GROUND FLOOR.] LYCTAN ROOM. 79 
green basalt perforated at the bottom ; an oblong granite basin ; 
several alabaster vases. 
Returning to the head of the staircase, the door on the left 
leads to the 
LYGIAN ROOM. 
The collection in this room consists of architectural and 
sculptured 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 of 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—1846, under the direction 
of Sir C. Fellows, by whom the greater part of the marbles in 
this Room 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 Xanthos, except when 
otherwise specified. The following are the most remarkable : — 
No. 1. Reliefs from the Harpy tomb, 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 
wmich 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 Pandareos ; 
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 Satyr 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. 
