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XANTHOS. HARPY TOMB.
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of painting and monograms were found on the interior of
the chamber. (Fellows, XantMan Marbles, p. 21; Birch,
Archseologia, xxx., p. 186.)
1. West Side.—This relief is divided into two unequal
parts by a small doorway which formed the entrance to
the tomb. This doorway may have been filled up wi'h a
slab of stone, resembling a funeral stele, and the idea thus
suggested was further carried out by the sculpture above
of a cow giving suck to a calf. (Compare the tomb on
the second frieze of the Xanthian Nereid Monument, Mon.
delV Inst., x., pi. 16, fig. 161.)
On the left of the entrance is an enthroned female figure.
She is large and dignified, and is heavily draped. The
left hand is raised, the right hand is extended and holds
a bowl; she is adorned with stephane and bracelets. The
arm of the chair terminates in a ram's head, and is sup-
ported by a seated Sphinx. On the right is a second
enthroned female figure of equal dignity. She is adorned
with a stephane and bracelets. With a graceful, if
affected gesture of the right hand she holds up a pome-
granate flower, and in the left hand she holds a pome-
granate fruit. The back of the throne terminates in a
swan's head, and the arm terminates in the head of a ram.
Three maidens, who are nearly alike, except in the
attitudes of the hands, approach this figure. The first
raises her mantle and chiton with the left and right
hands respectively. The second has a pomegranate flowei
in her left hand, and a pomegranate fruit in her right
hand. The third holds up an egg with her right hand,
and holds the drapery in her left hand.
2. North Side.—An old man, draped and bearded, is seated
on a chair to left; with the left hand he holds a spear,
with the right hand he receives a crested helmet which
is offered to him by a young warrior, who stands before
him. The warrior has a short chiton, and leather cuirass,
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of painting and monograms were found on the interior of
the chamber. (Fellows, XantMan Marbles, p. 21; Birch,
Archseologia, xxx., p. 186.)
1. West Side.—This relief is divided into two unequal
parts by a small doorway which formed the entrance to
the tomb. This doorway may have been filled up wi'h a
slab of stone, resembling a funeral stele, and the idea thus
suggested was further carried out by the sculpture above
of a cow giving suck to a calf. (Compare the tomb on
the second frieze of the Xanthian Nereid Monument, Mon.
delV Inst., x., pi. 16, fig. 161.)
On the left of the entrance is an enthroned female figure.
She is large and dignified, and is heavily draped. The
left hand is raised, the right hand is extended and holds
a bowl; she is adorned with stephane and bracelets. The
arm of the chair terminates in a ram's head, and is sup-
ported by a seated Sphinx. On the right is a second
enthroned female figure of equal dignity. She is adorned
with a stephane and bracelets. With a graceful, if
affected gesture of the right hand she holds up a pome-
granate flower, and in the left hand she holds a pome-
granate fruit. The back of the throne terminates in a
swan's head, and the arm terminates in the head of a ram.
Three maidens, who are nearly alike, except in the
attitudes of the hands, approach this figure. The first
raises her mantle and chiton with the left and right
hands respectively. The second has a pomegranate flowei
in her left hand, and a pomegranate fruit in her right
hand. The third holds up an egg with her right hand,
and holds the drapery in her left hand.
2. North Side.—An old man, draped and bearded, is seated
on a chair to left; with the left hand he holds a spear,
with the right hand he receives a crested helmet which
is offered to him by a young warrior, who stands before
him. The warrior has a short chiton, and leather cuirass,