Hamilton, William John: Researches in Asia Minor, Pontus, and Armenia: with some account of their antiquities and geology ; in two volumes (Band 1) (London, 1842)

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SULEIMANLI ANC. BLAUNDUS.

[Chap. ix.

says that this gateway belongs to the Lower Empire, there
can, I think, be little doubt that it is Roman, even if it
cannot lay claim to still greater antiquity. He says that it
was originally arched,* and that the top has been since filled
in and squared off. But it is evident from the accom-
panying sketch that it must have been square from the

No. 7.

[Gateway of Blaundus.]

very first; for the arch on the outside is insulated and
separated by three courses of stone from the sides and top
of the gateway, and is merely the continuation of that
within, which has been carried through the wall, for greater
strength or ornament. On each side is a massive square
tower, built of Hellenic blocks, which, as well as the con-
necting wall, were originally surmounted by a Doric frieze,
with triglyphs, part of which is still remaining, and which
I do not believe has been brought from the Doric portico
within, as stated by Arundel ;* although the wall on the
western side, which retires from the tower, has been repaired
at a subsequent period with marble blocks derived from
other buildings.

* Asia Minor, vol. i. p. 80.