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Pkimiteve GREixii : MvctiNiAN Art. Treasury of Atreus, was yet adorned in the same style. Its fragmentary facings exhibit the same processes and the same forms as those manifested on the neighbouring edifice, including rich incrustations of red, green, bluish, and white marbles. The tomb is apparently built on the lines of its greater neighbour ; but the work was carried out on a simpler plan, and apparently Fio, 387.— Fragment of sciilplured slab. Heiglil, o in., 57 ; widih, o m., 67 ; thickness, o in., 10. without the aid of bronze in any part of the edifice. The Elgin collection in the British Museum contains two fragments of doubtful origin, probably from some domed-tombs. Their green tone recalls the very similar slabs of calcareous breccia at Orchomenos. The side of one of these pieces is obliquely cut, and announces itself as having come from the closing system of the triangle (Fig. 287). The right side is occupied by the head and shoulder of a lion ; and the left by a leafy branch,