Cast of the relief on the north side of the tomb at _Cadyanda_. This
relief which is much mutilated, appears to contain a banquet scene,
with four couches, each having two persons reclining and several
attendant figures. Two attendants stand near the first couch on the
left. One has a wreath in the right hand. Near him is the inscription
[Greek: ...A....A]. A smaller figure plays on the flute. On the first
couch are remains of a figure seated, nearly erect, and of a figure
lying with his head resting on his left hand and having a bowl in his
right hand. A portion of the original sculpture is here inserted in
the cast. Above is the inscription [Greek: ...easob] (?), and below
is the bilingual inscription _edazzala_ [Greek: Eidassalas]. The next
group is obscure, but appears to consist of a figure seated, with
the right hand stretched out, so as to be seen above the head of the
figure last described, and a figure holding a child which stretches
out its arms to a figure on the right. Below the first of these two
figures is the bilingual inscription _mezo_ [Greek: Mesos]. On the
left of the second of the two figures is the bilingual inscription
_zzala_ [Greek: Salas], the Lycian being also repeated below,
_zzal(a)_. We must, therefore, suppose this figure to be Salas, the
owner of the tomb. The child is named _horlar_ (?) On the next couch is
a draped figure reclining on the left elbow, and holding out his right
hand to the child. Near this figure is the inscription [Greek: SIRO]
(?), and below it, remains of an illegible inscription. Next on the
right is a small draped female figure, seated on a chair, with the
hands stretched out. Behind her is a larger figure standing, with the
bilingual inscription _...katamna_ [Greek: Hekatomnas]. On the third
couch are two men reclining. Above the first is the inscription
[Greek: Kparam[os]], and below _[k]pparama_. Below the second is the
bilingual inscription _mola_ [Greek: Molos] (?). Below the couch is a
dog. On the fourth couch are also two men reclining. Above the
first is the inscription [Greek: Seskôs], and below remains of the
corresponding Lycian inscription _ze...wwa_. Below the second is
a bilingual inscription, in which only the Greek name, [Greek:
Kendyomis], is legible. A dog stands below the couch.
At the right end of the relief, corresponding to the figure at the
left end of the north side, is a nude male figure dancing, with the
bilingual inscription _äkatam[n]a_ [Greek: Hekatomnas].
Height, 2 feet 1 inch; length, 8 feet 8 inches. Fellows, _Lycia_,
pl. facing p. 116 (very inaccurate); _C.I.G._, 4225; _Synopsis_,
_Lycian Room_, No. 152; Petersen, _Reisen in Lykien_, II., p. 193.
VOTIVE RELIEFS.
For an account of Greek votive reliefs, of the occasions on which they
were dedicated and of the objects represented, see above, p. 302.
[Sidenote: =770.=]
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