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In the western gable is a small door for introducing the body of the person buried
in the tomb . On the principal frieze round the base of the tomb are the following :
- - 5 . Battle of cavalry and foot soldiers in a rocky place . Two figures are partly ...
In the western gable is a small door for introducing the body of the person buried
in the tomb . On the principal frieze round the base of the tomb are the following :
- - 5 . Battle of cavalry and foot soldiers in a rocky place . Two figures are partly ...
Page 69
Two armed figures , and an inscription perhaps containing Payava ' s directions
as to the use of the tomb . In general form this monument , like its companion ,
and like many of the Lycian tombs , is remarkable for its frank , and probably ...
Two armed figures , and an inscription perhaps containing Payava ' s directions
as to the use of the tomb . In general form this monument , like its companion ,
and like many of the Lycian tombs , is remarkable for its frank , and probably ...
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Case B . The principal group of antiquities of the early Etruscan period is that
from the Polledrara Tomb ( otherwise known as the Grotta d ' Iside or Grotto of Isis
) , which was excavated at a place called La Polledrara , near Vulci , in 1840 .
Case B . The principal group of antiquities of the early Etruscan period is that
from the Polledrara Tomb ( otherwise known as the Grotta d ' Iside or Grotto of Isis
) , which was excavated at a place called La Polledrara , near Vulci , in 1840 .
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Roman Gallery Busts and statues of Roman Emperors and | 1 |
Nereid Room Sculptures of the Nereid Monument at Xanthos | 63 |
Mausoleum Room Large Lycian TombsSculptures of the tomb | 75 |
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| Title | A Guide to the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities in the British Museum |
| Editor | British museum (Londres). Department of Greek and Roman antiquities |
| Contributor | Arthur Hamilton Smith |
| Edition | 4 |
| Publisher | Trustees of the British Museum, 1912 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 25 Oct 2007 |
| Length | 256 pages |
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