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 1 06 A History of Art in Sardinia and Jud^a. leads through barren grey hills, clothed here and there with stunted oaks ; then it follows the bottom of the narrow ravine, and high up along the broken cliffs, while pointed rocks rise out of the broad igneous masses, when the valley widens out, presenting well- wooded patches, until the plain of Boghaz-Keui is reached. The mountains continue to follow the right bank of the stream ; Boghaz-keui Ba,Mm ^aUA. /ussar /A fiuintt muJus I>eirmen ^ KutcAxJc-diamiCi o '^r^'"»('e<^'^ GKerdek kaiacl -djc FsJrilapur^ ^^^/ Cimetii-e fnf^anlm CA.ezmasfiir'e -Teie, EmirienJceui lulrhas J |^ Dcrieruhcta Scale of o'ooi, for five minutes walk. sHours. Fig. 293.— Map of Pteria. Perrot and Guillaume, Exploration Arch., Sheet C. but on the left they leave it at right angles, with progressing declivity, to form the plain, with direction from south to north. On the lower slopes rises the modern town of Boghaz-Keui ; but the former city occupied the hill from base to crest. We propose to divide the monuments into two groups : the city, with its fortress, on the left bank of the stream, and the open chamber, called lasili-Kaia or '* written stone," on the opposite side. We will begin with the former, and try to prove,