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ANCIENT CEMETERIES, BTJDBUM. 335
section of which, formed an obtuse-angled triangle.
Of these I only found two, The largest measured
6' 7" by 2' 5" by 2' 5"; the thickness of the sides was
4". The lid, which measured 7' 6" in length by 3' in
width, with a thickness of 1' at the apex, required a
number of men to lift it. On raising it up, I looked
down into the soros, and saw at one end a vase, lying
on its side, and a small \>yowlq phiale of very elegant
form. All trace of the body had disappeared, except
a fine layer of dust at the bottom; on examining
which, I found a silver coin of Chios, which may be
thus described:—
Obv. Androsphinx, seated to the left; in front a diota ; above
-which a bunch of grapes.
Rev. Quadripartite incuse. Size, 2 ; "Weight, 40-^- grains.
The vase was an a/mplwrd* of a very late period.
The figures were red on a black ground. The sub-
ject was as follows : On the left the youthful Diony-
sos seated on a chair, holding in his left hand a
thyrsus. In front of him is a winged Eros moving
to the right, a female figure playing on the tym-
panum, and looking back at Dionysos as she moves
to the right, and a bearded Satyr seated, playing
on the double flute. Behind Dionysos is another
female figure balancing the one on the right, and
dancing. This figure is nearly effaced, but, from the
general action, it is probable that she was repre-
sented playing on the krotala or castanets. Both
11 The shape was that marked CLII. in the series of shapes of
Vases, Plate Y. of Catalogue of Greek Vases in the British
Museum, 1851.
section of which, formed an obtuse-angled triangle.
Of these I only found two, The largest measured
6' 7" by 2' 5" by 2' 5"; the thickness of the sides was
4". The lid, which measured 7' 6" in length by 3' in
width, with a thickness of 1' at the apex, required a
number of men to lift it. On raising it up, I looked
down into the soros, and saw at one end a vase, lying
on its side, and a small \>yowlq phiale of very elegant
form. All trace of the body had disappeared, except
a fine layer of dust at the bottom; on examining
which, I found a silver coin of Chios, which may be
thus described:—
Obv. Androsphinx, seated to the left; in front a diota ; above
-which a bunch of grapes.
Rev. Quadripartite incuse. Size, 2 ; "Weight, 40-^- grains.
The vase was an a/mplwrd* of a very late period.
The figures were red on a black ground. The sub-
ject was as follows : On the left the youthful Diony-
sos seated on a chair, holding in his left hand a
thyrsus. In front of him is a winged Eros moving
to the right, a female figure playing on the tym-
panum, and looking back at Dionysos as she moves
to the right, and a bearded Satyr seated, playing
on the double flute. Behind Dionysos is another
female figure balancing the one on the right, and
dancing. This figure is nearly effaced, but, from the
general action, it is probable that she was repre-
sented playing on the krotala or castanets. Both
11 The shape was that marked CLII. in the series of shapes of
Vases, Plate Y. of Catalogue of Greek Vases in the British
Museum, 1851.