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with blind
wells for
drink-
offerings.
rr- CORBELLED VAULTS AND BLIND OPENINGS OF TOMBS
such a measure of conformity in actual detail as to afford convincing evi
dence of the Cretan origin of this type of vault. This feature—not before
noted in built sepulchral chambers—is the more or less square openino- in
the masonry, the con-
nexion of' which with
blind wells for drink,
offerings to the thirsty
dead is in some cases
clearly established.
The dimensions of
the largest of these sepul-
chral vaults—to which
Monsieur Schaeffer has
not hesitated to attach
the name of 'Royal
Tombs ' — were 6-50
metres, by 3-50 in width,
comparing, respectively,
with 7-85 and 6-05 metres
at Isopata. The Sixth,
thelargest of thisgroup of
tombs, was also the rich-
est, containing, amongst
other precious relics, a
goblet andmaskof faience
in the form of female
heads and rivalling the
finds of Enkomi and
Assur. In the sepulchral
chamber of Tomb V an
Fig. 751,
N.W. Corner of Sepulchral Chamber
(Tomb VI) at Kas-Shamra.
of the left wall gave access to a jar to receive an
reached it from above by means of a shaft
opening in -
id hold die libations that
icneci it irom apove by means 01 a shalt.
The best preserved example of the structure was presented by another
ult, only second to the last in dimensions, which rose beside the Library on
the Tell itself. The illustration here (Fig. 751) shows a window-like opening
on the arched side and another in the back wall, opposite the entrance, "'line
a further opening on the ground level, to the left of the entrance, led to
a kind of Cella, adapted to hold the overflow of liquid offerings.
wells for
drink-
offerings.
rr- CORBELLED VAULTS AND BLIND OPENINGS OF TOMBS
such a measure of conformity in actual detail as to afford convincing evi
dence of the Cretan origin of this type of vault. This feature—not before
noted in built sepulchral chambers—is the more or less square openino- in
the masonry, the con-
nexion of' which with
blind wells for drink,
offerings to the thirsty
dead is in some cases
clearly established.
The dimensions of
the largest of these sepul-
chral vaults—to which
Monsieur Schaeffer has
not hesitated to attach
the name of 'Royal
Tombs ' — were 6-50
metres, by 3-50 in width,
comparing, respectively,
with 7-85 and 6-05 metres
at Isopata. The Sixth,
thelargest of thisgroup of
tombs, was also the rich-
est, containing, amongst
other precious relics, a
goblet andmaskof faience
in the form of female
heads and rivalling the
finds of Enkomi and
Assur. In the sepulchral
chamber of Tomb V an
Fig. 751,
N.W. Corner of Sepulchral Chamber
(Tomb VI) at Kas-Shamra.
of the left wall gave access to a jar to receive an
reached it from above by means of a shaft
opening in -
id hold die libations that
icneci it irom apove by means 01 a shalt.
The best preserved example of the structure was presented by another
ult, only second to the last in dimensions, which rose beside the Library on
the Tell itself. The illustration here (Fig. 751) shows a window-like opening
on the arched side and another in the back wall, opposite the entrance, "'line
a further opening on the ground level, to the left of the entrance, led to
a kind of Cella, adapted to hold the overflow of liquid offerings.