Newton, Charles T. [Editor]; Pullan, Richard P. [Editor]: A history of discoveries at Halicarnassus, Cnidus and Branchidae (Band 2, Teil 1) (London, 1862)

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chamber, which may have been nearly in the centre
of the basement, where the cutting is deepest, and
to which part the drain already mentioned, and a
similar drain running eastward, both lead.

The whole of the hollow Quadrangle was filled
with remains of architecture and sculpture. The
quantity of these fragments was so great that it
would have been impossible to specify their exact
position on the Plan, nor would such information
be of any value in reference to the majority of
the marbles, which had evidently been rolled and
pitched out of the way by the spoilers of the tomb,
as they removed successive courses of masonry. It
may, however, be worth while to indicate the
position of the larger and most remarkable remains
of architecture.

The colossal equestrian figure, and the figure
draped to the knees found on the west side, have
already been noticed ante, p. 90. In the same line,
between these sculptures and the south-west corner,
was found the best-preserved of the two portions
of a lacunar stone (Plate XXVII., fig. 8); also a
piece of cornice from an angle of the Pteron, a
female figure in relief driving a quadriga, which
had formed part of a frieze representing a chariot
race, and several hind quarters of lions.

In the eastern part of the Mausoleum, near the
point where the bed of the foundations is shallowest,
was a colossal statue, lying with the back upper-
most.

On turning it over, it proved to be a draped male
figure seated in a chair. The surface, having been

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