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THE NEREID MONUMENT.
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The reconstruction of the pediment in the Nereid Kooni is
based on the full width of the tympanum.
The restored end in the Nereid Room has a width of
22 feet J inch for the first frieze; of 21 feet 11 inches
for the second frieze; of 6 feet 9^ inches for the inter-
columniations, from centre to centre; and of 22 feet
7^ inches for the width of the upper surface of the
stylobate. These distances agree nearly with the length
of the complete slabs of the third frieze, which went from
centre to centre above the columns.
The Third and Fourth friezes, which are of smaller size,
measuring respectively 19^ inches and 17J inches in
height, are presumed to have belonged to the Order of
the building itself, and are assigned to places over the
colonnade, and on the outer wall of the central chamber
respectively.
The Third frieze occupied an exceptional position in the
order, for instead of surmounting an architrave in the
usual manner, it rested immediately on the caps of the
columns. This is shown by the way in which the lower
moulding of the frieze is not cut out where it is above
the caps. The back surface of this frieze is finished, and
the under surface, when exposed, showed clearly the parts
which had rested on the columns, and so were protected
from the weather (Hawkins, Civil Engineer, 1845, p. 100).
The arrangement is peculiar, but not unexampled. On
the Lycian rock-tombs there is only one member, an
architrave, intervening between the capitals and the
dentils (cf. Annali, 1875, p. 122; Benndorf, Reisen, i.,
pis. 15, 17). For the discussion of the frieze, see p. 27.
The Fourth frieze is presumed to have surmounted the
cella wall, as no other place remains. One of the long
slabs which was complete when found (Fellows, Ionic Tr.
Mon., p. 23), and was sawn for transport, measured 8 feet
9 inches. This, with the return of one of the side slabs,
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The reconstruction of the pediment in the Nereid Kooni is
based on the full width of the tympanum.
The restored end in the Nereid Room has a width of
22 feet J inch for the first frieze; of 21 feet 11 inches
for the second frieze; of 6 feet 9^ inches for the inter-
columniations, from centre to centre; and of 22 feet
7^ inches for the width of the upper surface of the
stylobate. These distances agree nearly with the length
of the complete slabs of the third frieze, which went from
centre to centre above the columns.
The Third and Fourth friezes, which are of smaller size,
measuring respectively 19^ inches and 17J inches in
height, are presumed to have belonged to the Order of
the building itself, and are assigned to places over the
colonnade, and on the outer wall of the central chamber
respectively.
The Third frieze occupied an exceptional position in the
order, for instead of surmounting an architrave in the
usual manner, it rested immediately on the caps of the
columns. This is shown by the way in which the lower
moulding of the frieze is not cut out where it is above
the caps. The back surface of this frieze is finished, and
the under surface, when exposed, showed clearly the parts
which had rested on the columns, and so were protected
from the weather (Hawkins, Civil Engineer, 1845, p. 100).
The arrangement is peculiar, but not unexampled. On
the Lycian rock-tombs there is only one member, an
architrave, intervening between the capitals and the
dentils (cf. Annali, 1875, p. 122; Benndorf, Reisen, i.,
pis. 15, 17). For the discussion of the frieze, see p. 27.
The Fourth frieze is presumed to have surmounted the
cella wall, as no other place remains. One of the long
slabs which was complete when found (Fellows, Ionic Tr.
Mon., p. 23), and was sawn for transport, measured 8 feet
9 inches. This, with the return of one of the side slabs,