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150 EXCAVATIONS ON SITE OE MAUSOLEUM.
south-eastern direction, till it disappears at the
same point as the lower gallery, a little to the west
of the peribolus wall.
The branch B of the upper gallery runs in a
north-west direction obliquely to the north peribolus
wall, and probably intersects its north-west angle.
Beyond this point it is continued across the road,
and for the length of about 160' beyond it to the
north, in the direction of the Theatre.
In the part soutli of the road, the roof is com-
posed of marble slabs laid horizontally.1" These slabs
have holes for cramps, showing that they have been
taken from some other building. The height of the
gallery here was 6' 6" by 2' 6". The part to the
north of the road was larger than any of the
galleries explored on the site of the Mausoleum.
Its height, in places, exceeded 8', with a width
of about 3'. Along the bottom was a narrow chan-
nel, down which a great quantity of water descended
during the rainy season, disappearing through the
floor of the gallery, where the rock must have been
porous, as there was no apparent outlet. In the
length of 160' beyond the road, shafts occur twice
at intervals of about 50'; in both cases, in pairs.
It is possible that this gallery may be connected
with a large and deep shaft in the- upper part of the
ancient Theatre towards which it points. •
In this branch of the upper gallery, within the
Vakuf fieldjWe discovered a sardonyx, cut in the form
of a disk, sightly convex on one side, and pierced
1,1 See the Section of this part of branch B, Plate XII., wheie it
is described as "Upper S.W. Gallery, 10' S. of Shaft 1."
south-eastern direction, till it disappears at the
same point as the lower gallery, a little to the west
of the peribolus wall.
The branch B of the upper gallery runs in a
north-west direction obliquely to the north peribolus
wall, and probably intersects its north-west angle.
Beyond this point it is continued across the road,
and for the length of about 160' beyond it to the
north, in the direction of the Theatre.
In the part soutli of the road, the roof is com-
posed of marble slabs laid horizontally.1" These slabs
have holes for cramps, showing that they have been
taken from some other building. The height of the
gallery here was 6' 6" by 2' 6". The part to the
north of the road was larger than any of the
galleries explored on the site of the Mausoleum.
Its height, in places, exceeded 8', with a width
of about 3'. Along the bottom was a narrow chan-
nel, down which a great quantity of water descended
during the rainy season, disappearing through the
floor of the gallery, where the rock must have been
porous, as there was no apparent outlet. In the
length of 160' beyond the road, shafts occur twice
at intervals of about 50'; in both cases, in pairs.
It is possible that this gallery may be connected
with a large and deep shaft in the- upper part of the
ancient Theatre towards which it points. •
In this branch of the upper gallery, within the
Vakuf fieldjWe discovered a sardonyx, cut in the form
of a disk, sightly convex on one side, and pierced
1,1 See the Section of this part of branch B, Plate XII., wheie it
is described as "Upper S.W. Gallery, 10' S. of Shaft 1."