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 2O4 HISTORY OF ART IN ANTIQUITY. it with the shaft. The resemblance extends to the capital, likewise on a rectangular plane, made up of a slightly salient cavetto and abacus. The architrave is a smooth flat band ; above it appears the pediment, which is wrought with care and slightly sunk. An indistinct object, figure or pillar, occupies the middle of the frontal, the upper part of which has been wantonly destroyed ; hence no decided opinion can be advanced as to the nature of the symbol from the least telling portion (Fig. 140). The vault is spacious, and nearly half of it is taken up by a grave in touch with the end wall. Its vault-like ceiling and the profile of the mor- tuary couch should be noticed (Fig. 143). A diminutive shelf is pierced on a lower plane along the left wall. The situa- FIG. 143. Iskelib. Tomb I. Trans- verse section through end of cham- ber, and profile of mortuary couch. Hirschfeld, Plate VI. FIG. 144. Iskelib. Tomb III. Plan. Ibid. tion of the tiny grave at the entrance of the porch on the right- hand side is doubtless the reason of its present poor condition (No. 2). In the lower tomb (No. 3) the one pillar of the vestibule has disappeared ; traces of it, however, are visible about the floor and the lower face of the architrave (Fig. 144). The support was removed to facilitate access to the adjoining room and the esplanade, when the tomb was turned into a domestic abode. The mutilation is all the more to be regretted that the work, to judge from the listel framing the end wall, shows careful manipulation (Fig. 145). Base and capital might have yielded interesting details. A door opens into the first chamber,