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A catalogue of sculpture in the Department of ... - Warburg Institute

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352 CATALOGUE OF SCULPTURE.difference be<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> treatment <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> ro<strong>of</strong>. At <strong>the</strong> end<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> tomb are two doors. One door is filled with an immovablepanel, with a figure <strong>of</strong> a draped bearded man hold<strong>in</strong>gan o<strong>in</strong>ochoe, and <strong>in</strong>scribed SoAa?, and <strong>in</strong> Lycian zzala.The second door is believed to have been fitted with a panel,hav<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong> wife <strong>of</strong> Salas <strong>in</strong> relief. (Fellows, Lycia,p. 117.) The reliefs, <strong>of</strong> which casts are preserved <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong>British Museum, formed a friezeimmediately below <strong>the</strong>cornice on each side <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> tomb. Below this frieze oneach side was a combat <strong>of</strong> warriors on a larger scale.Fellows, Lycia, p. 116; Petersen, Reisen <strong>in</strong> Lykien, II., p. 193.Views and plans <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> tomb are <strong>in</strong>cluded <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> Scharf portfolio<strong>of</strong> draw<strong>in</strong>gs <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> British Museum.765, Cast <strong>of</strong> a portion <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> relief on <strong>the</strong> south side <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>tomb at Cadyanda.At <strong>the</strong> left end <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> relief a girl draped <strong>in</strong> pla<strong>in</strong>long chiton with sleeves, and a cap with tassel, stands to<strong>the</strong> right hold<strong>in</strong>g an aryballos and alabastron. On <strong>the</strong>left <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> pr<strong>in</strong>cipal relief is a group <strong>of</strong> four figures play<strong>in</strong>gwith knuckle-bones. In front are a girl seated and agirl kneel<strong>in</strong>g, both closely draped and hav<strong>in</strong>g longhair.Beh<strong>in</strong>d are a youth stand<strong>in</strong>g, wrapped <strong>in</strong> a mantle, and awoman who holds an aryballos <strong>in</strong> her left hand and wearsher mantle over her head. All <strong>the</strong> figures make animatedgestures. Near <strong>the</strong> head <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> youth is <strong>the</strong> <strong>in</strong>scriptionMc'o-os. Next on <strong>the</strong> right is a woman seated, hold<strong>in</strong>g aboy <strong>in</strong> her hands, and wear<strong>in</strong>g her mantle over her head.Beh<strong>in</strong>d her is a female figure, much mutilated, stand<strong>in</strong>gto <strong>the</strong> left with her right hand under her ch<strong>in</strong>. The rema<strong>in</strong>der<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> relief, which is not represented by a cast,appears to have conta<strong>in</strong>ed ei<strong>the</strong>r a sacrificial group (Scharf),or warriors (Petersen, Beisen <strong>in</strong> Lykien, ii., p. 193).Height, 2 feet f <strong>in</strong>ch ; length, 4 feet 2 <strong>in</strong>ches. Fellows, Lycia,frontispiece, and pi. fac<strong>in</strong>g p. 116; Synopsis, Lycian Room,No. 151 ; Petersen, Reisen <strong>in</strong> Lykien, II., p. 194, fig. 84.

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