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 THE PHOENICIAN TOMB AWAY FROM PHOENICIA. 245 others, utensils for use in the subterranean life after death. Thus we often find amphorre standing in the corner of the chamber, FIG. 176. Interior of a tomb at Tharros. From Spano. their mouths closed with clay. On opening them a deposit is discovered such as would be left by wine which had slowly FIG. 177. Statuette in glazed earthenware. From Crespi. evaporated. In nearly every sepulchre lamps are placed either by the corpse or in niches hollowed in the walls (Fig. I/6). 1 1 ELENA, Scavi, p. 19.