156 
ANCIENT SCULPTURE ; 
at Persepolis, and on other monuments just cited. His left hand 
grasps a bow, of a different shape from that held by his officer, 
but exactly like the one on which the king leans, in the bas-relief 
on the tomb at Nakshi-Roustam. * This bow, together with 
the left foot of the personage I am describing, rests on the body 
of a prostrate man, who lies on his back, with outstretched arms, 
in the act of supplicating for mercy. This unhappy personage, 
and also the first in the string of nine which advance towards 
the king, are very much injured; however, enough remains of 
the almost defaced leader, when compared with the apparent 
condition of the succeeding eight, to shew that the whole nine 
are captives. The hands of all are tied behind their backs, and 
the cord is very distinct which binds the neck of the one to the 
neck of the other, till the mark of bondage reaches to the last in 
the line. If it were also originally attached to the leader, the 
cord is now without trace there; his hands, however, are evi¬ 
dently in the same trammels as his followers. The second 
figure in the procession has his hair so close to his head that it 
appears to have been shaven, and a kind of caul covers it from 
the top of the forehead to the middle of the head. He is dressed 
in a short tunic, reaching no further than the knee; a belt fastens 
it round the waist; his legs are bare. Behind this figure, is a 
much older person, with a rather pointed beard and bushy hair, 
and a similar caul covers the top of his head. He too is habited 
in a short tunic, with something like the trowser, or booted ap¬ 
pearance on the limbs which is seen on some of the figures at 
Persepolis. In addition to the binding of the hands, the pre¬ 
ceding figure, and this, are fastened together by a rope round 
* See Plate XVII. Vol. I. 
