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 TOMBS IN PAPHLAGONIA. '95 latter has suffered much from the weather (Fig. 132). Within the tym- panum, right and left, are winged quadrupeds, whose four paws rest on the ground. The figure separating them appears to be that of a female clad in a long robe. Pierced behind the columns, a door, not quite in the middle of the wall, leads to a rectangular chamber, whose sides are smoothed over with care. The curves of the ceiling, in imitation of a tent covering, should be noticed (Fig. 133). The chisel has repro- duced on stone even the rollers which in the light construction uphold the frame. At the southern extremity of the porch, a small door opens into a second and smaller chamber, whose roof and main beam recall a lignite structure (Fig. 134). The funereal bed is found in a niche, the external face of which is akin to that of a wood panel. Nor does the hypo- geum end here ; beyond are two steps by which the apartments 3 and 4 are reached (Fig. 135), the last one alone containing graves hewn in the floor. Taken together, these cham- bers measure 22 m. 7 c. from north to south. All the tombs we have met with in Asia Minor up to the present time had but one, or at most two sepulchral chambers. This is the first instance of a family vault, with its row of graves, like those found in such abundance in Phoenicia and Judaea. Although imperfectly described,