Smith, Arthur H. [Editor]; British Museum <London> / Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities [Editor]: Catalogue of sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities (Band 2) (London, 1900)

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CATALOGUE OF SCULPTURE.

1346. Bracket, supported by a head of Dionysos, with ivy
wreath and band across the forehead. The work is veiy
late and rude.—Temple of the Muses, Gnidos.

Marble. Height, 11J inches. Newton, Hist. Disc, II., p. 438.

1347. Bracket in the form of a female head, with flowing
hair. Its left side is broken away. The work is late and
rude.—Temple of the Muses, Gnidos.

Marble. Height, 11J inches. Newton, Hist. Disc, II., p. 438.

1348. Corinthian capital (upper part) with volutes, and the
upper part of acanthus leaves.— Temple of the Muses,
Gnidos.

Marble. Height, 8 inches. Newton, Hist. Disc, pi. 83, fig. 9,
II., p. 434. Newton thinks that this and 1349 belonged to
isolated columns, and not to the architecture of the temple.

1349. Corinthian capital (lower part).—Temple of the Muses,
Cnidos.

Marble. Height, 7J inches. Newton, Hist. Disc, pi. 83, fig. 8; II.,
p. 434.

THE LION TOMB.

1350. (Plate XXVI.) Colossal lion. This lion was found lying
overturned on a lofty promontory, about three miles to the
east of Cnidos. On the site where it was lying were the
remains of a Greek tomb, which consisted of a square base-
ment surrounded by a peristyle with engaged columns of the
Doric order and surmounted by a pyramid. It was evident,
from the position in which the lion was found, that it had
once surmounted the pyramid, whence it had been thrown
down, probably by an earthquake. The height of the
tomb was probably about 40 feet. Inside the basement