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 106 HISTORY OF ART IN PIUKNICIA AND ITS DKI-KNUKXCIES. perhaps, in the ceremonies which accompanied the introduction of a body into the tomb. To the north-east of the rock in which this great chamber was excavated, the tomb of Esmounazar, King of Sidon, was dis- covered in 1856. A sketch made on the spot by M. de Vogue, and here presented in the form of a section, will serve to show / - J FIG. 108. Section through D, E. the arrangement of the parts (Fig. 1 1 1). 1 The sarcophagus which had already been removed from the monument when his sketch was taken, is here restored to its place. " The sarcophagus is a ponderous coffin of black amphibolite ; it is composed of two pieces, a body and a lid (Fig. 86). It rested in a grave measuring ten feet by five, excavated in the FIG. 109. Section through N, M. m a i t j 5 ^ FIG. no. Section through K, L. living rock. Hollows cut in the floor of the grave permitted the ropes to be withdrawn with which the sarcophagus was lowered, 1 DE Vocui, Note sur la Forme du Tombeau <T Echmounazar (Journal Asiatique, 1880, pp. 278-286). For a history of the discovery and an account of the works dealing with this precious monument, see the Corpus Inscriptionum Seiniticarum, pars i. No. 3.