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with a lion and stag ; the other an Amazon reclining against her 
horse. 
XIV. Saecophagi or Cinerary Urns. — Against the first pilaster 
a semicircular cinerary Urn, with a relief of Phaedra and Hippolytus. 
In the fourth recess a Sarcophagus, with a relief of children at play. 
Returning to the head of the staircase, the door on the left 
leads to the 
LYCIAN GALLERY. 
The collection in this room consists of architectural and 
sculptural remains obtained from ancient cities in Lycia, one of 
the South-west provinces of Asia Minor, which was inhabited 
by a mixed population consisting of two aboriginal races called 
Solymi and Termilse, and Greeks, who had colonized it at 
an early period. These monuments were removed from that 
country in two expeditions undertaken by Her Majesty's 
Government in the years 1842— 18 46, under the direction 
of Sir C. Fellows, by whom the greater part of them were 
discovered. They consist of sculptured remains, ranging in 
date probably from the sixth century B.C. to the period of the 
Byzantine Empire. With them are exhibited plaster casts 
of some other sculptures, of which the removal was not found 
practicable, but of which facsimiles were thought needful as 
illustrations of the history of art, and materials for the study 
of a language apparently peculiar to Lycia. The sculptures 
are all from the city of Xanthus, except when otherwise 
specified. The following are the most remarkable : — 
No. ] . Bas-reliefs from the Harpy tomh, which stood on the Acro- 
polis. The sculptures, as will be seen by the model adjoining, 
originally decorated the four sides of a rectangular solid shaft, about 
seventeen feet high, which was surmounted by a small chamber, of 
which the door is visible on the West side of the monument. The 
style indicates a date probably not later than b.c. 500. The sub- 
jects of the bas-reliefs are variously interpreted ; on the North 
and South sides are Harpies bearing off the daughters of Pandarus ; 
beside these are seated figures, probably deities ; and other person- 
ages from the Greek mythology complete the adjoining scenes 
Nos. 2-8. A frieze of Satyrs, and wild animals. 
Nos. 9-16. A frieze representing cocks and hens. 
Nos. 17-21. Another frieze, of archaic style, with a procession of 
chariots, horsemen, &c. 
No. 23. The gable end of a tomb, on which are sculptured two 
figures beside an Ionic column, surmount e< I by a Harpy. 
