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two lions. It was found at the foot of the inscribed monument, of 
which it was probably the epistema or crowning decoration. Compare 
the representation of a building surmounted by a sphinx and two lions 
in No. 61. 
Nos. 34 —140. These sculptures and architectural members formed 
part of the building, of which a restored model, with a ground plan 
of the remains as they were found in situ, and a picture of the 
scene of fhe discovery, are placed in this room. The model, 
made under the direction of Sir C. Fellows, and presented /by him, 
exhibits an Ionic peristyle building, with fourteen columns running 
round a solid cella, and the statues in the intercolumniations, placed 
on a base, which stands upon two steps. The general dimensions are 
as follows :— Height from top of the pediment to base, 35 ft. 9 in.; 
12 ft. 9 in. height of base; 3 ft. 4 in. breadth of broad frieze; 2 ft. 
breadth of narrow frieze ; 10 ft. 5 in. height of columns; 1 ft. 6 in. 
breadth of frieze of cella; 1 ft. 6 in. breadth of external frieze; 3 ft. 
1 ^ in. height of pediment; 20 ft. breadth of base; 28 ft. length of 
base; 9 ft. breadth of cella; 15 ft. length of ditto. 
The object of this building has not yet been clearly ascertained; 
by some it has been considered as a trophy in memory of the con¬ 
quest of Lycia by the Persians under Harpagus, in the 3rd year of 
the 58th Olympiad, e.c. 545, and probably erected about the 76th 
Olympiad, b.c. 476; by others the sculptures have been placed as late 
as the 83rd or even 96th Olympiad, e.c. 450 — 395. Another conjec¬ 
ture is that their subject represents the suppression, by the Persian 
satrap of Lycia, of the revolt of the Cilicians against the Persians, 
E.c. 387, Olymp. 98, 2. 
Nos. 34 — 49. Sculptures of the broader frieze which is supposed to 
have been placed round the base : they represent a series of contests of 
warriors armed in the Greek manner with helmets, crests, and Argolic 
bucklers, thoraces and greaves, and more lightly armed antagonists, 
some being only in tunics, or naked, and wearing only helmets ; 
horsemen, 8 :c. On Nos. 39 and 46 will be seen Asiatics wear¬ 
ing the pointed cap called cidaris, and long tunics, fighting against 
Greeks. On No. 45 is a w’arrior to whose shield is attached the object 
called by Homer Xaiffniov, and used as a protection for the legs against 
missiles. 
Nos. 50 — 68. The narrow frieze which ran round the upper part 
of the base. On Nos. 50, 51, 52, 53, is seen the attack of the town 
and main gate of a city, supposed to be Xanthus; this gate is de¬ 
fended by a low flanking tower with windows; the besiegers have 
planted a scaling ladder, which two warriors are supposed to be hold¬ 
ing on securely by ropes. Three hoplites, having taken off their 
sandals, are seen mounting the ladder ; a fourth has already marched 
into the tower ; the other troops, called on by their oflicers, advance 
rapidly to the attack. Nos. 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, represent a general 
combat betw^een Greeks, some armed as hoplites, against others wearing 
long tunics. Nos. 60, 61, a walled city with its buildings, within w^hich 
are tombs and temples, and the heads of the besieged looking over the 
battlements. On No. 62, a Persian satrap or monarch seated, supposed 
to be Harpagus, attended by his guards, and. a slave holding over 
his head an umbrella —the emblem of sovereignty—receiving a’ depu- 
