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

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the lions may be calculated at .5', and thus, by
arranging them in front of the columns with a
sufficient margin, we may assign for the length of
this die 119 feet.

If we suppose that the lions were placed only at
the two ends and not at the sides, there will not of
course be the same necessity for extending the
platform laterally below the steps of the columns;
Allowing, therefore, a projection of 10" at the sides,
we gain 88' 6" for the width of the die of the podium.
This dimension, combined with that of the length
already obtained, gives 415' for the circumference
of the die of the podium, corresponding, within a
little, with Pliny's dimensions for the total circuit
of the building, if we adopt the generally received
reading of his text.

The height of the wall of the cella is of course
the same as that of the columns, inclusive of their
capitals and bases, which, from Lieutenant Smith's
measurements of the drums, I made out to be 29';
this, with the entablature' added, amounts to 37' 6"
to the top of the cornice, and 37' 2^" to the line of
the base of the pyramid.

The entasis could not be ascertained with ac-
curacy from the defaced drums which I had the op-
portunity of examining. The.base of the column
was of the type which distinguishes the Asiatic
Ionic, the upper member consisting of a torus fluted
horizontally, and the lower member of two scotias,
with accompanying annulets. Among the frag-
ments of the upper part was one interesting from
the fact, that about a quarter of the circumference

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