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Description and Restoration of Tomb I. 47 is nearly as regular as that of the chamber, the huge blocks of the lower course, the three slabs of conglomerate which form the low sill of the circular building, the polished surface of which is hardly injured by time or wear (Fig. 256, a, b, c), or the soft calcareous flags of unequal size seen front and back of the threshold d d. The circular cavities shown at r r are probably dowel-holes, which served to fix a bronze band on to X I I I M I I I I I I 4- 4 3M Fig. 256. — Tomb I. Plan of entrance. the sill, or perhaps a sill of the same metal, s s represent traces supposed to be left on the flags by the door as it turned round u, which is the central point of the pivot. The couple of tiny punctated circles, t and v, are round holes sunk in the lower face of the colossal lintel. A larger cavity, already adverted to as appearing at u, doubtless played the part of socket. These cavities were certainly sealing-holes (Fig. 257). On each slab of the threshold there is a groove running between u and v ; it