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5G8 TEMPLE OF IIEKATE AT LAGINA.
traced. It commences near the north-west angle,
and runs to a gateway.
This gateway is formed of three stones, an archi-
trave and two jambs, slightly converging towards
each other. (See Plate LXXVIII.) On the archi-
trave is an inscription in several lines, of which I
could only make out a few letters, on account of
its height and decayed condition:—The words
(Kou(r)ap flsou ulog may be distinguished.
On the same side of the peribolus, but more to
the west, were steps with a projecting eyma, like
those of a theatre, ranged in horizontal rows one
above another.
The north-west boundary of the peribolus is
marked by many drums of columns strewn about.
The shafts of these columns were fluted for half
their length. The diameter of the fluted part of
the shaft was 1' 9", without reckoning the flutings,
which were so much broken away that their depth
could not be ascertained. The building material
employed in this temple is, throughout, a very
coarse-grained white marble.
Among the ruins in all parts of the site are
inscriptions, chiefly on large architectural blocks
of marble. Of these abont thirty were copied by
Lieutenant Smith and myself, a selection from
which will be published in the Appendix. Some of
these are fragments, but the greater part are well
preserved, and several are in very fine condition.
These inscriptions are, so far as I know, unpub-
lished/ They contain, for the most part, registers
f I am not aware that any inscriptions from Lagina have ever
traced. It commences near the north-west angle,
and runs to a gateway.
This gateway is formed of three stones, an archi-
trave and two jambs, slightly converging towards
each other. (See Plate LXXVIII.) On the archi-
trave is an inscription in several lines, of which I
could only make out a few letters, on account of
its height and decayed condition:—The words
(Kou(r)ap flsou ulog may be distinguished.
On the same side of the peribolus, but more to
the west, were steps with a projecting eyma, like
those of a theatre, ranged in horizontal rows one
above another.
The north-west boundary of the peribolus is
marked by many drums of columns strewn about.
The shafts of these columns were fluted for half
their length. The diameter of the fluted part of
the shaft was 1' 9", without reckoning the flutings,
which were so much broken away that their depth
could not be ascertained. The building material
employed in this temple is, throughout, a very
coarse-grained white marble.
Among the ruins in all parts of the site are
inscriptions, chiefly on large architectural blocks
of marble. Of these abont thirty were copied by
Lieutenant Smith and myself, a selection from
which will be published in the Appendix. Some of
these are fragments, but the greater part are well
preserved, and several are in very fine condition.
These inscriptions are, so far as I know, unpub-
lished/ They contain, for the most part, registers
f I am not aware that any inscriptions from Lagina have ever