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CATALOGUE OF SCULPTURE.
2. On a pier, dividing into two the entrance to the inner
chamber, a nude figure of a hoy standing to the left, with
a flower in right hand and a wine ladle (simpulum),
painted flesh-coloured on red ground.
3. On the right, a female figure, closely draped, seated on
a chair, with a girl on one side, and on the other a nude
youth with strigil and oil-flask, and with a small bird
in the right hand. The subject is a not uncommon t3'pe
of sepulchral monument for a woman. Painted with
the figures flesh-coloured, the ground blue, the draperies
purple, yellow, and red.
These subjects are published with colours (Fellows,
Lycia, pi. facing p. 198).
4. On the left of the tomb is a bearded figure, standing,
draped in a himation, and carrying a sceptre.
5. On the right of the tomb are the man on a heroic
scale, and woman attended by smaller figures. The
woman, who is closely draped, stands holding a girl by the
hand, while she raises her veil. The girl holds a flower.
The man, who is draped in a himation, stands leaning on
a staff and holds out his right hand with a fruit or
flower to a woman who approaches and seems to be
offering a casket. A youth stands behind the man.
Synopsis (ed. 1848), Lt/cian Room, No. 166; Fellows, Lyciu, pis.
facing p. 198 ; Benndorf, Eeisen, II., p. 31 ; Texier, L'Asie
Mineurc, III., pis. 227-231. The reliefs are still in situ, except
that the figure of the boy was recently cut out and taken to
Athens (Benndorf, Eeisen, II., p. 31).
955. Casts from the shaft of a tomb at Tlos. The original
stone is said to be about 7 feet 4 inches in height, the top
being lost. The reliefs are in two tiers, on the sides of
the monument.
In the lower course the subjects are :—
(a) Combat of two horsemen. Their horses are both
rearing, and the riders, who wear cuirasses, tunics, and
CATALOGUE OF SCULPTURE.
2. On a pier, dividing into two the entrance to the inner
chamber, a nude figure of a hoy standing to the left, with
a flower in right hand and a wine ladle (simpulum),
painted flesh-coloured on red ground.
3. On the right, a female figure, closely draped, seated on
a chair, with a girl on one side, and on the other a nude
youth with strigil and oil-flask, and with a small bird
in the right hand. The subject is a not uncommon t3'pe
of sepulchral monument for a woman. Painted with
the figures flesh-coloured, the ground blue, the draperies
purple, yellow, and red.
These subjects are published with colours (Fellows,
Lycia, pi. facing p. 198).
4. On the left of the tomb is a bearded figure, standing,
draped in a himation, and carrying a sceptre.
5. On the right of the tomb are the man on a heroic
scale, and woman attended by smaller figures. The
woman, who is closely draped, stands holding a girl by the
hand, while she raises her veil. The girl holds a flower.
The man, who is draped in a himation, stands leaning on
a staff and holds out his right hand with a fruit or
flower to a woman who approaches and seems to be
offering a casket. A youth stands behind the man.
Synopsis (ed. 1848), Lt/cian Room, No. 166; Fellows, Lyciu, pis.
facing p. 198 ; Benndorf, Eeisen, II., p. 31 ; Texier, L'Asie
Mineurc, III., pis. 227-231. The reliefs are still in situ, except
that the figure of the boy was recently cut out and taken to
Athens (Benndorf, Eeisen, II., p. 31).
955. Casts from the shaft of a tomb at Tlos. The original
stone is said to be about 7 feet 4 inches in height, the top
being lost. The reliefs are in two tiers, on the sides of
the monument.
In the lower course the subjects are :—
(a) Combat of two horsemen. Their horses are both
rearing, and the riders, who wear cuirasses, tunics, and