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

102 HISTORY OE THE DISCOVERY

columns, roughly hewn out of the native rock,
which were rudely piled up, as if in a quarry.
These drums exceeded 3' in diameter.

There can hardly he a doubt that all this exca-
vation was filled in to the general level of the plat-
form at the time of the building of the Mausoleum,
and that the piers were made at that time for the
purpose of supporting the soil more compactly.

In Plate XL (lower View), two of these piers are
shown when partially uncovered. It will be seen that
behind them is a wall, built of loose rubble, in front
of some houses. This wall being full of fragments of
the Mausoleum, I continued the excavation in this
direction, and, on taking down the wall, found
built into its base the tail of a colossal horse, in
white marble. Digging down below this founda-
tion, I came to a wall of white marble blocks,
beautifully jointed in isodomous masonry. On the
top of this wall was a lion, resting apparently as he
had fallen. His legs and tail were broken off, but
the entire body was in the finest condition. The
tongue of this lion was, when first discovered,
painted red. Behind this wall, to the north, was
a mass of large marble slabs, lying piled one over
the other in the earth, and intermixed with statues.
After removing these slabs carefully, we extracted
the following sculptures :—

1. The forehand of a colossal horse, from behind
the shoulder to the top of the neck. Hound the
chest was a band, uniting at the crest with another
band, which passed round the body. This harness
showed that the horse belonged to a quadriga.