To My Family and Uğraş Uzun - Bilkent University

On the inner-acroteria of the lunette pediments of the long sides, an eros
is depicted with a feline. For example, on the right acroterion of the left
pediment, an eros on the right plays with a feline on the left and gives it
something to eat (Fig. 54). The motifs are carved in detail, rendering the facial
features of the feline and the eros. On the left acroterion of the right lunette
pediment of the long side, the same motif of eros with the feline has been placed
(Fig. 57). This time, the eros is on the left, and he is stroking the feline. The
motifs were not carved in as much detail as the previous one.
As mentioned above, the right side has the bodies of two lions at the
corners of the chest (Fig. 27). The pediment on this side is a gabled one, thus the
acroteria are reserved for foliage patterns.
On the rear side of the sarcophagus, the acroteria are symmetrical to those
on the front. The central gabled pediment acroteria are foliate (Fig. 50). The
corner-acroterion of the left pediment has the attacked animal with the
outstretched leg and the bent hoofed foot lying beneath (Fig. 58). The motif was
carved in a lower relief than the one at the front, so is probably unfinished. On the
right acroterion of this left pediment, there is again an eros playing with a feline,
but the figures are unfinished and the outlines of them are only partly incised
(Fig. 58).
The right lunette pediment of the rear side continues the symmetry. On the
left acroterion of this pediment there is again an eros playing with a feline (Fig.
59). The figures are carved in more detail than those of the right acroterion of the
first pediment, but not as detailed as those of the front side. Finally, the corner-
acroterion of the right pediment is occupied by a hoofed animal, whose attacker is
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