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THESEUM, ERECHTHEUM, AND OTHER WORKS. 197 Fig. 200. — Detail of the Finial. We possess also the statue from the choragic monu- ment of Thrasyllos, which was placed above the front to a small, rock-hewn cella, the statue being seated, and probably holding a tripod in its lap. It was built in 320, and altered later. The entablature of the front was supported in the middle by one pier, square, or rather oblong on plan, the narrow face fronting outwards. There are similar square piers, like detached antse, at the Propylsea and the Temple of Victory. In Rome such marble piers presenting their narrow sides to the front are to be found on the Palatine. The Lycian Tombs. A series of tombs, more or less complete, and several frag- ments, well represent the sepulchral monuments of Lycia ex- plored by Fellows. There are three principal types of those tombs — (i) Rock-hewn chambers with temple-like fronts; (2) chest or sarcophagus-like tombs, raised high on stone shafts or basements ; (3) ark-like tombs, imitating small wooden shrines set on basements. Fig. 201. — The Capital.