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 u8 HISTORY OF ART IN ANTIQUITY. Had it been preserved, no finer or more important specimen of Phrygian art could have been held up for our admiration ; inner arrangement and monumental sculptures, all combine to render it a fit companion to the Midas fa9ade. In the pillar supporting the sloping roof, we recognized a wooden post imitated in stone ; but we are unable to pronounce in regard to the obelisk-like shape seen over the doorway (Fig. 64). It has suffered too much from the weather, its contours are too indistinct to permit of a conjecture one way or another. On the other hand, it is pretty certain that the object which appears in the same position in one tomb of this necropolis is a phallus. 1 Of the idea and feelings which led to this symbol being set up on the .top of a funereal mound, above the entrance to a grave-chamber, where it some- times forms the sole decoration, we have spoken in another place. This is well ex- emplified in the tomb called Pish- mish Kalessi (Fig. 100, D), from the fortress which rises on the summit of the crag in whose flank the grave-chamber was hollowed. Its arrangement will be easily grasped by reference to plan (Fig. 72), elevation (Fig. 73), and transverse section through the vestibule (Fig. 74) made by M. Guillaume in 1861, the date of our visit when we brought this interesting specimen to the knowledge of the world. The tomb consists of a vestibule and a chamber, the latter having two funereal beds* The entrance of each apartment bears traces of pivot-holes for the door or covering slabs. A runlet was cut in the exterior grave so as to drain percolating water. In the centre of the pediment was a stave or pole, with a triangular cap, and streaked by three vertical striae, The notion that this sturdy upright was copied from a piece of carpentry need not be enter- tained, for a wooden post would have been inadequate to uphold 1 The explorers familiar with the tombs of Phrygia are almost unanimous in viewing the object in question as a linga (EARTH, Reise von Trapezunt, p. 94; PERROT and GUILLAUME, Explor. Arche,, p. 146). FIG. 72. Fun. FlG. 73. Facade. FIG. 74. Section through A, B. Figs. 72-74. Tomb near Pishmish Kalessi. PERROT and GUILLAUME, Explor,. ArchL, torn. i. p. 146.