They are coarse, clumsy, purely formal in their design, and generally characterized by an undue flatness, or want of breadth in the side view, as if they were only intended to be seen directly in front.

Sometimes, however, this defect is not apparent.

A sitting statue in black basalt, of the size of life, representing an early king, which Mr.Layard discovered at Kileh-Sherghat [PLATE LXIII, Fig.

1], and which is now in the British Museum, may be instanced as quite free from this disproportion.

It is very observable, however, in another of the royal statues recently recovered [PLATE LXIII, Fig.