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4<d The Archaic Artemisia of Ephesus.
northward, no other structure was discovered below the Croesus foundations,
although the investigation was continued up to and beyond the limit of the
area of the later peristyle. The lower stratum, interposed between Croesus
foundations and bottom-sand, proved to be packed rubbish everywhere outside
the Primitive N. wall last mentioned, and to contain a very little pottery, and
still fewer objects of other fabrics. A small bronze bowl, and some unrecog-
nisable scraps of the same metal and of coloured paste, were all that rewarded
our search.
After the failure of repeated trials at various points, there was no conclusion
possible but that we had probably found the northern limit of the area containing
Primitive structures. Since the wall last mentioned ran exactly parallel to
the northernmost face of the enlarged Basis, it seemed probable that it was
built in relation to that Basis, and that at a like distance from the south face
of the latter a corresponding bounding wall would be found at a low level.
On the south, therefore, such a wall was sought. It has been stated that
in the first season a structure had been revealed close to and facing the Basis
on the south at the same distance as that just described on the north. It
remains to be said that the interval between this structure and the south face of
the Basis extension wall, which had been thickened as on the north, contained
precisely similar filling to that in the northern interval. Some ivory fragments
with finely incised pattern, a second ribbed bone cylinder, and some scraps of
bronze ornaments and flakes of gold and electrum foil were found in this
filling.
This structure outside the Basis proved of the same character as the
northern outside structure ; and its outward face had been similarly obliterated
by another line of foundation sunk partly to, partly through, it. It was
in vain, however, that we sought beyond this for a farther bounding Primitive
wall, running parallel to the Basis and abreast of it. The mass of super-
imposed Croesus, Hellenistic, and Byzantine foundations had been much less
thoroughly quarried on this flank, and being in great part under water, was not
to be wholly removed except with dynamite. We had to be content, therefore,
with sinking pits at wide intervals across the supposed line of the southern
boundary, where it was practicable to do so ; and in two of these we eventually
came upon two short lengths of wall of thickness and material identical with
those of the northern limit, and with one course preserved above the founda-
tions, showing true faces north and south. The.~,c fragments lay exactly in a
line. Trials made beyond this line in the southern peristyle area had the
same negative result as those in the northern. Therefore we were forced to
northward, no other structure was discovered below the Croesus foundations,
although the investigation was continued up to and beyond the limit of the
area of the later peristyle. The lower stratum, interposed between Croesus
foundations and bottom-sand, proved to be packed rubbish everywhere outside
the Primitive N. wall last mentioned, and to contain a very little pottery, and
still fewer objects of other fabrics. A small bronze bowl, and some unrecog-
nisable scraps of the same metal and of coloured paste, were all that rewarded
our search.
After the failure of repeated trials at various points, there was no conclusion
possible but that we had probably found the northern limit of the area containing
Primitive structures. Since the wall last mentioned ran exactly parallel to
the northernmost face of the enlarged Basis, it seemed probable that it was
built in relation to that Basis, and that at a like distance from the south face
of the latter a corresponding bounding wall would be found at a low level.
On the south, therefore, such a wall was sought. It has been stated that
in the first season a structure had been revealed close to and facing the Basis
on the south at the same distance as that just described on the north. It
remains to be said that the interval between this structure and the south face of
the Basis extension wall, which had been thickened as on the north, contained
precisely similar filling to that in the northern interval. Some ivory fragments
with finely incised pattern, a second ribbed bone cylinder, and some scraps of
bronze ornaments and flakes of gold and electrum foil were found in this
filling.
This structure outside the Basis proved of the same character as the
northern outside structure ; and its outward face had been similarly obliterated
by another line of foundation sunk partly to, partly through, it. It was
in vain, however, that we sought beyond this for a farther bounding Primitive
wall, running parallel to the Basis and abreast of it. The mass of super-
imposed Croesus, Hellenistic, and Byzantine foundations had been much less
thoroughly quarried on this flank, and being in great part under water, was not
to be wholly removed except with dynamite. We had to be content, therefore,
with sinking pits at wide intervals across the supposed line of the southern
boundary, where it was practicable to do so ; and in two of these we eventually
came upon two short lengths of wall of thickness and material identical with
those of the northern limit, and with one course preserved above the founda-
tions, showing true faces north and south. The.~,c fragments lay exactly in a
line. Trials made beyond this line in the southern peristyle area had the
same negative result as those in the northern. Therefore we were forced to