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have similar chambers. A doorway above the middle bench on the inner wall leads into a roughly square inner chamber, measuring 3.65-5.2 x 2.8-3.0 metres. There is a recess on the right side for the body of the deceased. It is 0.54 metres above floor level, 1.9 metres long, 1.46 metres high, and 1.20
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The tomb is about 2.15 metres above the ground level. There is a clear open area in front of the tomb, measuring The façade is 5.32 metres high and consists of two stories: a bottom story which is 2.81 metes high and consists two low walls (0.56-0.75 m high), on top of which are two broad
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metres deep. The upper level leads to a separate chamber the same size as the outer chamber below it, which is totally empty. There is no connection between the two levels and the upper floor is only accessible with difficulty; it was probably decorative.
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columns, which are 0.60-0.84 m wide and 1.5-1.65 m high. Above this is a 0.72 metre-high architrave and a 0.30 metre high cornice. The top story is 2.22 metres high and has three narrow
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