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relief; and by the left side of this, an inscription, ^^J^^' 
but so nearly obliterated, that we could '■ - y ■> 
discern few of the letters. The re/fe/" represents 
a female figure seated, to whom some one ig 
bringing an infant. Four other figures, two 
male and two female, follow the person who 
carries the child. These again are succeeded 
by a train of attendants. This subject is com- 
mon in Greece. It is similar to that described 
by Dr. Chandler at Sigeum\ as being the pre- 
sentation of a new-born babe to the tutelar Deity, 
upon the fifth day after its birth. It is not quite 
so clear for what purpose this subject was 
introduced upon a sepulchral monument, unless 
it were erected in memory of one who died in 
child-bed. The only distinct letters were the 
following : 
AH ... PA 
AHMHTPIO 
.... OESTHATHN 
TAKAAA . . 
OfsllOZAIOINH 
NTAION 
Upon the opposite side of this Soros, towards 
the mountain, we found also part of another 
inscription : 
TEAHTO AAOAZK ... A ... KN OZI 
(2) Travels in Asia Minor, p. 36. See also a Plate in the Ionian 
/i/itiquitits. 
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