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 The Palace. Eyuk. ^72, animal at once call to memory those of Northern Syria and Boghaz-Keul. Like these, the body was carved in low relief on one side of the stone, the other being left flat, whilst the head was in the round on its anterior section, as reference to the annexed woodcuts will show. Some of these pictures were left unfinished ; so that the mode of elaboration is distinctly seen. It consisted in tracing out the figures and cutting them down along Fig. 338.— Carving at Eyuk. Plate LXIV. the edges, which were suffered to remain straight and angular (Figs. 340 and 341). It is probable, therefore, that this slab was built with one side against the wall, to decorate the doorway of the outer vestibule. The lion figures carved upon the blocks in the monumental avenue in front of the palace were similarly treated ; but, owing to their having been exposed for thousands of years to the deteriorating influence of the elements, they are in a de- plorable condition — well seen in Fig. 342, which gives a front and side view of one of them.