194 Note on a Sculpture in alto relievo. [No. 2. 



a Chliattra or umbrella, the emblem of royalty in the east ; — three 

 attendants accompany him; one preceding him dressed in scale 

 armour, which was common among the Persians, a kilt or continua- 

 tion of the Ooipag or lorica in the Greek fashion, and a sword held 

 under his left arm ; he wears the same lower drapery, as the horse- 

 man : behind this foot soldier is another, whose action cannot be 

 made out, though they both look towards the principal figure ; ano- 

 ther attendant behind seems to hold Chhattra over the horseman : — ■ 

 the whole is executed with much spirit and effect ; the heads are of 

 a Greek form, and resemble in character that represented in Plate 

 20, No. 230 of this Journal : the head-dress is precisely the same, 

 as regards the horseman and the principal attendant who precedes 

 him, that is, an ornamental cap, which allows the hair to appear in 

 curls over the ears ; — the heads of the other attendants differ 

 slightly ; and that of the figure under the horse's feet, is without 

 covering ; it has also a beard, while the other four have only mous- 

 taches. This relief is probably of the same period as the head 

 represented in No. 230 of this Journal ; and was found in the same 

 vicinity ; but this is a work chiselled in stone, while the other was 

 merely of stucco. It is perhaps part of a long frieze representing a 

 triumphal procession. On the upper part there is a projection by 

 which it has been fastened into its place on a wall, and a similar 

 projection, a tenon, has been broken off below. 



There are several coins of Azes and Undopherres and other kings of 

 the Arian and Bactrian races, bearing the representation of a horse- 

 man holding out the right hand in the position of the principal 

 figure in this relief; which is no doubt intended to represent a vic- 

 tory or perhaps rather a conquest, as the vanquished is unarmed ; and 

 if so, probably there would be an inscription or some distinctive mark 

 or monogram on some part of the building to which it belongs, indi* 

 cative of the time and the king to whom it refers ; it is a subject of 

 the greatest interest, and well deserves the attention of those who 

 have an opportunity of carefully examining the site where it was 

 found and the vicinity of it : all the information hitherto obtained on 

 this point is, that it was found near Kohat. 



