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ENVIRONS OF CNIDUS. 517
The other fragments (Plate XCIlL, Nos. 44, 46,
47, 48) appear to form part of honorary decrees
of like import; but too small a portion of these
inscriptions has been preserved to afford a de-
tailed explanation of their purport. The name of
Theopompos, the son of Artemidoros, occurs in
No. 47."
The age of these decrees, so far as I can judge
from the form of the letters, corresponds with that
which I have assigned to the statue. The slabs of
marble on which they are inscribed vary in thick-
ness from Y to 2". They have evidently been fixed
against the walls of the tomb, which, in the al-
coves, has a wainscoting of marble veneers.
Above this wainscotina: the lar2,'e alcove has been
lined with stucco, ornamented with vertical crimson
stripes, and, perhaps, other patterns.
The walls were probably lined with veneers of
coloured marbles, of which a number of pieces were
found in the rubble, some of them cut into tri-
angles and other ireometrical forms.
The sarcophagi rested on a step elevated above
the floor of the chamber. This step and the floors
of the alcoves were veneered with marble.
is the one voted in this decree. It might rather be expected
that the statue voted in honour of Lyksethios would have been one
of himself.
h See ante, p. 468. The occurrence of this name leads me to
doubt whether the tomb can be considered as erected only to the
memory of Lykajtliios, as I had at first supposed. Hence, in the
titles of Plates LXX. LXXL, I have called these remains " Tomb
in Peninsula," instead of " Tomb of Lykcethios," the title used
Plate LXIX.
The other fragments (Plate XCIlL, Nos. 44, 46,
47, 48) appear to form part of honorary decrees
of like import; but too small a portion of these
inscriptions has been preserved to afford a de-
tailed explanation of their purport. The name of
Theopompos, the son of Artemidoros, occurs in
No. 47."
The age of these decrees, so far as I can judge
from the form of the letters, corresponds with that
which I have assigned to the statue. The slabs of
marble on which they are inscribed vary in thick-
ness from Y to 2". They have evidently been fixed
against the walls of the tomb, which, in the al-
coves, has a wainscoting of marble veneers.
Above this wainscotina: the lar2,'e alcove has been
lined with stucco, ornamented with vertical crimson
stripes, and, perhaps, other patterns.
The walls were probably lined with veneers of
coloured marbles, of which a number of pieces were
found in the rubble, some of them cut into tri-
angles and other ireometrical forms.
The sarcophagi rested on a step elevated above
the floor of the chamber. This step and the floors
of the alcoves were veneered with marble.
is the one voted in this decree. It might rather be expected
that the statue voted in honour of Lyksethios would have been one
of himself.
h See ante, p. 468. The occurrence of this name leads me to
doubt whether the tomb can be considered as erected only to the
memory of Lykajtliios, as I had at first supposed. Hence, in the
titles of Plates LXX. LXXL, I have called these remains " Tomb
in Peninsula," instead of " Tomb of Lykcethios," the title used
Plate LXIX.