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264 SCULPTURES 0E THE MAUSOLEUM.
originally deposited in the same chamber as the
fragment of soros, which is as fresh as when it left
the hand of the mason.
4. In the soil of the platform were found
two pendants from glass necklaces repre-
sented in the accompanying cuts. One JL
of these is in the form of an acorn. IqJ
These may have heen part of the spoils *z£
Actual size, of the tomb.
5. The large sardonyx and the piece of jade,
described pp. 150-1, were found in a branch of the
Upper Gallery in the Vakuf field, some yards to
the west of the Quadrangle. If these objects were
part of the plunder from the tomb, they must have
been thrown into the well in the Vakuf field,
and so drifted gradually into the soil of the gallery
north of it.
It is, however, more probable that these objects
lodged at this place after having been brought down
by the rush of water from higher ground.
originally deposited in the same chamber as the
fragment of soros, which is as fresh as when it left
the hand of the mason.
4. In the soil of the platform were found
two pendants from glass necklaces repre-
sented in the accompanying cuts. One JL
of these is in the form of an acorn. IqJ
These may have heen part of the spoils *z£
Actual size, of the tomb.
5. The large sardonyx and the piece of jade,
described pp. 150-1, were found in a branch of the
Upper Gallery in the Vakuf field, some yards to
the west of the Quadrangle. If these objects were
part of the plunder from the tomb, they must have
been thrown into the well in the Vakuf field,
and so drifted gradually into the soil of the gallery
north of it.
It is, however, more probable that these objects
lodged at this place after having been brought down
by the rush of water from higher ground.