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 152 HISTORY OF ART IN ANTIQUITY. The eastern face of the monument is entirely taken up by a huge rampant lion. He stands on his hind legs, and his fore paws rest on the angle of the pediment ; the head, almost disappeared, towered high above it. The lower part of the figure is in better condition. It would be natural to find his pendant on the other side, and no little surprise is felt in meeting in his stead a diminu- tive figure of different type and movement. It is a passant griffin, much injured, whose head faces eastward, and probably FIG. 109. Arslan Kaia. Western side. Journal, Plate XLIV. ended in an eagle's beak like those of Assyria, which may have served as models (Fig. 109). Griffins and sphinxes alike have the tips of their wings outwardly curved in the form of a round knot. Our journey round the monument has brought us back to the main face in which the door is pierced ; the disposition of this recalls the simulated openings at Delikli Tach and lasili Kaia. In the present case, however, we are confronted by a real bay ; one, too, intended to be always open. The two wings of the door are figured in relief against the sides of the little chamber into which