Bluish marble; height, 1 foot 4 inches; length, 5 feet 9 inches; width, 2 feet. The marble was probably the sculptured base of a statue or group. Afterwards it was roughly converted into a water-basin, and in modern times it served as a seat at the right side of the door of a church at Sigeum. The Sigean inscription formed a corresponding seat at the left side of the door. Lady M. Wortley Montagu, _Letter_ XLIV. (of July 31, 1718); Chandler, _Travels in Asia Minor_ (1775), p. 36; _Antiquities of Ionia_, I., p. i. (The original drawing by Pars is in the Brit. Mus.) Choiseul-Gouffier, _Voyage Pittoresque_, II., pl. 19; _Synopsis_, No. 324 (99); _Mus. Marbles_, IX., pl. 11. [Sidenote: =790.=] Relief: Cyrenè crowned by Libya. This relief represents the nymph Cyrenè in the act of strangling a lion, while, to commemorate this triumph, a crown is held over her head by Libya. Inscribed: [Greek: Kyrênên poliôn mêtroptolin hên stephei autê êpeirôn Libyê trisson echousa kleos, enthad' hyper melathroio leontophonon theto Karpos, euxamenos, megalês sêma philoxeniês.] The inscription may be thus translated: "Here over the architrave, Karpos, making this dedication, placed Cyrenè, mother of cities, slayer of lions, in token of great hospitality. Libya, who has the glory of being a third continent, herself crowns her." Cyrenè stands on the left, in attire very like that of Artemis as a huntress. She wears a chiton reaching to the knees, over which is a chlamys, and buskins; her hair is drawn back from her face. Both her arms are locked round the lion's neck. Libya wears a long chiton girt at the waist, and a mantle fastened between the breasts and falling down behind; her hair, bound with a diadem, is arranged over her forehead in long, regular curls, and falls down her neck; at her side is an animal couchant, of which the head is broken off, and which is perhaps a gazelle. The scene takes place on rocky ground. Two vines arch their branches over the group.