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154 EXCAVATIONS ON SITE OF MAUSOLEUM.
be doubted whether it formed part of the sculpture
of the Mausoleum.
Near the south-eastern corner of the Quadrangle
was a deep cutting in the rock, which appeared like
the side of a sepulchral chamber.
In this cutting, at a depth of 23 feet below the
surface, we found a sarcophagus, an iron dagger,
and an archaic vase, which have been already
described, ante, p. 124.
From this spot a gallery, F, cut through the rock,
leads to the south-west, and turning at a right
angle, passes over the south-eastern shaft of the
lower gallery, entering the Quadrangle near its
south-eastern angle. Thence it may be traced as an
open trench cut in the rock, running parallel to the
south side of the Quadrangle till it terminates a
little to the east of the south stair, to which it
may originally have led up.
From the evident connection of this gallery with
the cutting containing the sarcophagus, I should
infer that the trench Avithin the Quadrangle was its
continuation, and that the roof was cut away in
levelling the rock for the foundations of the Mauso-
leum, so as to leave a trench instead of a covered
passage.
The short gallery leading from this trench into
the monolithic chamber on the south, has already
been noticed, ante, p. 148. By this passage the
cutting where the sarcophagus was found is con-
nected with the upper gallery and with all the
excavations on the southern side already described.
The archaic character of the vase found with the
be doubted whether it formed part of the sculpture
of the Mausoleum.
Near the south-eastern corner of the Quadrangle
was a deep cutting in the rock, which appeared like
the side of a sepulchral chamber.
In this cutting, at a depth of 23 feet below the
surface, we found a sarcophagus, an iron dagger,
and an archaic vase, which have been already
described, ante, p. 124.
From this spot a gallery, F, cut through the rock,
leads to the south-west, and turning at a right
angle, passes over the south-eastern shaft of the
lower gallery, entering the Quadrangle near its
south-eastern angle. Thence it may be traced as an
open trench cut in the rock, running parallel to the
south side of the Quadrangle till it terminates a
little to the east of the south stair, to which it
may originally have led up.
From the evident connection of this gallery with
the cutting containing the sarcophagus, I should
infer that the trench Avithin the Quadrangle was its
continuation, and that the roof was cut away in
levelling the rock for the foundations of the Mauso-
leum, so as to leave a trench instead of a covered
passage.
The short gallery leading from this trench into
the monolithic chamber on the south, has already
been noticed, ante, p. 148. By this passage the
cutting where the sarcophagus was found is con-
nected with the upper gallery and with all the
excavations on the southern side already described.
The archaic character of the vase found with the