The extremities of the pair of fire-dogs are very clearly shaped as the bow and stern of a geometric galley. There are some very obvious modifications to fit the practical function of the objects, namely the excessively long hull and its minimalist rendition as the keel only. The two firedogs are not identical although the differences are minor, and they were clearly meant to go as a pair that depicts identical ships. Both fire-dogs have at the base of the bow and stern two protuberances which frame a cavity between them. Courbin hypothesizes that these cavities were meant to receive a crosspiece that joined the extremities of the two fire-dogs and kept them parallel. These crosspieces are possibly part of the fragments but would be difficult to tell apart from the obeloi fragments.

The bow section of the two-firedogs preserves slightly different elements which allow for a more complete reconstruction. The bow and forecastle consists of a single rectangular piece to which the stempost ornament and the hull were attached. The stempost is vertical, ending in an S-shaped horn device that curves forward then backwards parallel to the hull. One of the fire-dogs preserves the beginning of the bow projection. The forecastle is solid and rectangular, with two horizontal lines in relief attached on either side that project slightly from the stempost. These are arguably the most important detail provided, as they are identical to the small horizontal projections observable on Attic geometric ship depictions. The Argos models provide a definitive confirmation that these represent wales which extended across the length of the castles. The sternpost is simpler. It rises near vertically and ends in an inward curving horn that resembles a stylized bird-headed device. The shape of the ships overall is very similar to contemporary Attic geometric depictions. The 12 obeloi which accompany the tomb's firedogs are rectangular in section (> 110 cm in length, 1 kg average), with a handle formed by a flat oval disc. The type is unknown from Cyprus, which raises the possibility of local manufacture.

The tomb was discovered below fragments of a geometric krater. It is a 3 m long cist grave which remains unparalleled in terms of its richness compared to some one hundred eight century tombs in Argos. The inhumation is that of a male between 25-30 years of age. The offerings were found in a disturbed state due to later Roman activity, and the tomb was ostensibly hastily pillaged from its most precious belongings, notably artifacts of gold. There a few other burials which resemble tomb 45. A bronze helmet apparently from the same workshop was found in a grave from the Stavropoulos plot, over a kilometre to the northeast. Another burial from the Theodoropoulos plot, probably a generation older, contained a bronze helmet, two spearheads and six iron obeloi. Two additional burials contained obeloi. One of them is roughly contemporary with tomb 45 and fairly nearby, while the other is in an entirely different part of the settlement, in an area where five other graves spanning a century contained spearheads, swords and daggers. These seem to be for the most part isolated occurrences and do not provide evidence of elite cemeteries.

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