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probably five or six more covered with soil. 

 Of those exposed, fifteen are below the diazoma, 

 and twenty-one above ; of these, the ten upper- 

 most appear to have been added subsequently to 

 the construction of the others, and one of the 

 rows consists of stone chairs with backs. On 

 the face of the diazoma are several inscriptions 

 of length and interest, being public decrees, one 

 of which proclaims the equivalent value of the 

 money of Rhodes, made current here. The 

 name of Cibyra occurs in these inscriptions, and 

 mention is made also of this theatre having been 

 converted into a gymnasium. Of the prosce- 

 nium, the foundation and a doorway only remain ; 

 the seats command a fine view of the Cibyratic 

 plain, and of the mountains towards Milyas. 



About a hundred yards to the south of the 

 theatre, is another building of the same class, 

 of solid, but unornamented construction, in a 

 very perfect state. Its front, which is nearly 

 entire, consists of a high wall, in the centre of 

 which are five low arched doorways flanked by 

 two square ones ; its diameter is one hundred 

 and seventy-five feet. Within, are thirteen rows 

 of seats, forming the segment of a circle; there are 

 probably many more rows buried beneath the soil. 



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