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500 ABCTIITECTUTCE OE THE LION TOMB.
together, they give us a height of 8', which will
just occupy the space hetween the course in situ
and that hefore assumed to he the cornice of the
podium.
The height of the podium having been ascer-
tained, the next thing to he considered was its
projection. The masonry of the core above the
supposed cornice of the podium measured from
angle to angle, 28' 1". At every two or three courses
there were spaces, from which the drums of columns
and the wall-stones had been torn out. Now, as the
thicker wall-stones had evidently been tailed into
the vacant spaces in the courses, it was evident
that, by applying the thinnest wall-stone to the
general face of the masonry, the width of the tomb
would be gained. The thinnest wall-stone was T 6",
which, added to 28' 1", gave 31' 1" for the size of
the block of the building, exclusive of the columns.
This dimension being assumed, the next point was
to ascertain if the measurements of the architrave
and triglyphs in any way confirmed it. A sufficient
number of drums were found to show that there
had been four engaged columns on each face of the
tomb. Near the north-west corner Avere found six
drums of an angle column, of which the respcctiAC
depths were 2' 0", 2' 7", 2' 3£ ", 2' 10", 1' 7", 1' 10".
The diameters of these drums were not exactly to
be ascertained, as they were unfluted with an irregu-
larly hewn periphery, showing that, the work had
never been quite completed; but, by arranging
them as well as the measurements would allow, a
column with a heiffht of between five and five and
together, they give us a height of 8', which will
just occupy the space hetween the course in situ
and that hefore assumed to he the cornice of the
podium.
The height of the podium having been ascer-
tained, the next thing to he considered was its
projection. The masonry of the core above the
supposed cornice of the podium measured from
angle to angle, 28' 1". At every two or three courses
there were spaces, from which the drums of columns
and the wall-stones had been torn out. Now, as the
thicker wall-stones had evidently been tailed into
the vacant spaces in the courses, it was evident
that, by applying the thinnest wall-stone to the
general face of the masonry, the width of the tomb
would be gained. The thinnest wall-stone was T 6",
which, added to 28' 1", gave 31' 1" for the size of
the block of the building, exclusive of the columns.
This dimension being assumed, the next point was
to ascertain if the measurements of the architrave
and triglyphs in any way confirmed it. A sufficient
number of drums were found to show that there
had been four engaged columns on each face of the
tomb. Near the north-west corner Avere found six
drums of an angle column, of which the respcctiAC
depths were 2' 0", 2' 7", 2' 3£ ", 2' 10", 1' 7", 1' 10".
The diameters of these drums were not exactly to
be ascertained, as they were unfluted with an irregu-
larly hewn periphery, showing that, the work had
never been quite completed; but, by arranging
them as well as the measurements would allow, a
column with a heiffht of between five and five and