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Descriition and Restoration ok Tomb I. 67 recognize a wall-band of this kind in the alabaster piece which is preserved in the Mycenie Museum (Fig. 274) ? The fragment is said to have come from the side-chamber of Tomb I. ; but as long as the excavation diary of Stamakis remains unpublished, we may be pardoned if we attach little importance to information supplied by oral tradition. For the rest, the ornament is of a nature to suit equally well the lining of the fa9ade and the rectangular chamber. The creamy white of the alabaster would have formed a charming contrast with the bands of red porphyry. FlO. 274. — Tomb I. Alabasler Iragmciili oF decoration of fa9ade. (The two pieces on the left.) The upper portion of the tomb being now complete, there only remains to find space for fragment v, with semi-rosettes (Fig. 275). The band to which it belongs was the narrowest of all, and in no way corresponds with the sealing-holes of the fai^ade ; but it exactly coincides with the height of the slabs embedded above the abacus of the semi-columns. Let us put this band over the course of masonry which rests on the lintel, where it will be kept in place by its own weight, as well as by clamps and pins. The lower section of the front wall, below the lintel, was distinct from the rest of the frontispiece, from