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334 EXCAVATIONS IN THE
into the walls of the Turkish houses on this spot,
and one or two still remain in the walls of the
basements in their original position. These are all
of a late period. Immediately to the north of this
row of houses is a field belonging' to a Turk called
Suliman, where I opened a number of tombs of
different kinds. They may be thus classified:—
1. Sepulchral chambers, Ilypogcea. The largest of
these was about 17' square, and contained two large
stone sori. The roof was composed of stone beams,
12' long, by 1' 9" by 1' 3"; over which was another
layer of similar beams laid parallel to them, and over
this, again, a pavement of native tufa, which was
very like cement in appearance and texture. This
stone is called by the natives " Pori." a
2. Vaulted chambers above-ground, built of con-
crete and rubble. These were all in ruins. They
appear to have been faced with marble or squared
stone, which has been torn away, leaving nothing
but the core of the masonry. Both these and the
preceding class had all been rifled.
3. Large tombs in the earth lined with slabs of
native freestone, and covered with thick blocks of
tufa. Sometimes the covering slabs were jointed
one into another. In these tombs, which I should
imagine to be of a late period, I never found any-
thing but bones. The graves were generally 6' 5"
long, by 2' 9" by 2' 8".
4. Large stone sori with monolithic lids, the
a The TTuipivog \idos of Pausanias, vi. 19, 1 ; cf. Herod, v. 62,
and Baehr's note in loc.
into the walls of the Turkish houses on this spot,
and one or two still remain in the walls of the
basements in their original position. These are all
of a late period. Immediately to the north of this
row of houses is a field belonging' to a Turk called
Suliman, where I opened a number of tombs of
different kinds. They may be thus classified:—
1. Sepulchral chambers, Ilypogcea. The largest of
these was about 17' square, and contained two large
stone sori. The roof was composed of stone beams,
12' long, by 1' 9" by 1' 3"; over which was another
layer of similar beams laid parallel to them, and over
this, again, a pavement of native tufa, which was
very like cement in appearance and texture. This
stone is called by the natives " Pori." a
2. Vaulted chambers above-ground, built of con-
crete and rubble. These were all in ruins. They
appear to have been faced with marble or squared
stone, which has been torn away, leaving nothing
but the core of the masonry. Both these and the
preceding class had all been rifled.
3. Large tombs in the earth lined with slabs of
native freestone, and covered with thick blocks of
tufa. Sometimes the covering slabs were jointed
one into another. In these tombs, which I should
imagine to be of a late period, I never found any-
thing but bones. The graves were generally 6' 5"
long, by 2' 9" by 2' 8".
4. Large stone sori with monolithic lids, the
a The TTuipivog \idos of Pausanias, vi. 19, 1 ; cf. Herod, v. 62,
and Baehr's note in loc.