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 The Palace. Eyuk. 163 (Fig. 314). On a tall pedestal, right of the altar, stands a bull, evidently an idol, finely sculptured, with mouldings about him, doubtless of hieratic import (Fig. 329). All the figures on this side of the wall, whether on the right or left of the altar, are turned towards it.' b.H}. 330.— Eyuk. Bas-relief. Plate LVllI. The left-hand procession is headed by a bull of far more archaic make than the preceding. An object, apparently an altar, is carried on its back, and two discs are sculptured about its forelegs (Fig. 330). Next come two personages, the one playing upon an ' Block 8 in plan forms no exception to the rule, for it has been displaced from its proper position.