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TOMBS IN PAPHLAGONIA. 203 summit walls, which M. Hirschfeld identifies with Tavium, the capital of the ancient Trocmes, or Eastern Galatians. 1 As for ourselves, we find no reason to change the opinion formulated in another place, to the effect that the site of Tavium must be sought on the right bank of the Halys, close by Nefez Keui. 2 Whichever view may be taken, the fact remains that the Iskelib tombs are anterior to the oc- cupation of the district by the Ga- latians. There are four sepulchral cham- bers, one on the ground - floor and the other three on the second tier ; the more important one being in the centre (Fig. 140). It is preceded by a porch composed of two stout columns and correspond- ing antae (Fig. 141). The whole height of the pillars is almost 3 m. (2 m. 98 c.), of which 57 c. go to the base and 29 c. to the capital. The base, though a trifle more complicated than the Hambar Kaia ex- emplar, is likewise bell- shaped (Fig. 142), and rests upon a thin plinth, 93 c. at the side, a narrow listel uniting FIG. 141. Iskelib. Tomb I. Plan. Hirschfeld, Plate VI. FIG. 142. Iskelib. Tomb I. Elevation of portico. Ibid. 1 Monatsberichte Akademien Berlin, 1884, p. 1254. Ainsworth is almost the only modern traveller, besides Hirschfeld, who visited Iskelib. But he does not seem to have had an inkling of the importance of these monuments ; at any rate, no trace of it appears in his narrative. - PERROT et GUILLAUME, Exploration archeologiqve , torn. i. pp. 289-292.