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At the distance of one hundred and twenty feet north 

 is the monument marked O, which, unhappily, is fallen 

 and broken. In sculpture it is the same with the beau- 

 tiful half-buried monument before given, and, I repeat 

 it, in workmanship equal to the best remains of Egyp- 

 tian art. The fallen part was completely bound to the 

 earth by vines and creepers, and before it could be 

 drawn it was necessary to unlace them, and tear the 

 fibres out of the crevices. The paint is very perfect, 

 and has preserved the stone, which makes it more to 

 be regretted that it is broken. The altar is buried, 

 with the top barely visible, which, by excavating, we 

 made out to represent the back of a tortoise. 



