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 66 THE TOMB OF MAUSOLUS. or Chartres. The lions are comparatively poor ; from the position in which they were found it seems likely that they occupied a high situation. Lions appear as guardians of the tomb at Cnidus, Xanthus, Miletus,*on the Lycian tomb in the British Museum, and the Sidon Sarcophagus at Constantinople, and many other places. From the fact that they all turn their heads at right angles, alternately to the right and left, it is certain, I think, that they presented a side view, and could not have been set end-on as by Adler. If they were above the cornice they may have formed Fig. 55. — Sketch of part of Frieze, restored. a procession approaching the centre of the front along both sides. The frieze is an extraordinarily delicate work. It most pro- bably surrounded the basement at no great height, like a similar frieze on the Nereid monument. It was decorated with many additions of bronze, doubtless gilt, and with colour. Newton says that "the bridles of the horses, as in the frieze
 * See Rayet and Thomas.