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 FUNEREAL ARCHITECTURE. 1 1 7 adhering to the external portion of the fragment ; l the other, or inner side, had a mortuary bed (Fig. 65, right-hand block). Of the third lion on this side, the head and shoulder are extant (Fig. 65, on the left). It was near the north-west corner (Fig. 66, F), and faced north (Fig. 121), his back turned against the pair. Taken from the tip of the nose to the back of the neck, it measures i m. 28 c. The pose of the animal must have been very similar to that of the two lions seen at the entrance of tomb (Fig. 64). 2 Finally a bas-relief, composed of three figures, took up the whole of the northern side (Figs. 117, 1 18). It represented two warriors (Fig. 66, G G) in the act of spearing a Gorgon-like monster, whose head appears over the door (Fig. 66, H). This side is now broken into two huge blocks. The larger fragment answers to the north- west angle of the tomb ; it still preserves the settee (Fig. 66, c), the head and shoulder of the lion (Fig. 65), and the best half of the northern facade. Our woodcut shows its present situation. The block bearing the right-hand warrior, the door, and the Gorgon has its external side turned against the ground ; as also the second fragment with the left-hand warrior, but this has suffered far more from the fall and the weather, and looks as if excoriated, the helmeted head of the hero being the only part visible. Nor are these the only lacunes ; the block to the dexter hand betrays no trace of the lower part of the figures. Did the artist content himself with busts, or did he sculpture full-length figures ? The latter hypothesis is the more likely. The chances are against the door having been on the level, but they are many for its having been high up in the facade, so as to afford ample space below it for figures of normal size. It is to be deplored that the tomb we are considering should have met with so untoward a disaster. 1 This is the fragment very imperfectly figured in the first instance in Hellenic Studies, 1882, p. 222, Fig. 6, and of which a better drawing was published in the same Journal, vol. ix. 2 It is a matter for surprise that M. Ramsay's labours with regard to this tomb should have resulted in the discovery of but the two fore-paws of the lions facing each other. Hence he raises the question, which he answers in the negative, as to whether the body of the animals ever existed. Two single isolated paws standing out from the wall without rhyme or reason would, in truth, have been an odd device. He thinks it not improbable that the bodies of the animals may have been utterly destroyed when the chamber fell in, part of whose walls was crumbled to dust. Whilst having our doubts on the subject, and not having seen the tomb, we cannot but accept (though under reserve) the restitution offered by one who has explored the site with untiring perseverance and curiosity.