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ders of a groom, who is leading two horses, the heads and necks of 
which are alone preserved. 
2. A slab, considerably injured, containing two horsemen pursuing 
a third figure on a camel. Beneath are three dead men. 
3. A slab containing the king in his chariot attended by a warrior, 
who holds the umbrella over his head; the king has two arrows in his 
hand, in token of peace. Above the horses is the ferouher. Before 
the king is a warrior and a man leading his chariot horses; behind 
him a man riding and leading a horse, and, in the distance, two war¬ 
riors on foot. 
4. A slab representing an embarkation. A boat is just starting from 
the shore with two chariots on board. Two men are swimming in the 
stream, and two others on the bank are inflating their skins. Behind 
are two warriors and an eunuch. 
In the Eighth Compartment are— 
1. A slab representing the interior of a building divided into four 
compartments, in each of which are people engaged in domestic em¬ 
ployments. Adjoining the building is a stable in which a groom is 
curry-combing a horse, and three horses are feeding from a trough. 
Beyond, is an eunuch receiving four prisoners, conducted by a warrior; 
in the distance is another warrior, and two symbolical figures with the 
heads of lions and the bodies of men, 
2. A slab with two chariots, containing each a warrior and the 
standard ; above the horses is an eagle carrying the head of a man in 
his talons. Before the chariots are two groups of warriors with the 
heads of the slain in their hands, and three musicians. 
3. ( Against the window .) A slab containing a group of five camels 
preceded by a man. 
4. A large slab with a figure of the king standing, holding in his 
right hand a staff, and resting his left on the pummel of his sword. 
The soles of his sandals are coloured red. 
5. A large slab with a large four-winged figure whose right hand is 
raised and open, and in whose left is a circlet of beads. The figure 
wears a conical cap ornamented with two horns. 
6. A large slab w r ith a winged figure, holding in his right hand an 
ear of bearded wheat or barley, and in his left a goat. 
In the Ninth Compartment are— 
1. A large slab with a winged figure, holding in his right hand a 
fir-cone, and in his left a square vessel or basket. On his head is a 
conical cap, ornamented by three horns. 
2. A large slab with a winged and eagle-headed figure (Nisroch?) 
holding in his right hand a fir-cone, and in his left a basket. 
3. A large slab, with a winged figure, holding in his right hand a 
deer, and in his left a branch or flowering shrub. 
4. A large slab, containing a repetition of the subjects on No. 2. 
In the Tenth Compartment are— 
1. A slab with two horsemen in peaked helmets, charging a third, 
and thrusting him from his horse with their spears. Behind is a dead 
body, and an eagle carrying off the entrails of the slain. 
2. A large slab with tw 7 enty-two lines of inscription engraven in a 
very large character. 
