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RESTORATION OF THE MAUSOLEUM. 173
Bearing this in mind in connection with the
argument ante, p. 166, we are enabled to construct
a building of which the cella is 63' long, being
shorter on the fronts, and surrounded by &, peristyle
measuring 100' from centre to centre of the columns
from east to west, and 80' from north to south.
The next point to be determined is how far certain
stones, which have not yet been mentioned, prove
the correctness of the restoration in regard to the
size and position of the pyramid and peristyle,
and the relation of the pteron and cella to one
another.
An oblong slab was found which had formed
one side of one of the lacunaria; it measured
6' 2J" long by 2' 8f" wide, and 10" in thickness.
(Plate XXVII. flgg. 7, 8, 9.) Two of the angles
on the same side had been cut off to form mitres.
The upper surface of the stone was rough, and
had cramp-marks at regular intervals, and, on
the same side as the mitres, a ledge, which had
been filled by a small enriched moulding. On the
lower surface or soffit (fig. 8) was a sunk panel
4|" wide, ornamented on the inner side (that
nearest the coffer) by an enriched cyma reversa, with
a bead on the soffit. This cyma terminates in a
square return (fig. 8), showing the exact length
of one side of the panel, which was 1' f-".
It will be seen by reference to the plate, that on
the flanks the architrave stone is much stronger than
the transverse beam. Hence it seems probable that
the lacunaria were of an oblong form, and that their
longer side would have been that placed between
the transverse beams, and not that between the
Bearing this in mind in connection with the
argument ante, p. 166, we are enabled to construct
a building of which the cella is 63' long, being
shorter on the fronts, and surrounded by &, peristyle
measuring 100' from centre to centre of the columns
from east to west, and 80' from north to south.
The next point to be determined is how far certain
stones, which have not yet been mentioned, prove
the correctness of the restoration in regard to the
size and position of the pyramid and peristyle,
and the relation of the pteron and cella to one
another.
An oblong slab was found which had formed
one side of one of the lacunaria; it measured
6' 2J" long by 2' 8f" wide, and 10" in thickness.
(Plate XXVII. flgg. 7, 8, 9.) Two of the angles
on the same side had been cut off to form mitres.
The upper surface of the stone was rough, and
had cramp-marks at regular intervals, and, on
the same side as the mitres, a ledge, which had
been filled by a small enriched moulding. On the
lower surface or soffit (fig. 8) was a sunk panel
4|" wide, ornamented on the inner side (that
nearest the coffer) by an enriched cyma reversa, with
a bead on the soffit. This cyma terminates in a
square return (fig. 8), showing the exact length
of one side of the panel, which was 1' f-".
It will be seen by reference to the plate, that on
the flanks the architrave stone is much stronger than
the transverse beam. Hence it seems probable that
the lacunaria were of an oblong form, and that their
longer side would have been that placed between
the transverse beams, and not that between the