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The Archaic Artemisia of Ephesus.
course (Fig. 16). (4) The whole rests on a double foundation course of lime-
stone slabs, apparently one and continuous with the foundation course of the
Basis. (5) The edges are fairly straight, and may well represent original
facing.
The conclusion from these considerations should be that this T foundation
must be regarded as being of the same period as the early Basis, and having
formed an approach, possibly a step-way, to the platform which the latter
constituted. The fact, however, that it does not bond with the western
platform suggests that the latter was due to an afterthought, and was
an addition to the buildings within the primitive Temenos, not contemplated
at the first foundation, but erected there before the first general restora-
tion (B) was undertaken.
i2*n»*. It should be said that,
whereas our destruction of
part of the head and the
western end of the T stem
resulted in no discovery of
A objects, a few were found
under the extreme S. edge
of the T foot, when the outer-
most block was removed. No
significance, however, could
be attached to this discovery,
in view of the fact that
the bottom hereabouts was
nothing but liquid slime, in which objects could slip some distance laterally,
and that the edges of the foundation were found exceedingly loosely compacted
and ruinous. The whole block of central structures, including the Basis,
measures 8 '45 W. to E. by 4*45 at the broadest, N. to S.
Temple B.
In restricting the remains of A to what has been described, and regarding
all other Primitive structural survivals as belonging to restorations, we rely
not only on the generally higher level of other foundations, and the slight
incongruities of their axial directions, but also on the obvious fact that the Basis
was enlarged, and the original structure largely obliterated before the Croesus
period. It will be best to describe the Basis enlargement at once, since it affords
the most unquestionable evidence of restoration.
Fig. 16. Foot of the T Foundation abutting on and
bonded through the W. wall of .7 Basis,
The Archaic Artemisia of Ephesus.
course (Fig. 16). (4) The whole rests on a double foundation course of lime-
stone slabs, apparently one and continuous with the foundation course of the
Basis. (5) The edges are fairly straight, and may well represent original
facing.
The conclusion from these considerations should be that this T foundation
must be regarded as being of the same period as the early Basis, and having
formed an approach, possibly a step-way, to the platform which the latter
constituted. The fact, however, that it does not bond with the western
platform suggests that the latter was due to an afterthought, and was
an addition to the buildings within the primitive Temenos, not contemplated
at the first foundation, but erected there before the first general restora-
tion (B) was undertaken.
i2*n»*. It should be said that,
whereas our destruction of
part of the head and the
western end of the T stem
resulted in no discovery of
A objects, a few were found
under the extreme S. edge
of the T foot, when the outer-
most block was removed. No
significance, however, could
be attached to this discovery,
in view of the fact that
the bottom hereabouts was
nothing but liquid slime, in which objects could slip some distance laterally,
and that the edges of the foundation were found exceedingly loosely compacted
and ruinous. The whole block of central structures, including the Basis,
measures 8 '45 W. to E. by 4*45 at the broadest, N. to S.
Temple B.
In restricting the remains of A to what has been described, and regarding
all other Primitive structural survivals as belonging to restorations, we rely
not only on the generally higher level of other foundations, and the slight
incongruities of their axial directions, but also on the obvious fact that the Basis
was enlarged, and the original structure largely obliterated before the Croesus
period. It will be best to describe the Basis enlargement at once, since it affords
the most unquestionable evidence of restoration.
Fig. 16. Foot of the T Foundation abutting on and
bonded through the W. wall of .7 Basis,