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510 ARCIIITECTUllE OF THE LION TOMB.
which the cyma was the base-mould. The
only stone which could have formed the cornice
of this second pedestal was one which had a fillet
with a chamfer below projecting beyond the general
face of the stone: this may have been left un-
finished, as the tomb was never completed; it is,
therefore, shown as a cyma forming the cornice
of the lower pedestal.
It will be seen by reference to the Elevation that
from their difference in scale the upper and lower
pedestals require to be connected by an intermediate
member. I have, therefore, introduced a step of
slight projection between them.
The circular chamber in the interior was covered
with a vault laid in longitudinal courses. The
crowning stone of this was found in the midst of
the rubbish; it measured 6' 3^" in its upper
diameter, and 5' 4" in its lower diameter, and was
2' 2" in thickness.
In considering the design of this monument, it
must be borne in mind that it was situated on the
summit of a cliff about two hundred feet high; and
that, seen from below, the pedestal of the lion would
be much foreshortened.
Had the epithema been placed immediately upon
the pyramid, or upon a low base, it would have been
almost entirely concealed from the spectator who
looked up at it from below by the projection of the
cornice and the size of the pyramid. It has been
shown (ante, pp. 491-98) that there is reason for
supposing that this tomb was executed in the first
half of the fourth century B.C. The flatness of
which the cyma was the base-mould. The
only stone which could have formed the cornice
of this second pedestal was one which had a fillet
with a chamfer below projecting beyond the general
face of the stone: this may have been left un-
finished, as the tomb was never completed; it is,
therefore, shown as a cyma forming the cornice
of the lower pedestal.
It will be seen by reference to the Elevation that
from their difference in scale the upper and lower
pedestals require to be connected by an intermediate
member. I have, therefore, introduced a step of
slight projection between them.
The circular chamber in the interior was covered
with a vault laid in longitudinal courses. The
crowning stone of this was found in the midst of
the rubbish; it measured 6' 3^" in its upper
diameter, and 5' 4" in its lower diameter, and was
2' 2" in thickness.
In considering the design of this monument, it
must be borne in mind that it was situated on the
summit of a cliff about two hundred feet high; and
that, seen from below, the pedestal of the lion would
be much foreshortened.
Had the epithema been placed immediately upon
the pyramid, or upon a low base, it would have been
almost entirely concealed from the spectator who
looked up at it from below by the projection of the
cornice and the size of the pyramid. It has been
shown (ante, pp. 491-98) that there is reason for
supposing that this tomb was executed in the first
half of the fourth century B.C. The flatness of