the Persian dominion in Lycia, and was, as two inscriptions
record, erected by the satrap Paiafa. Upon the
roof are groups of fighting warriors, and at each
side are figures in chariots and four. Sphinxes
occur in the lower sculptures, and on the north side
below, is a mixed combat of foot and horse soldiers;
and the Satrap Paiafa himself, attended by four figures,
is here represented. The roof is drained by water-spouts
in the shape of lion’s heads. The visitor,
having now examined the two most remarkable remains
of Lycian tombs in the room, should rapidly notice
the fragments of sepulchres placed here and there,
but legibly numbered. First, let him remark (17-21),
a frieze conjectured to be from a tomb found inserted
in the wall of the Acropolis of Xanthus. Here
he will find in bas-relief a procession consisting
of a horse and horseman, priest and priestesses with
wands, an armed female figure, and two chariots, with
youthful charioteers and old men. A triangular
fragment of a tomb will next occupy his attention
(23); this has distinct vestiges of colour, and represents
a male and female figure separated by an Ionic column,
surmounted by an harpy, and other fragments in the
immediate neighbourhood; (24-27) have representations
of the Sphinx, with a woman’s head, wings, and
the body of a lion, as the daughter of the Chimaera,
from the Xanthian Acropolis. A curious relic
is the Soros, discovered placed on the top
of one of the Xanthian pillar tombs. Here, amongst
the bas-reliefs, the visitor will notice a man stabbing
an erect lion; a lion playing with its young; and
a figure on horseback followed by a pedestrian; and
on the next fragment (32), a lioness is again represented
fondling her progeny. The roof of a tomb (143),
closely resembling that which covers the Horse Tomb,
is worth observing. It is part of the tomb of
an individual named Merewe, from Xanthus, and the
scenes represented include that of an entertainment,
divinities, and sphinxes, warlike encounters, and
on the sides Bellerophon attacking the Chimaera.
Those casts marked (145-149), may next engage the
visitor’s attention. They were taken from
a tomb carved in solid rock at Pinara, and include
the frieze, upon which warriors are carved leading
captives, the walls representing a walled city, and
the Gorgons’ heads which decorated the extremities
of the dentals. The three next casts that demand
particular remark (150-152), were taken from the decorations
of a rock tomb at Cadyanda. To the learned these
groups are particularly interesting, because the figures
are accompanied with inscriptions in the Greek, as
well as the pure Lycian language. The first cast
is that from the panel of the tomb door, upon which
Talas is represented standing: the second represents
a group of females; and the third an ancient entertainment
with figures reclining on couches with children; a
figure playing the double flute, and to the right
a nude figure called Hecatomnas. Six casts from