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Dêhes

is carved to represent a roman couch or bed
with turned legs in relief at either end
and at the head an upright post in the form
of a dolphin in relief. Over four of these
sarcophagi are busts in high relief, much
weathered, portraits doubtless of the deceased.

Three are of men and one unmistakably
of a woman. Between the arcosolia of the
west side is an opening with a large
ox head carved at the back. But the faces
of the arches are even more rich in sculpture.
In the first spandrel to the left is a relief
representing a man in a chariot battling
with a many headed serpent, reminiscent
of Herakles [sic-Heracles/Hercules] and the Hydra - below this in
a small panel is an excellent
representation of him with his foot on a globe.

The corner spandrel has a relief
representing a man at the plough. His two oxen
stand on the left of the angle and the
ploughman with the plough and goad on the other.