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with an exterior colonnade like the tomb of
the family of Diogenes (see de Vogüé) The square
substructure was in many cases provided
with a pyramidal roof steeply pointed.

(3) Of the single story built tombs there were two
varieties. One with 2 arcosolia on either side
and one end, opposite the door, covered with
a simple barrel vault which may have
supported a pyramidal or other form of roof.
The other sort is quite square formed by
four great arches about a square. The
arches may each have embraced a sarcophagus
but the spaces in the angles formed at the
ends of the arches were provided with an
opening into which a coffin could be slid
endways (see opp p.). The whole was
probably roofed in pyramidal form. The best
preserved of these tombs is well to the north of the
town.

(4) The rock cut tombs here are very interesting
a long series of them, all designed in the same
plan, are to be found in large quantities N.W. of the town.