British School at Rome: Papers of the British School at Rome (1.1902)

Classical Topography of the Roman Campagna.—I. 169
in hexagons and half hexagons. In the hexagons are sometimes oblong
tablets. Within the large niches are smaller ones, plain, and quite low
(see plan, Fig. 3).
Above the door of the Casale itself is a fragment of a relief apparently
representing a battle of the Amazons. In the centre is a male torso, to


Fig. 3. —Plan of Tomb near Casale tor Angela.

the left a female draped figure falling, on the right a third on horseback.
The workmanship is good, though the relief itself is much damaged.
The fountain E. of the Casale, in the side of the hill, which bears the
name of Fontanile della Mezzaluna from its shape, is fed by two ancient
cunicuZi, or channels cut in the rock, r8o m. high and 50 cm. wide. A fine
female head in marble, in a decorative style, representing some divinity, is
built into the fountain. Another fountain further E., on the right bank of
the Fosso di Tor Agnola, is also supplied from an ancient cuniculus which
leads apparently to extensive cuttings in the rock.