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66 HISTORY OF ART IN ANTIQUITY. pression it produces is that of a small country church with a square tower (Fig. 39). Thus, upon a parallelepiped base, 8m. 80 c. by 6 m. 25 c. by 2 m. 40 c. high, have been cut four grades which were ascend- ed on the eastern side ; and on these, again was left a cubical block, i m. 90 c. in height, surmounted by two low steps. The FIG. 40. Tomb near Phocsea. Plan. WEBER, Trots tombeaux, Fig. 7. monument did not end here, for on the top appear marks as of some object torn off. This our illustration, although on a reduced scale, shows very distinctly. Was the crowning member orna- mental, a "stepped " pyramid, rosette, or symbolic device, like the phallus of the tombs around Bour- nabat ? To this question no answer can be given, for the breaking off has been too cleanly done to admit even of conjecture. But if the terminal form is sadly to seek, the internal dispositions FIG. 41. Tomb near Phocaea. Longitudinal section. WEBER, Trois tombeaux t Fig. 8. The author was a member of the Socie'te Royale des Antiquaires, a fact which he does not seem to have remembered save in this single instance, his short narrative being wholly taken up with picturesque and sprightly anecdotes of a more or less personal character.