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 TOMBS IN PAPHLAGONIA. 207 FIG. 150. Iskehb. Tomb IV. Plate IV. ""aM PJan. Hirschfeld, plinth or listel ; nothing but a very salient torus dr. m. 40 c. in diameter. The most striking detail appears in the rectangular capitals, 50 c. high, 95 c. at the side, and 73 c. on the face. Upon this are carved the head and paws of an animal, which M. Hirschfeld thinks were intended to represent a lion. The whole is much worn. The bases and corre- sponding antse the latter absolutely void of moulding fill up the whole depth of the porch, so that no pas- sage exists between them and the wall behind (Fig. 150). A niche, irregularly shaped, occurs at the end of the gallery on the right- hand side. A doorway, 80 c. in height, leads to a narrow grave-chamber, whose altitude, measured from the central point of the vaulted ceiling, is barely i m. 80 c. (Fig. 151). A stone bench runs along the left and the back wall ; and near the entrance was pierced a mullioned window in the shape of a cross. It remains to notice some curious points about the pediment. Like the Hambar Kaia exemplar, it is quite plain, without a cornice, a mere isocele, I m. 25 c. high ; a light resaiilt alone separating it from the rough surface of the rock (Fig. 149). One is surprised to see here two winged putti, carved in flat relief within the tympan, and turned towards each other. In the hand of one is carried a label, a fruit or vase in that of the other. Owing to the indistinctness of the details, it is impossible to say which. The pose of the figures, seeming to fly across the solid pediment as in mid air, is incongruous, and ill agrees with the simple and sober taste of remote antiquity. This is one reason for sus- pecting that the decoration is younger than the tomb. The impression thus created is strengthened by the character of the subject, in which no one can fail to recognize a Greek FIG. 151. Iskelib. Tomb IV. Transverse section through back of vault. IbLi., Plate VII.