mythological slaughter of the Niobids. These “Niobid appliqués” [10] will be considered here. Archaeologists so far have concentrated on a direct comparison of the Bosporan Niobids with representations of [...] described as Niobids because of their specific, youthful iconography. [14] Some of them indeed bear close parallels to representations of Niobids in Greek and Roman art. [15] The male Niobids are [...] Apart from the so-called Niobids themselves, who are shown dying or fleeing in a manner comparable to the Niobids on the Roman sarcophagi, a specific link to the myth of the Niobids is disputable. There are