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 The Palace. Eyuk. 167 who advance with measured step. In their bearing and the place they occupy in the procession, they closely resemble the lasili- Kaia figures (Plate VIII. A, and Fig. 319), with this difference, that here they are unarmed. Their costume is a short tunic, with or without belt or sash. The conspicuous pigtail of the second figure has been referred to. The difficulty of setting up this stone (which was overturned) in its proper position explains the fact of Fig. 334. — Carving at Eyuk. Plate LX. the figures moving away from the altar, and not towards it, as they should. Sculptures of the same description seem to have existed on the opposite side of the gateway, where they were not cut into halves by the principal decoration. They extended as far as a bas-relief which covered a depression in the wall, in touch with the inner face of the sphinx. But this block was of the number that, for lack of time, we were unable to move, hence it is impossible to say what was carved upon it. From Mr. Ramsay's drawing, we think that it is that which stands left of No. 17 in our plan.* On this 1 On the Early Historical Relaticns, etc., p. 17, with drawing and plan.