HiTTiTE Monuments in Lydia. 235 exquisite blending of hill and dale, and the singular fertility of the alluvial plain extending to the sea.^ The cliff on which the great image is carved rises on the northern declivity of Sipylus, about half an hour's steep ascent from the plain, two leagues east of Manissa (ancient Magnesia). The rock, in which a deep recess has been excavated to receive Fig. 36s.--The so-called Niobe of Mount Sipylus.
- The latest work upon this district is due to M. G. Weber, entitled : Le Sipylos et
ses monuinentSy monographie historique et topographiqu€y conUnant une carte^ quatrt planches lithographies^ etc., in 8°, 1880, Duclier et C'. M. Weber's long residence at Smyrna, his thorough knowledge of the antiquities to be found in its neighbour^ hood, his wide reading and acumen, qualify him to give a critical account of them. Hence we shall freely borrow from him.
