Newton, Charles T. [Editor]; Pullan, Richard P. [Editor]: A history of discoveries at Halicarnassus, Cnidus and Branchidae (Band 2, Teil 2) (London, 1863)

504 ARCHITECTURE OE THE LION TOME.

recesses, 3' 4" high by 2' 3" wide, and varying in
length from 6' to 7' 7". One of them, 3' 6" high, and
placed in the centre of the northern side, had evi-
dently "been the entrance to the chamber. The oth cr
eleven had been used for the reception of bodies.

Around the tomb lay heaped a number of marbles
which had formed the casing to this core. They
were piled one upon another in the greatest con-
fusion, and had evidently been pulled down and
rolled over for the purpose of extracting the metal
cramps with which they had been fastened together.

Those heaps which were in the immediate
vicinity of the monument having been removed,
and the soil dug to the depth of a few feet, the
lowest course was found in situ. It was composed
of large blocks, generally 6' long by 4" and 5' wide,
and of the uniform thickness of 1' 1". The mea-
surement of the course, taken from angle to angle,
was 40' 3". There was a square sinking of the
masonry at each joint, and a neatly-tooled draught,
l^" round each sinking; the rest of the outer sur-
face of the stones being rough hewn. The upper
surface was smooth, and upon it a tread of 6|" in
width was marked by a fine line.

In close proximity to the building were found
stones faced in a similar manner. Pour or five
of them were corner stones, corresponding in
thickness with the step in situ, already described;
others had a thickness of 3' 6", with a width varying
from 2' 2" to 1' 2".

Now, there was good reason to suppose that these
stones all belonged to the podium, or basement;