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Scenes of the spiral band running up the shaft

 p141  XLVI. A fortified camp

On a piece of rocky and broken ground a fortified camp has been placed. Two tents are seen inside. Three guards are standing sentry outside the Pretorian gate. In the distance, partly hidden in the hollows and depressions of the ground, are four small round temples, each is fronted by a doorway with ornamental jambs, and moulded lintel over it. One of these doors is topped by a circular pediment. Another door is arched, and has two side columns with a corona above them, making an outer door frame. Each building has a conical roof, and in the roofs of three are dormer windows covered in with flat tiles or planks sloping back to the roof. Two cypress trees are seen beside each of these buildings, and these buildings are perhaps tombs or mortuary temples. They are scattered amongst broken rocks which half conceal the Roman soldiers, whom the sculptor has represented amongst them. Further off is another detached fortified enclosure. It has a wall of masonry, in which is a square headed door, and besides that a praetorian gate or opening in the wall defended by two wooden towers.

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