DOI article:
Earle, Mortimer Lamson: [Papers supplementary to Vol. V]
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DISCOVERY OF A TEMPLE OF ARCHAIC PLAN.
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so need not be set forth here.10 A small fragment of a Doric column
of poros, about 0.275 m. in diameter, was found on the surface.
All the remains found have now been described, and we have to
reconstruct the temple as far as possible, and to determine its asje and
the divinity to whom it was dedicated.11 We are greatly hampered
by the fact that, with the exception of two fragments of the crepidoma,
only foundation-walls are left, not a piece of marble or any part of the
upper structure having beeu found near the spot.
The ground-plan shows that we have to deal with a peripteral
TEMPLE
DISCOVER ED AT
PLATAEA
10 m.
marble (?)
restored.
1 gray marble
restored.
poros
restored.
poros
W in situ.
1H blackened
earth.
the dotted line
Shows the present
ground level
.section through
the centre
n.and s. looking w.
Figure 1.
temple, presumably, indeed certainly, Doric. The stereobate12 is
readily restored from similar buildings, and may safely be set down
as having had three courses of steps, resting on a lower course of gray
marble, of which the block P is the only extant fragment. The set-
back of the first step from the edge of the bottom course may be esti-
10 Fragments of roofing-tiles are scattered over the terrace. They are of baked
clay, covered with a dull yellowish-gray glaze and of a A shape, the angle very ob-
tuse. A small square projection for fastening is seen on some pieces, but not enough
is left of any one to give the dimensions.
"The writer wishes to record his thanks to Dr. Wilhelm Dorpfeld and Pro-
fessor Frank B. Tarbell for their valuable suggestions and assistance.
11 See section, Figure 1.
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so need not be set forth here.10 A small fragment of a Doric column
of poros, about 0.275 m. in diameter, was found on the surface.
All the remains found have now been described, and we have to
reconstruct the temple as far as possible, and to determine its asje and
the divinity to whom it was dedicated.11 We are greatly hampered
by the fact that, with the exception of two fragments of the crepidoma,
only foundation-walls are left, not a piece of marble or any part of the
upper structure having beeu found near the spot.
The ground-plan shows that we have to deal with a peripteral
TEMPLE
DISCOVER ED AT
PLATAEA
10 m.
marble (?)
restored.
1 gray marble
restored.
poros
restored.
poros
W in situ.
1H blackened
earth.
the dotted line
Shows the present
ground level
.section through
the centre
n.and s. looking w.
Figure 1.
temple, presumably, indeed certainly, Doric. The stereobate12 is
readily restored from similar buildings, and may safely be set down
as having had three courses of steps, resting on a lower course of gray
marble, of which the block P is the only extant fragment. The set-
back of the first step from the edge of the bottom course may be esti-
10 Fragments of roofing-tiles are scattered over the terrace. They are of baked
clay, covered with a dull yellowish-gray glaze and of a A shape, the angle very ob-
tuse. A small square projection for fastening is seen on some pieces, but not enough
is left of any one to give the dimensions.
"The writer wishes to record his thanks to Dr. Wilhelm Dorpfeld and Pro-
fessor Frank B. Tarbell for their valuable suggestions and assistance.
11 See section, Figure 1.