Newton, Charles T. [Hrsg.]; Pullan, Richard P. [Hrsg.]: A history of discoveries at Halicarnassus, Cnidus and Branchidae (Band 2, Teil 2) (London, 1863)

412 TEMENOS OV DEMETEll, PERSEPHONE,

counted sacred, and the rough inclosures were built
for the reception of votive objects. Hence, some
of the cells were lined with cement, and com-
pletely filled with one class of terracottas. The
quantity of lamps of a late period found in some of
the foundations proves that the dedication of such
offerings must have been continued till the second
or third century A.D.

On first discovering the inclosures, the cha-
racter of their contents, and the shape and dimen-
sions of the cells themselves, led me to consider
them as walled graves.

No human bones, however, have been found in
any of these chambers, and, after a careful exami-
nation of nearly the whole area of the temenos,
and of the three groups of inclosures, I am in-
clined to think that there is no positive evidence
to prove that any of them were used for sepulchral
jrarposcs ; though, from the occasional occurrence
of strata of bones of animals and cinerary remains,
it is probable that sacrifices took place near or
within these inclosures.

It is remarkable that in all the three groups,
the walls nearest the escarp have been forced out
of the perpendicular, so that each group leans
forward to the south.

I am disposed to think that this inclination was
caused by an earthquake. I would here note the
fact that in one place near the centre of the escarp
the strata of soil were curiously contorted, and
among them was a layer of ashes, lamps, and other
human remains so twisted and intermixed with