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The Archaic Artemisia of Ephesus.
western anta) was laid bare, on which one course of ashlar survives to the full
width above the foundations. The breadth is ■ 85, and the superficial level
— 4-08, in both of which respects the fragment corresponds exactly with the
northern anta. Its structural character is also the same (Fig. 27). We tried
to find this south wall again at several points eastward, but though we came
upon many blocks probably belonging to it, could not be sure, in the slime,
that any of these remained in their original positions.
This wall completed the outer enclosure of C. As with the earlier
enclosures, the destruction of this in most places to foundation level has deprived
us of any sure evidence as to the direction from which the temple was entered.
But it may be observed that, if we place its eastern limit correctly, ami are
justified in regarding the
eastern part of the central
platform as the Holy of Holies
and Basis of the cult-statue,
the much larger space enclosed
to westward of the Basis seems
to imply, on the analogy of
later Hellenic temples, that
the approach was from the
west.
It should be added that
the well - preserved outward
north and south faces of the
foundations of the enclosing
walls were carefully examined without any sign being found that there had
existed either any outer structure or any other pavement. Nor by numerous
trials was any Primitive foundation at all found outside these walls.
There remains to be considered the possibility of an inner enclosure also
having been built at this period to enclose the central platform. This possibility
is suggested by the occurrence, in the south-west corner of the outer enclosure
(2-45 within the west wall and a rather less distance within the south wall), of
a solid block of foundation 1*92 in length, which seems to belong to a wall
running eastward with a breadth of about '85, and leaving a passage about -70
wide between itself and the central platform of C period. The line of this
foundation coincides almost exactly with that of a deep-laid foundation of the
Croesus Temple (see p. 253), and its almost complete destruction elsewhere lias
been due, no doubt, to the fact that, being built of small irregular and unbonded
Fig. 27. Fragment of S.W. aula Wall of C. One course
of ashlar bedded on slabs.
The Archaic Artemisia of Ephesus.
western anta) was laid bare, on which one course of ashlar survives to the full
width above the foundations. The breadth is ■ 85, and the superficial level
— 4-08, in both of which respects the fragment corresponds exactly with the
northern anta. Its structural character is also the same (Fig. 27). We tried
to find this south wall again at several points eastward, but though we came
upon many blocks probably belonging to it, could not be sure, in the slime,
that any of these remained in their original positions.
This wall completed the outer enclosure of C. As with the earlier
enclosures, the destruction of this in most places to foundation level has deprived
us of any sure evidence as to the direction from which the temple was entered.
But it may be observed that, if we place its eastern limit correctly, ami are
justified in regarding the
eastern part of the central
platform as the Holy of Holies
and Basis of the cult-statue,
the much larger space enclosed
to westward of the Basis seems
to imply, on the analogy of
later Hellenic temples, that
the approach was from the
west.
It should be added that
the well - preserved outward
north and south faces of the
foundations of the enclosing
walls were carefully examined without any sign being found that there had
existed either any outer structure or any other pavement. Nor by numerous
trials was any Primitive foundation at all found outside these walls.
There remains to be considered the possibility of an inner enclosure also
having been built at this period to enclose the central platform. This possibility
is suggested by the occurrence, in the south-west corner of the outer enclosure
(2-45 within the west wall and a rather less distance within the south wall), of
a solid block of foundation 1*92 in length, which seems to belong to a wall
running eastward with a breadth of about '85, and leaving a passage about -70
wide between itself and the central platform of C period. The line of this
foundation coincides almost exactly with that of a deep-laid foundation of the
Croesus Temple (see p. 253), and its almost complete destruction elsewhere lias
been due, no doubt, to the fact that, being built of small irregular and unbonded
Fig. 27. Fragment of S.W. aula Wall of C. One course
of ashlar bedded on slabs.