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44 EXPLORATIONS IN MOCHLOS
V. m (no illustration). Object of lead resembling a small
rodent's skull (length 4.5 cm.).
In addition to these objects many scraps and fragments of gold
foil were found but none of them entire.
Tomb IV
This tomb lies just at the right of No. V (Figs. 15, 16, 17), the
east wall of which forms the west wall of No. IV. The doorway,
which has well-built jambs of flat stones, was closed by a great up-
right slab which was still in its original position. When this was
removed two small chambers were discovered, lying one behind the
other, separated by a low partition wall. The first (Fig. 15, No. IV,
A) was 2.20 m. deep, the second, B, 1.85 m., which is also the width of
the tomb. In the right or east wall of the inner chamber B was a
doorway leading into No. VI. At some time, probably in the E. M.
Ill period, this doorway connecting No. IV with No. VI was walled
up. This may have been done for various reasons. The chamber
may have become filled with bones or the family for which the tomb
was built may have died out. Whatever may have been the reason,
it is clear that No. VI ceased to be used as a place of burial by the end
of the E. M. II period, as it contained no objects of later date,
except near the surface. The relation of No. IV and No. VI (Fig.
15) is curious; it is possible that, in the original scheme, No. IV was
not intended as a tomb, but rather as a mortuary chapel through
which the important burial chamber of No. VI was reached. As
there is no means of entering No. VI except by passing through
No. IV, the latter can hardly have been intended for burial purposes
as long as No. VI was in use. Again, we know that No. VI is of very
early date belonging to the beginning of the E. M. II period before
the introduction of the mottled ware, whereas the only early burial
deposit on the floor of No. IV belonged to the E. M. Ill period. We
may, therefore, assume that No. IV was merely an outer chapel to
No. VI in the original E. M. II plan of this tomb group. Later, at
the end of this period or at the beginning of the E. M. Ill age, the
connecting doorway was walled up, and a small partition wall was
built across No. IV (well shown in Fig. 17), leaving a sort of ante-
chamber, A, next the entrance. At any rate, No. IV began to be used
as a tomb chamber in the E. M. Ill period, since a burial of this
date was found in the inner compartment B.
No objects of any sort were found on the floor of the outer cham-
ber A, but close against the partition wall in B lay the burial just
V. m (no illustration). Object of lead resembling a small
rodent's skull (length 4.5 cm.).
In addition to these objects many scraps and fragments of gold
foil were found but none of them entire.
Tomb IV
This tomb lies just at the right of No. V (Figs. 15, 16, 17), the
east wall of which forms the west wall of No. IV. The doorway,
which has well-built jambs of flat stones, was closed by a great up-
right slab which was still in its original position. When this was
removed two small chambers were discovered, lying one behind the
other, separated by a low partition wall. The first (Fig. 15, No. IV,
A) was 2.20 m. deep, the second, B, 1.85 m., which is also the width of
the tomb. In the right or east wall of the inner chamber B was a
doorway leading into No. VI. At some time, probably in the E. M.
Ill period, this doorway connecting No. IV with No. VI was walled
up. This may have been done for various reasons. The chamber
may have become filled with bones or the family for which the tomb
was built may have died out. Whatever may have been the reason,
it is clear that No. VI ceased to be used as a place of burial by the end
of the E. M. II period, as it contained no objects of later date,
except near the surface. The relation of No. IV and No. VI (Fig.
15) is curious; it is possible that, in the original scheme, No. IV was
not intended as a tomb, but rather as a mortuary chapel through
which the important burial chamber of No. VI was reached. As
there is no means of entering No. VI except by passing through
No. IV, the latter can hardly have been intended for burial purposes
as long as No. VI was in use. Again, we know that No. VI is of very
early date belonging to the beginning of the E. M. II period before
the introduction of the mottled ware, whereas the only early burial
deposit on the floor of No. IV belonged to the E. M. Ill period. We
may, therefore, assume that No. IV was merely an outer chapel to
No. VI in the original E. M. II plan of this tomb group. Later, at
the end of this period or at the beginning of the E. M. Ill age, the
connecting doorway was walled up, and a small partition wall was
built across No. IV (well shown in Fig. 17), leaving a sort of ante-
chamber, A, next the entrance. At any rate, No. IV began to be used
as a tomb chamber in the E. M. Ill period, since a burial of this
date was found in the inner compartment B.
No objects of any sort were found on the floor of the outer cham-
ber A, but close against the partition wall in B lay the burial just