. The life of the Greeks and Romans. 400. descending a staircase, are decorated more Fig. 401. square or circular in shape, were destined for the recep-tion of sarcophagi ; while seven ascending rows of smaller DETACHED TOMBS. 379 openings in the walls contained the cinerary urns. Anothercolumbarium in the Vigna Codini contains 425 niches in nine interior arrangements ofdetached graves are of asimilar kind (compare § 78).Fig. 402 illustrates the in-terior of a detached tomb,the exterior of which weshall consider hereafter (seeFig. 412). The simple roomcovered with a barrel-va
. The life of the Greeks and Romans. 400. descending a staircase, are decorated more Fig. 401. square or circular in shape, were destined for the recep-tion of sarcophagi ; while seven ascending rows of smaller DETACHED TOMBS. 379 openings in the walls contained the cinerary urns. Anothercolumbarium in the Vigna Codini contains 425 niches in nine interior arrangements ofdetached graves are of asimilar kind (compare § 78).Fig. 402 illustrates the in-terior of a detached tomb,the exterior of which weshall consider hereafter (seeFig. 412). The simple roomcovered with a barrel-vaultreceives its light from asingle window in the ceil-ing. Niches - in the wallsand in the benches contain the urns, others of which are standingon these benches. 78. The simplest forms of detached graves aboveground arenearly related to Etruscan structures of the same kind. We passfrom the simple earth-mounds (tumuli) to those tombs which showa distinct architectural design. Fig. 403 shows Hirts reconstruc-tive design of a partly destroyed, but still recognisable, grave
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