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https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.32867#0399
ROMAN PERIOD
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of the lintel is a large console ornamented with acanthus. Resting upon these and
the lintel was a broad frieze ornamented with perpendicular flutings, curved at the top
and half filled with a cable below; at the top of the frieze is a delicate egg-and-dart
molding. Above this flat frieze is another frieze-like member, pulvinated, adorned
with a rich rinceau of acanthus leaves, and surmounted by an egg-and-dart molding.
Upon this was set a cornice with corona and cymatium. The side portals are simpler ;
their frame moldings consist of a narrow and a broad band, separated by a bead, and
inclosed within a projecting set of narrow moldings composed of a fillet, an ovolo, a
cavetto, and a flat face. There are no consoles. The frieze is adorned with flutings,
like that of the main portal, and is crowned with a salient cymatium.
Southem half of east fa^ade of basilica at Shakka.
One of the niches is preserved intact; it is tall and narrow, of semicircular section,
and terminates in a well-carved conch. At its base a ledge in the form of a delicate
cymatium projects in front of the niche, and is carried a short distance on either side
of it. Upon this, on either side of the niche, is placed a long plinth block, one half
resting on the ledge, the other projecting beyond its end in a curious manner. Lhis
plintli receives the bases of two engaged and coupled colonnettes, one of which rests
upon tlie part of the plintli above the ledge, the other upon its projecting portion.
The colonnettes are of the Ionic order, with delicately carved bases and capitals,
though the design of the latter is rather free. The pediment is carved from a single
stone ; its lower member, which consists of two fasciae and a broad cymatium, is curved
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of the lintel is a large console ornamented with acanthus. Resting upon these and
the lintel was a broad frieze ornamented with perpendicular flutings, curved at the top
and half filled with a cable below; at the top of the frieze is a delicate egg-and-dart
molding. Above this flat frieze is another frieze-like member, pulvinated, adorned
with a rich rinceau of acanthus leaves, and surmounted by an egg-and-dart molding.
Upon this was set a cornice with corona and cymatium. The side portals are simpler ;
their frame moldings consist of a narrow and a broad band, separated by a bead, and
inclosed within a projecting set of narrow moldings composed of a fillet, an ovolo, a
cavetto, and a flat face. There are no consoles. The frieze is adorned with flutings,
like that of the main portal, and is crowned with a salient cymatium.
Southem half of east fa^ade of basilica at Shakka.
One of the niches is preserved intact; it is tall and narrow, of semicircular section,
and terminates in a well-carved conch. At its base a ledge in the form of a delicate
cymatium projects in front of the niche, and is carried a short distance on either side
of it. Upon this, on either side of the niche, is placed a long plinth block, one half
resting on the ledge, the other projecting beyond its end in a curious manner. Lhis
plintli receives the bases of two engaged and coupled colonnettes, one of which rests
upon tlie part of the plintli above the ledge, the other upon its projecting portion.
The colonnettes are of the Ionic order, with delicately carved bases and capitals,
though the design of the latter is rather free. The pediment is carved from a single
stone ; its lower member, which consists of two fasciae and a broad cymatium, is curved