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ENVIRONS OF CNIDTJS. 513
side wall was a smaller apse or alcove. The walls
were built of grouted rubble, which has probably
been faced externally with ashlar-work. They were
of considerable thickness, and must bave supported
a vault of grouted rubble, of which I found the
remains lying on the floor of the tomb.
In front of each of these three alcoves was a
marble sarcophagus, 9' long. Tbe alcove on the
west had contained the draped female figure,
the discovery of which in the mass of brushwood
had originally drawn my attention to this spot.
The body of this statue, from the waist down-
wards, I found in its original position, standing
within the alcove on a marble pavement. The
lower part of the statue was in good condition.
The upper portion of the figure appears to have
been broken by the fall of the roof of the alcove.
I found the breast and shoulders in one piece,
the head in two pieces, and also part of the right
arm and hand, and the left hand.
The fragments which make up the upper part of
the figure are in very bad condition. The original
surface of the sculpture is nearly destroyed, and
enough only remains to indicate the motive of tbe
figure.
In the left band of the statxie are a poppy-head
and ears of corn. These are the well-known attri-
butes of Ceres. On the other hand, the head-dress
is that in use among Iloman ladies in the time of
Domitian, when the hair was arranged over the
forehead in a double row of formal curls.
The statue is unquestionably of the Roman pe-
side wall was a smaller apse or alcove. The walls
were built of grouted rubble, which has probably
been faced externally with ashlar-work. They were
of considerable thickness, and must bave supported
a vault of grouted rubble, of which I found the
remains lying on the floor of the tomb.
In front of each of these three alcoves was a
marble sarcophagus, 9' long. Tbe alcove on the
west had contained the draped female figure,
the discovery of which in the mass of brushwood
had originally drawn my attention to this spot.
The body of this statue, from the waist down-
wards, I found in its original position, standing
within the alcove on a marble pavement. The
lower part of the statue was in good condition.
The upper portion of the figure appears to have
been broken by the fall of the roof of the alcove.
I found the breast and shoulders in one piece,
the head in two pieces, and also part of the right
arm and hand, and the left hand.
The fragments which make up the upper part of
the figure are in very bad condition. The original
surface of the sculpture is nearly destroyed, and
enough only remains to indicate the motive of tbe
figure.
In the left band of the statxie are a poppy-head
and ears of corn. These are the well-known attri-
butes of Ceres. On the other hand, the head-dress
is that in use among Iloman ladies in the time of
Domitian, when the hair was arranged over the
forehead in a double row of formal curls.
The statue is unquestionably of the Roman pe-