Name:	Harpy Tomb
Picture:
Description:	West Frieze. Xanthos, Lycia. London, British Museum. H. 1.5m. Enthroned queen wearing an Asiatic diadem fastened with tassels over long curling hair. She wears an ornate gown with a cloak over her left arm. In her left hand she originally held a sceptre; in her right hand she holds a libation bowl or kylix. Her feet rest on a footstool. Her throne is very Asian, with a sphinx decorating the front of the arm-rest.
Date:	500-490 B.C.
Discussion:	The Harpy Tomb was a tower-tomb, a mode of burial common to certain parts of Asia Minor. It is executed in the ripe archaic style. Originally the frieze had a second, facing, enthroned queen, with three maidens offering eggs, fruit, flowers and a fan to the queens. On the east, boys offer gifts to a seated male figure. On the north and the south sides, the Harpies (acting perhaps as psychopomps) carry off or sport with humans. See Robertson 1981: 147, 150; Stewart 1990: 136.