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THE NEREID MONUMENT.
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on the analogy of other tombs in Asia Minor, ' making
use for that purpose of an architrave and part of a cornice
which were found close at the foot of the east end of the
building' (Civil Engineer, p. 100). These are presumably
the stones mentioned above (Falkener, Mus. of Glass.
Antiq., i., p. 267).
The statues commonly known as Nereids undoubtedly
stood between the columns. Irregularly shaped sinkings
are found on the upper bed of the stylobate, between the
columns, and these must have been intended to receive the
rough bases of the figures. Similar sinkings show that
other sculptures stood on the angles of the pediments, as
did also acroterial ornaments in the centre.
The cymation above the cornice had a series of lions'
heads arranged as spouts along the sides, of -which several
were found (XantMan Marbles, p. 27; Travels, p. 443).
See below, p. 45.
The material employed for the sculpture and architecture
is Parian marble. The substructure is of the local lime-
stone.
Traces of colour were numerous when the marbles
were discovered. For the colouring of the lacunaria, see
No. 934. Gibson states that there were many faint traces
of painted lines (Mus. of Class. Antiq., i., p. 138). Accord-
ing to Fellows, ' Upon the sculpture, a line of red was
traced around the border of each shield; also a kind of
horse-hair tail was traced from the helmets, upon the
unsculptured back-ground, in the figures of the tympanum'
(Mus. of Class. Antiq., i., p. 283); a lino of colour, according
to Falkener (Mus. of Class. Antiq., i., p. 282), marked ' the
deep spiral chase in one of the Ionic volutes.'
Metal additions occur, but less frequently than on the
Parthenon sculptures. (Compare No. 925.)
This monument is unique in respect of the variety and
amount of the decorations that are preserved, and also in
7
on the analogy of other tombs in Asia Minor, ' making
use for that purpose of an architrave and part of a cornice
which were found close at the foot of the east end of the
building' (Civil Engineer, p. 100). These are presumably
the stones mentioned above (Falkener, Mus. of Glass.
Antiq., i., p. 267).
The statues commonly known as Nereids undoubtedly
stood between the columns. Irregularly shaped sinkings
are found on the upper bed of the stylobate, between the
columns, and these must have been intended to receive the
rough bases of the figures. Similar sinkings show that
other sculptures stood on the angles of the pediments, as
did also acroterial ornaments in the centre.
The cymation above the cornice had a series of lions'
heads arranged as spouts along the sides, of -which several
were found (XantMan Marbles, p. 27; Travels, p. 443).
See below, p. 45.
The material employed for the sculpture and architecture
is Parian marble. The substructure is of the local lime-
stone.
Traces of colour were numerous when the marbles
were discovered. For the colouring of the lacunaria, see
No. 934. Gibson states that there were many faint traces
of painted lines (Mus. of Class. Antiq., i., p. 138). Accord-
ing to Fellows, ' Upon the sculpture, a line of red was
traced around the border of each shield; also a kind of
horse-hair tail was traced from the helmets, upon the
unsculptured back-ground, in the figures of the tympanum'
(Mus. of Class. Antiq., i., p. 283); a lino of colour, according
to Falkener (Mus. of Class. Antiq., i., p. 282), marked ' the
deep spiral chase in one of the Ionic volutes.'
Metal additions occur, but less frequently than on the
Parthenon sculptures. (Compare No. 925.)
This monument is unique in respect of the variety and
amount of the decorations that are preserved, and also in