paiafa

Updated: May 25, 2025

It appears to be of the time of the Persian dominion in Lycia, and was, as two inscriptions record, erected by the satrap Paiafa. Upon the roof are groups of fighting warriors, and at each side are figures in chariots and four.

W. Blanchard Jerrold - How to See the British Museum in Four Visits

Sphinxes occur in the lower sculptures, and on the north side below, is a mixed combat of foot and horse soldiers; and the Satrap Paiafa himself, attended by four figures, is here represented. The roof is drained by water-spouts in the shape of lion's heads.

W. Blanchard Jerrold - How to See the British Museum in Four Visits