Fellows, _Lycia_, pl. facing p. 174; Wolters, No. 148; Prachov,
pl. vi. B, d.; Dieulafoy, _L'Art Ant. de la Perse_, III., pl. 16;
Brunn, _Denkmaeler_, No. 104.
[Sidenote: 5.]
Lynx to left, with right paw raised.
Prachov, pl. vi. A, b.; Wolters, No. 147.
[Sidenote: 6, 7.]
Bull contending with Satyr, who appears to be in a position
similar to Satyr on slab 1; but a joint cuts off the right leg,
and the left arm is wanting.
Prachov, pl. vi. A, f; vi. B, g. Coarse limestone. The height of
the frieze is 2 feet 6-3/4 inches; the lengths of the slabs are:
(1) 4 feet 9 inches; (2) 6 feet; (3) 5 feet 9 inches; (4) 5 feet
1-1/2 inches; (5) 4 feet 11 inches; (6) 4 feet 9-1/2 inches;
(7) 3 feet 1 inch.
[Sidenote: =82.= 1-8.]
Frieze of cocks and hens. Six cocks and five hens represented as
standing still, picking up food, or fighting. The work is carefully
studied from nature.--_Built into the walls of the Acropolis at
Xanthos._
Coarse limestone; height, 1 foot 4-1/2 inches; combined length of
eight slabs, 28 feet 8 inches; Fellows, _Lycia_, pl. facing p. 174
(two slabs); Wolters, Nos. 136-144; Brunn, _Denkmaeler_, No. 103.
[Sidenote: =83.=]
Part of a tomb (?). From each of two opposite sides, the head and
forepaws of a lioness project. The heads are slightly turned towards
the front.--_Found at the foot of the Inscribed Monument, Xanthos._
Limestone; height, 1 foot 5 inches; length, 4 feet 1-3/4 inches.
Fellows, _Lycia_, pl. facing p. 174.
[Sidenote: =84.=]
Head and neck of a lion, from a tomb (?). Several pieces of the mane
were separately worked and attached.--_Xanthos._
Limestone; height, 1 foot 10 inches.
[Sidenote: =85.=]
Fragment of unfinished relief, with two legs of a seat or couch
(?).--_Xanthos._
Limestone; height, 2 feet 4 inches. Compare Perrot and Chipiez,
V., p. 304, fig. 211.
[Sidenote: =86.=]
A frieze representing a procession moving from left to right. The
figures beginning from the right are:--
[Sidenote: 1.]
An old man, seated in a car, driving two horses. Behind him stood
an attendant, of whose figure a piece of drapery on the next slab
alone remains.
[Sidenote: 2.]
A youth, leading a horse, saddled and bridled. He wears a short
chiton, and carries a whip. Details of the hair were probably
indicated with paint.
[Sidenote: 3, 4.]
A venerable old man, seated in a chair, placed in a war chariot
drawn by two horses. He has long hair, bound with a taenia, and a
long pointed beard. He wears a chiton with sleeves, and a mantle.
He holds a pomegranate flower in his left hand, and a cup (?) in
his right hand. Beside him is a charioteer treated like the youth
of the preceding group. The reins, now lost, were made of bronze.
Youth riding a spirited horse, equipped like the horse of the
second group. The rider wears a chiton with short sleeves, and a
himation. He has long hair falling on the shoulders.
[Sidenote: 5.]
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