from the raised border round the holes it
is seen that this was the intention of the artist. It is
probable that the frieze belonged to a tomb, and perhaps
represented a funeral procession. It is not possible to
say whether it was on the outside or on the inside of the
building. (Compare Nos. 87, 88, and the tomb of Giol-
Baschi. Compare also the casts of reliefs from Pinara,
Nos. 761-4, for the projecting beam ends.)—Acropolis of
Xanthos.
A similar procession occurs on a sarcophagus from
Amathus. (Cesnola, Cyprus, pi. 14.)
Height, 2 feet 9J inches; combined length of five slabs, 17 feet
4 inches ; height of relief, 2 feet 5 inches; but in parts, upper
margin is cut into. Fellows, Lycia, pis facing pp. 173, 177 ;
Prachov, pi. 3 ; Cesnola, Cyprus, pis. 16, 17 ; Murray, I., pis. 4-6 ;
Wolters, Nos. 131-134 ; Wolters in Jahrbuch des Arch. Inst.,
I., p. 84; Brunn, Denkmaeler, No. 102.
87. 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, hiimttion, cap
with tassel, 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
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