Hogarth, David G.; Smith, Cecil Harcourt [Contr.]: Excavations at Ephesus: the archaic Artemisia: Text (London, 1908)

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of return we were unable to discover further traces of the north wall ; and,
since we failed also to find any remains of a south wall east of the return,
the latter may be determined to be the eastward limit of the C temple. There
occurs, however, a fragment of foundation parallel to it, and 9 ■ 60 metres further
east. This foundation is about 2-oo long, with broken ends, by 1*44 broad,
and therefore corresponds roughly to the dimension of the west wall. The
level of its bed, however, is — 3*64—i.e., very considerably higher than that of
any foundation courses in the other walls of the rectangle, higher even than
the surviving ashlar course on the west wall, whose surface is — 4*08, or those
on the north wall (middle), —3-92, and on the cross east wall, — 3-81. As the
three levels last quoted show, there is a fall in the site from east to west—a
fact known also from other observations ; but that fall is too slight and regular
to account for the elevation
of this easternmost founda-
tion, if it be part of the
enclosing wall of the C
temple; for the ashlar upon
it, had it survived, could
hardly lie at a lower level
than — 3 • 50. This foundation,
moreover, is not simply that
of a cross wall 1 * 44 broad ;
for against its western face
abuts another foundation '47
thick, which, though its sur-
face lies '2,2, lower, seems to
form one mass with it. Unfortunately, this fragment was not discovered
till the last day of the excavation, when the fruitless search prosecuted for
many days in the rest of the area east of the cross wall, for both architectural
and other remains, had led to hope being abandoned in that direction, and to
the pumps, which alone made deep excavation possible, being dismounted. We
were, therefore, unable to investigate the lowest courses of this fragment, or to
be quite sure how far it extended north and south. But, considering both its
level and its composite character, we have little doubt that it is no part of the
enclosing wall, but the remains of an isolated structure of the same period,
perhaps a pedestal or altar.

The south wall of the C temple has been ruined almost beyond recovery
by the founders of the Croesus Temple ; but one fragment of it (in the south-

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Fig. 26



Eastern Enclosure Wall of C. Lowest ashla
course preserved.