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 The Subterranean Tomb. 237 Rustem (Fig. 9). A doorway, quite plain and destitute of side posts, leads to a small vaulted chamber ( Fig. 1 1 5, a), 2 m. 70 c. in height ; on the left is a sarcophagus, b, hewn in the rock. Semi- circular niches, Fic. 114 — Serpol-i'Zohab. Elevatioa of tomb. FLAMDlNud COSTS, fivstmuammtt Plate CCXI. intended per- haps to receive lamps, appear in the end wall. In this same hilly region, about midway between Behis- tan and Kango- var, at a place called Shaneh, a tomb^ present- ing the same general fea- tures, has been excavated in the rocky wall, some thirty metres above the ground. A rope was the only means of approaching the platform. Two lectangular bases mark the site of a porch, behind which opened two vaults situated one over the other; they are furnished with vats of about the same size as at Ser- pul-i-Zohab.* By themselves, these monuments are not very interesting. If we speak of them, it is because they may be considered as humble imitations of the royal tombs of Fars. Some satrap, some local chief, independent all but in name amidst the depths of these Fig. 115.— Scipiil«i«Zdal». Plan of tomb. /M/., Plate CCXI. Digitizeu l> ^oogle
 * FLandin and Costs, Ptne