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 228 A History of Art in Sardinia and Jud^a. of the Mahmoud Dagh, against which it leans. The rock upon which the carving occurs is perpendicular to the ravine ; but as the figure stands in a recess it cannot be seen from the path immediately underlying it. To obtain the view of the annexed Fig. 361.— The Karabel Bas-Relief. G. Perrot, Mhnoires d'Archeologie, Plate I. woodcut, it is necessary to walk to the southward until about to turn the corner of the rock. The niche, recalling a pylon, by which the warrior is framed,