The hind, however, is in an impossible attitude, the forelegs being thrown forwards, probably in order to prevent them from interfering with the figure of the fawn.

Above the hind is an inscription, which appears to be in the Cyprian character, and which gives (probably) the name of the owner.No.3 introduces us to domestic life.

A grand lady, of Tyre perhaps or Sidon,[7104] by name Akhot-melek, seated upon an elegant throne, with her feet upon a footstool, and dressed in a long robe which envelops the whole of her figure, receives at the hands of a female attendant a bowl or wine-cup, which the latter has just filled from an _oenochoe_ of elegant shape, still held in her left hand.

The attendant wears a striped robe reaching to the feet, and over it a tunic fastened round the waist with a belt.

Her hair flows down on her shoulders, while that of her mistress is confined by a band, from which depends an ample veil, enveloping the cheeks, the back of the head, and the chin.