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Scythians and Greeks : a survey of ancient history and archaeology on the north coast of the Euxine from the Danube to the Caucasus (1913)

Minns, Ellis H · Cambridge : University Press · leaf 480

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height 15. Operations were begun on the west side and first there was foundan empty masonry chamber with painted architectural adornments (ff. 312, 31 3).Near was a plain chamber in which was the tomb of a lady whom Stephanihas called a Priestess of Demeter, as the decorations of her elaborate… … Figs. 312, 313. CR. 1865, p. 14. Great Biiznitsa. Mans Tomb. Painting in Corridor and Grave-chamber, v. p. 307. all have reference to the cult of Eleusinian Goddesses. By this was the placeupon which a second lady had been burnt, and at a lower level a brickedplatform with the traces of the funeral…

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