SCULPTURES FROM LYDIA.
The following sculptures were found in 1882 by Mr. George Dennis, C.B., in one of the tumuli at Bin Tepè, near Sardes. Perrot (v., p. 904) suggests that they may have been part of a series of reliefs of a hunting scene, decorating the sepulchral chamber. The date is uncertain, but the reliefs may well be earlier than the fall of Croesus.
22.Relief. Three horsemen moving to the right. They wear large helmets and cuirasses, with shoulder plates, and carry spears.
The figures are cut in a narrow panel, and appear to have served an architectural purpose.—Bin Tepè, Sardes.
Marble; height, 7¼ inches; width, 1 foot 5 inches. Perrot and Chipiez, V., p. 903, fig. 535; Murray, Gr. Sculpt., 2nd ed., I., p. 107.
23.Relief. Three deer, moving to the right, grazing. From a panel nearly similar to the preceding.—Bin Tepè, Sardes.
Marble; height, 6¾ inches; width, 1 foot 4 inches. Perrot and Chipiez, V., p. 904, fig. 536; Murray, Gr. Sculpt., 2nd ed., I., p. 107.