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Fig. 1. No. XXXI
Archaic Inscribed Column


shows what was found when the lids were removed. There
was about 4 cm. of fine dust beneath each skeleton. In No. 9
was a stone box which contained calcined human bones and
alongside the skeleton a corroded bronze strigil. In No. 10
was evidently the skeleton of a woman with a fragment of a
wooden comb. None of the sarcophagi contained anything
of particular interest, a few corroded coins with beads and
fragments of strigils.


Fig. 2. Section through Sarcophagi 9 and 10
Larichos Burial Enclosure

Gravestones

Fig. 3.
From Larichos Burial Enclosure





No. XXX

Two raised platforms reached by steps from the paved road.
Sarcophagi were probably placed upon them.