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IO2 HISTORY OF ART IN ANTIQUITY. the last forms a vertical line outside the right-hand upright. If, on the one hand, the text, out of which the words " Materee " and " Materan " are alone understood, occupies a larger space, on the other hand the decorative scheme is conceived on simpler lines than at lasili Kai'a. The frame, made up of square posts surrounding a field carefully smoothed over, but quite plain, is the only portion which has been carved. Towards the top of the inner slab, a tiny square niche has been pierced, which seems to belong to the FIG. 60. Tomb in the Ayazeen necropolis. Journal, Plate XXI. primitive plan. Other niches, circular in plan and elevation, are seen above and to the left of the pediment. The presence of the long inscription well agrees with the character we are inclined to ascribe to this facade. We own to feeling some degree of hesitancy in respect to Fig. 59 (5 in plan), which exhibits no inscription on its front, no chambered grave in its rear. In general plan, however, it is identical with Fig. 58 ; whilst on the rock which serves as foundation to the inwrought facade appear small niches and stone benches which seem to imply