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Primitive Greece : MyceniaN Art. its having no decoration. The facing, composed of beautiful courses of very hard calcareous blocks, with yellowish tones, was everywhere left exposed. Some few applied pieces of green breccia or metal were trenchantly relieved against the ViQ. 275,— Tomb I. While marlile ri.igmenl of decoralion of the facade. Height, o ni., 16. light colour of the limestone. Of these the most important are the two semi-columns at either side of the doorway, rising to a height, with base and capital, of six metres sixty centimetres. Although the base, composed of low steps, alone remains m Fig. 276.— Tomb I, Green breccia fragment ol capital, st/u, we have none the less all the requisite elements for restoring the column. True, one of the capitals (Fig. 200, a) is very much worn, but it is nearly complete, and the general contour of the mass and main modulations of the shape can be plainly made out. The other capital has been taken to pieces and dis-