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Beshindelâya

The tomb consists of a large open
square, excavated in the living rock
with a dromos leading down on one
side - opposite this the face of the
rock is pierced with openings which
lead into the tomb chambers excavated
beneath the surface. The openings and
the rock above them are carved to
represent a portico or facade. The^ sq. ^columnar
supports indeed are inserted but the
architrave is of natural rock.

The square piers are capped with
well wrought moulded blocks and the
architrave is heavy and richly moulded.
Above the ruins a frieze of bucrania
and garlands, a well-known motive
of Greco Roman ornament.

This work is peculiarly interesting from
an architects point of view because the
rectangular piers, the moulded caps and
architrave are of the same general style

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Dromos: narrow entrance way, often lined with stones.

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Bucrania: Arabian/Greek/Roman motif of ox heads adorned with ribbons or garlands; often with Ibex (wild goat) heads.