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CATALOGUE OF SCULPTURE.
The substructure still stands in situ. (Plate I. For a
photographic view see Benndorf, Beisen in LyJcien, vol. i.,
pi. 24.) It consists of four and five courses of large
blocks of local limestone, all the courses except the
highest being roughly worked and with projecting bosses,
which have not been removed. The upper surface of the
substructure measures 33 feet l£ inches (10-1 m.) by
22 feet 3£ inches (6-795 m.) (v. Luschan, in Benndorf's
Beisen, i., p. 90). With this foundation, the problem is
how to reconstruct an Ionic building, of which many
elements, but not all, are known.
The First or principal frieze is assumed from its
dimensions to have surmounted the base. Immediately
upon the course whose dimensions have just been given
there is a course of blocks whose front surface is set back
1 foot 9 inches from the margin, thus forming a suitable
rebate to receive the frieze.
On the cliff side the lower edge of the frieze is believed
to have stood some ten feet above the soil, but this is
uncertain. This frieze is 3 feet 4 inches high. For the
question of its arrangement, etc., see below, p. 11.
The Second frieze must also from its dimensions have
been placed round the base. The number of courses that
separated the two friezes is uncertain. It is conjectured
that two courses of plain marble slabs separated the two
friezes. This frieze is 2 feet £ inch high. For the
arrangement, etc., see below, p>. 19.
That the double egg and tongue moulding crowned the
base is proved by the fact that on its upper surface it has
the bedding marks of the bases of the columns. It must,
therefore, have served as a stylobate. It is probable,
though not actually proved, that it came immediately
above the second frieze. At the Heroon of Giol-Baschi
the south wall was similarly crowned with a single tier
of egg and tongue moulding (Benndorf, Heroon, p. 29,
CATALOGUE OF SCULPTURE.
The substructure still stands in situ. (Plate I. For a
photographic view see Benndorf, Beisen in LyJcien, vol. i.,
pi. 24.) It consists of four and five courses of large
blocks of local limestone, all the courses except the
highest being roughly worked and with projecting bosses,
which have not been removed. The upper surface of the
substructure measures 33 feet l£ inches (10-1 m.) by
22 feet 3£ inches (6-795 m.) (v. Luschan, in Benndorf's
Beisen, i., p. 90). With this foundation, the problem is
how to reconstruct an Ionic building, of which many
elements, but not all, are known.
The First or principal frieze is assumed from its
dimensions to have surmounted the base. Immediately
upon the course whose dimensions have just been given
there is a course of blocks whose front surface is set back
1 foot 9 inches from the margin, thus forming a suitable
rebate to receive the frieze.
On the cliff side the lower edge of the frieze is believed
to have stood some ten feet above the soil, but this is
uncertain. This frieze is 3 feet 4 inches high. For the
question of its arrangement, etc., see below, p. 11.
The Second frieze must also from its dimensions have
been placed round the base. The number of courses that
separated the two friezes is uncertain. It is conjectured
that two courses of plain marble slabs separated the two
friezes. This frieze is 2 feet £ inch high. For the
arrangement, etc., see below, p>. 19.
That the double egg and tongue moulding crowned the
base is proved by the fact that on its upper surface it has
the bedding marks of the bases of the columns. It must,
therefore, have served as a stylobate. It is probable,
though not actually proved, that it came immediately
above the second frieze. At the Heroon of Giol-Baschi
the south wall was similarly crowned with a single tier
of egg and tongue moulding (Benndorf, Heroon, p. 29,