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138 EXCAVATIONS ON SITE OE MAUSOLEUM.
inferior quality. The subject is curious ; but the
stele is evidently of a much later period than the
Mausoleum.
On the western margin of the Quadrangle, near
the south-west corner, is a well, in the walls of
which I found two portions of the upper fascia of
the architrave of the Mausoleum. The entire archi-
trave consisted of three fascias, the two lower ones
of which are on the same marble. It is remarkable
how little of the architrave was discovered in the
course of the excavations. Of the tipper fascias I
met with only the two portions described above
from the well, and of the lower marble only three
fragments.
I have already stated that at the distance of 4&'
to the north of the south-east corner the west line of
the Quadrangle fails, being interrupted by a wide
opening, leading to the staircase already noticed.
At the distance of 26^-' to the east of the foot
of this staircase was a great stone, originally de-
signed, as I have shown, to be solidly bolted into
bronze sockets in a marble pavement. The space
between this stone and the native rock on its south
side had been filled up with slabs of green stone,
with which it had been wedged in. On the opposite
side, as will be seen -by Plate VIII., a rebate, or
groove, passes down the stone, which must have
served to hold in their place the slabs wedged in
on this side. From the solidity of its insertion,
and its great size, I am led to the conclusion that
the great stone was used to close the entrance
to the sepulchral chamber in which the body of
inferior quality. The subject is curious ; but the
stele is evidently of a much later period than the
Mausoleum.
On the western margin of the Quadrangle, near
the south-west corner, is a well, in the walls of
which I found two portions of the upper fascia of
the architrave of the Mausoleum. The entire archi-
trave consisted of three fascias, the two lower ones
of which are on the same marble. It is remarkable
how little of the architrave was discovered in the
course of the excavations. Of the tipper fascias I
met with only the two portions described above
from the well, and of the lower marble only three
fragments.
I have already stated that at the distance of 4&'
to the north of the south-east corner the west line of
the Quadrangle fails, being interrupted by a wide
opening, leading to the staircase already noticed.
At the distance of 26^-' to the east of the foot
of this staircase was a great stone, originally de-
signed, as I have shown, to be solidly bolted into
bronze sockets in a marble pavement. The space
between this stone and the native rock on its south
side had been filled up with slabs of green stone,
with which it had been wedged in. On the opposite
side, as will be seen -by Plate VIII., a rebate, or
groove, passes down the stone, which must have
served to hold in their place the slabs wedged in
on this side. From the solidity of its insertion,
and its great size, I am led to the conclusion that
the great stone was used to close the entrance
to the sepulchral chamber in which the body of