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those at the rear have the same diameter as the half-col-
umns; part of the Ionic capitals belonging to them have
been found, but the capitals of the large columns have wholly
disappeared.
There are only scanty remains of the floor, which consisted
of bits of brick and tile mixed with fine mortar and pounded
down {opus Signinum'); it extended in a single level over the
whole enclosed space, and from this level our estimates of
height are reckoned. On three sides of the main hall at
the base of the columns under the floor is a square water
channel, indicated on our plan; eight rectangular basins lie
along its course, but the purpose of it is not clear. The tribu-
nal projects from the rear wall, its floor being six Oscan feet
above that of the rest of the building.
The large columns about the main hall, with a diameter
of more than 3-^ feet, must have been at least 32 or 33
feet high; the attached half-columns with the columns at
the entrance and at the rear, including the Ionic capitals,
were probably not more than 20 feet high. But since
the roof of the corridor was flat, the walls must have been
as high as the entablature of the large columns, and so must
have extended above the entablature of the half-columns;
considerable portions of this upper division of the walls
remain.
Along the walls on the ground are to be seen a number of
capitals, fragments of shafts and bases belonging to a series of
smaller columns with a diameter of 1.74 feet, all found in the
course of the excavations. They are of tufa, coated with white
stucco; they can belong only here, and by the study of their
forms — columns, half-columns, and peculiarly shaped three-
quarter-columns— the upper division of the walls can be re-
stored with some degree of certainty. Not to go into technical
details, in the upper part of the side walls a section of wall con-
taining a window alternated with a short series of columns in
which the columns, for the sake of greater solidity, were set
twice as close as the half-columns in the lower division of the
wall, the intercolumniations being left entirely open (Fig. 25);
over the entrances at the front the wall was continuous but was
POMPEII
those at the rear have the same diameter as the half-col-
umns; part of the Ionic capitals belonging to them have
been found, but the capitals of the large columns have wholly
disappeared.
There are only scanty remains of the floor, which consisted
of bits of brick and tile mixed with fine mortar and pounded
down {opus Signinum'); it extended in a single level over the
whole enclosed space, and from this level our estimates of
height are reckoned. On three sides of the main hall at
the base of the columns under the floor is a square water
channel, indicated on our plan; eight rectangular basins lie
along its course, but the purpose of it is not clear. The tribu-
nal projects from the rear wall, its floor being six Oscan feet
above that of the rest of the building.
The large columns about the main hall, with a diameter
of more than 3-^ feet, must have been at least 32 or 33
feet high; the attached half-columns with the columns at
the entrance and at the rear, including the Ionic capitals,
were probably not more than 20 feet high. But since
the roof of the corridor was flat, the walls must have been
as high as the entablature of the large columns, and so must
have extended above the entablature of the half-columns;
considerable portions of this upper division of the walls
remain.
Along the walls on the ground are to be seen a number of
capitals, fragments of shafts and bases belonging to a series of
smaller columns with a diameter of 1.74 feet, all found in the
course of the excavations. They are of tufa, coated with white
stucco; they can belong only here, and by the study of their
forms — columns, half-columns, and peculiarly shaped three-
quarter-columns— the upper division of the walls can be re-
stored with some degree of certainty. Not to go into technical
details, in the upper part of the side walls a section of wall con-
taining a window alternated with a short series of columns in
which the columns, for the sake of greater solidity, were set
twice as close as the half-columns in the lower division of the
wall, the intercolumniations being left entirely open (Fig. 25);
over the entrances at the front the wall was continuous but was