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

RESTORATION OF THE MAUSOLEUM. 1G5

for placing them as the uppermost course, imme-
diately below the platform on which the quadriga
stood, the 10^" stone at the ends, and the 9" stone
at the sides. They would thus form a pedestal
for the chariot group, their respective proportions
corresponding with those of the pyramid.

The next point to be ascertained is the size of
the base of the pyramid.

It has been assumed that the platform on the
apes measured 25' 6" by 20' 5", with a 10^" step at
the ends, and a 9" step at the sides.

So that we have 22 steps measuring 1' 9" on the
tread = 38' 6". If we add to this the 10£" for the
step of the pedestal, and allow 7" for the inclination
of the risers, we gain a total of 39' 11-g-" for the
spread of the pyramid on one side. Again, we
have 22 steps measuring V 5" on the tread: if we
add to this 9" for the step of the pedestal, and 7"
for the inclination, we have a total of 32' 6" for
the spread of the pyramid on the other side.

The spread of the pyramid on one side being, as
has been shown, 39' 11-^", it is obvious that, if we
double this dimension, and add to it the length of
the platform, 25' 6", we obtain as the length of the
base of the pyramid, 105' 5". In the same way,
the spread of the pyramid on the other side, or
32' 6", when doubled and added to the width of the
platform, give the breadth of the base of the
pyramid as 85' 5".

Thus a parallelogram is formed, shorter on the
fronts than the sides, corresponding in this par-
ticular with Pliny's description of the building