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chisel. It rests on four legs, connected by two crossbars,
which, of course, represent the beams used to hold the
piles together and support
the platform. The interior
is cut in two, like an actual
dwelling, by a partition wall,
and the lid, which represents
the roof, is conical in form,
like the roof of the chamber
already noted at Tliera, and
apparently thatched at the
top. Farther, there are holes
in the lid which are of no practical use in the urn, while
such vents would be required in the actual roof.

Both urns are characterized by the interlacing spiral, as
we see it in the upper field of the stele (Plate XL), and
both witness to the use of rush-thatching. While the

Fig- 134- Stone Box from Amorgos

Fig. 135. Remains of Circular To-

i Amorgos (

absence of the lid of the Melos urn leaves us to inference
as regards the roofing of the individual huts, the propy-
laeum (as we may call it) of the cluster of huts is a positive
voucher for the thatched gable-roof.