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166 KJESTOKATION 01? THE MAUSOLEUM.
and also with the oblong form of the bed cut in
the rock to receive the: foundations. The fronts
mentioned by Pliny, as looking east and west
respectively, would be the end which the qua-
driga faced, and the one opposite it; because
chariots and equestrian figures, when placed upon
triumphal arches, or over the entrance to buildings,
were always disposed so as to face a person ap-
proaching. The shorter sides of the pyramid
therefore faced east and west.
Each step measures llf". in height on the face of
the riser; there is, however, a difference of about
\ an inch between the back and the. front of the
step on account of weathering. The inclination of
the riser away from the perpendicular is very per-
ceptible, measuring in each step '025; so that the
sum of these slopes amounts to "600 in the 24
steps. It is probable that the joints were originally
quite close.
It has been already stated that at the back the
steps measure 1' J", so that we have a height of
24' 6" for the entire pyramid. The height of the
pyramid added to the quadriga group gives us a
total height of 37' 9-|t': a dimension which we infer
to be correct from its. near agreement with Pliny's
statement.
The size of the pyramid at its base having been
determined, the next point to be learnt is the
position of the axes of the columns of the peristyle :
to ascertain this, the size' and projection of the enta-
blature must be fixed, and the relative position of
and also with the oblong form of the bed cut in
the rock to receive the: foundations. The fronts
mentioned by Pliny, as looking east and west
respectively, would be the end which the qua-
driga faced, and the one opposite it; because
chariots and equestrian figures, when placed upon
triumphal arches, or over the entrance to buildings,
were always disposed so as to face a person ap-
proaching. The shorter sides of the pyramid
therefore faced east and west.
Each step measures llf". in height on the face of
the riser; there is, however, a difference of about
\ an inch between the back and the. front of the
step on account of weathering. The inclination of
the riser away from the perpendicular is very per-
ceptible, measuring in each step '025; so that the
sum of these slopes amounts to "600 in the 24
steps. It is probable that the joints were originally
quite close.
It has been already stated that at the back the
steps measure 1' J", so that we have a height of
24' 6" for the entire pyramid. The height of the
pyramid added to the quadriga group gives us a
total height of 37' 9-|t': a dimension which we infer
to be correct from its. near agreement with Pliny's
statement.
The size of the pyramid at its base having been
determined, the next point to be learnt is the
position of the axes of the columns of the peristyle :
to ascertain this, the size' and projection of the enta-
blature must be fixed, and the relative position of