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178 RESTORATION OF THE MAUSOLEUM.
are not protected from the weather by mouldings.
It is to he presumed, therefore, that they were not
placed on the exterior of the building.
An oblong stone, 6' 8" x 2' If" x 1' J", was
discovered, on which is a tread of 4|", marked by
a fine drip-line; cramp-holes at the sides show that
it was connected with other similar stones placed in
a row (Plate XXVI. figg. 8, 9). A step with a 6"
tread, and without either ridge or grooA^e, was also
found.g It is to be presumed that these marbles
formed part of the steps on which the columns
stood, in which position I have placed them. I have
put the Avider steps at the ends, the others at the
sides. The pavement of the ambulatories was,
probably, composed of similar but thinner slabs.
It has been stated in the foregoing narrative of
the excavations, that fragments of at least twenty
statues, several of which were of colossal dimen-
sions, were .found in various parts of the ruins,
and also a number of portions of lions. It seems
most probable that the statues were placed be-
tAveen the columns of the peristyle, according to
the analogy of the Xanthian lieroon, as restored by
Sir C. Fellows. With reference to the lions, it is
Avell known that they are constantly represented in
ancient art as guarding sepulchres ; I haAre, there-
fore, placed them standing in advance of the columns
of the eastern and western fronts. The length of
e [The uppermost of the marble courses iu the piece of castle
wall engraved p. 81, seems to be one of these steps. The line
marking the tread is too strongly marked in the cut, and the
cramp-hole at the side not properly indicated.]
are not protected from the weather by mouldings.
It is to he presumed, therefore, that they were not
placed on the exterior of the building.
An oblong stone, 6' 8" x 2' If" x 1' J", was
discovered, on which is a tread of 4|", marked by
a fine drip-line; cramp-holes at the sides show that
it was connected with other similar stones placed in
a row (Plate XXVI. figg. 8, 9). A step with a 6"
tread, and without either ridge or grooA^e, was also
found.g It is to be presumed that these marbles
formed part of the steps on which the columns
stood, in which position I have placed them. I have
put the Avider steps at the ends, the others at the
sides. The pavement of the ambulatories was,
probably, composed of similar but thinner slabs.
It has been stated in the foregoing narrative of
the excavations, that fragments of at least twenty
statues, several of which were of colossal dimen-
sions, were .found in various parts of the ruins,
and also a number of portions of lions. It seems
most probable that the statues were placed be-
tAveen the columns of the peristyle, according to
the analogy of the Xanthian lieroon, as restored by
Sir C. Fellows. With reference to the lions, it is
Avell known that they are constantly represented in
ancient art as guarding sepulchres ; I haAre, there-
fore, placed them standing in advance of the columns
of the eastern and western fronts. The length of
e [The uppermost of the marble courses iu the piece of castle
wall engraved p. 81, seems to be one of these steps. The line
marking the tread is too strongly marked in the cut, and the
cramp-hole at the side not properly indicated.]