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 2 ;6 A History of Art in Sardinia and Judaea. 190). The monument is entirely scooped out of the living rock, the back only adhering thereto. Its general appearance is not unlike that of the Egyptian shrines seen in our museums. 1 Like them, the walls are slightly inclined inward, whilst the mouldings, cavetto, and plain flat band about the door, serve to deepen the Fig. 184. — Siloam Monolith. Plan. resemblance (Fig. 183). 2 The height, now that its base is visible, is almost four metres. Its shape is a pyramidal mass not quite square in plan, for it measures 6 m. 10 c. in length from the upper 1 Hist, of Art, torn. i. Fig. 211. 2 Brother Vlaminck's plans do not show the incline; this is due probably to the draughtsman having forgotten to allow for it, or to imperfect understanding of the sketch he was working from.