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A History of Art in Sardinia and Jud.-ea. Greek porch framed by sturdy pilasters at the sides, opening into a memorial chamber. Our next illustration is reproduced from Cassas, a Frenchman who visited Syria during the last century, an archaeologist who drew with the true instinct of an artist, and although he wrote before the great Assyrian, Egyptian, and Phoenician discoveries, his information is valuable and reliable so far as was then known, and he does not deserve the neglect that has fallen upon him. Fig. 145.— Jewish Ti Restored by C Plate XXXVIII. His restoration was from the remains of sturdy buttresses, notably on the left, and except the crowning ornament, it cannot be far from reality. To the Greek motif of the porch, are united typical, tall pilasters at either side, a feature utterly unknown in Greek monuments, whilst the composition of the façade resembles in a striking manner that of the Paphian temple and hypogées around Jerusalem (Fig. 145). 1 The character of the pilasters is modified 1 This tomb, situated to the north-west of Jerusalem, is nearly in the same con- dition as when Cassas saw it towards the end of the last century. The capitals of the pilasters may then have been in situ. It is described by Pierotti in Jerusalem Explored.