Limestone; height, 3 feet 4½ inches; width, 3 feet 4 inches. About 3 inches appear to be wanting on the left of the slab. Prachov, pl. 5, fig. 2; Museum of Class. Antiq., I., p. 251; Dieulafoy, L'Art Ant. de la Perse, II., pl. 18, fig. 2; Brunn, Denkmaeler, No. 101a.
91, 92.Gable end of a tomb. On each side of a doorway is a seated Sphinx. Above the lintel of the door is a space which may have held a relief, now wanting.—Xanthos.
91.The Sphinx on the left wears a stephanè; a tress of hair falls on the shoulder. There are faint traces of paint on the wing. The hind-quarters are missing.
Limestone; height, 2 feet 10 inches; width, 2 feet 2 inches. The joint of the stone is at the left side of the door. Prachov, pl. 4, fig. 2.
92.The Sphinx on the right has her hair bound with a narrow taenia. There are traces of paint on the wing. The hind-quarters are wanting.
Limestone; height, 2 feet 8 inches; width, 3 feet 1 inch. About 3 inches are lost from the left of this slab. Prachov, pl. 4, fig. 1 (the head only).
93.Gable end of a tomb. In the centre of the relief is a low column, with an Ionic capital, of peculiar form. A Siren stands to the front, on the column. She wears a short chiton, girt at the waist and with loose sleeves. She has spreading wings and tail, and bird's legs, but human arms which are extended in front of the wings. The head is wanting.
On each side of the column is a seated male figure. On the left is a beardless elderly man, wearing himation and chiton, with staff in left hand and right hand extended. On the right is a bearded old man, wearing chiton and himation, with staff in right hand and left hand extended. The back of the head is in part broken away; part was never represented. The lower part of the relief is wanting. A drawing by Scharf shows the colouring of the relief when discovered. The background was blue; the hair, the under side of the Siren's wings, the drapery of the man on the left, the shaft and part of the capital of the column were yellow; the drapery of the Siren and of the man on the right, the seats and part of the capital of the column were red.—Xanthos.
Limestone; height, 2 feet 9 inches; width, 3 feet 5 inches. Annali dell' Inst., 1844, p. 150.