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THE EXCAVATIONS IN 1893
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structures is about 100 metres, with an average depth or width (including the back walls) of about
10 metres.
" Of Stoa II. merely the outer stylobate had been discovered last year. Behind this, the inner
colonnade measures 8.65 metres, and is backed by a wall of over one metre in width, which is
built against the slope. There were at least nineteen pillars running along the centre of this stoa.
Some of the pillars were found in Kit)/. There is also an interesting system of drains and water-
works attached to this building, with some curious structures within it, which, however, are prob-
ably of a later date. But I do not think that this can be assumed of a curious structure towards
the northeast corner of the
east end of the Stoa as ex-
cavated last year: it is a
depressed flat cemented sur-
face, 3.80 metres in length by
three metres wide, reminding
us of the Bath of Tiryus, and
probably serving the same
purpose. The Stoa (II)
runs, from a few metres to
the east of the east end dis-
covered last year, for 55.52
metres to the west, ending
about on a line with the east
end of the Second Temple.
A more intricate building was
discovered to the east of the
.^Hh^mJ^-
^&m^
Fig. 39. — Work on the Slope between the Old Temple
Second Temple, in the Second Season.
Stoa, extending farther east
than the eastern limit of the Cyclopean wall of the upper terrace (III). The original structure,
of which much is still standing, was evidently rebuilt at a later period ; and the stone inscribed
with AIFONV^IO (i. e. Mfovvaiov, containing, as you see, a digamma) was evidently immured at
a later period. . . .
" Besides a rich find in pottery, terra-cotta, bronzes, and smaller objects (among which I must
mention a later clay lamp containing the figure of the Polycleitan Doryphorus), this building
yielded a beautiful torso of a draped female figure, probably from the metopes of the temple, three
fine marble heads, and many other fragments.
" Together with this work at the northeast portion of the second platform, extensive excavations
were carried on at the southeast corner. The ground to the east and north of the PTiylakeion (XI)
was leveled : while to the outside of the eastern terrace wall the trench was continued, and inter-
esting walls or steps were laid bare as far as the dump. Both these points yielded a very rich
harvest of ceramic and bronze works, engraved gems, and glass scarabs. . . .
" South of the foundation walls of the Second Temjile, the whole ground was cut away at the
level of last year's deep cutting at the southwest angle of the temple. Below and slightly to the
west of the house (E) a deep and wide trench was cut. In all these cases we came upon layers that
antedated the construction of the Second Temple, as was shown by the archaic objects found.
"I also tested the ground at the foot of the hill to the south and southwest of the steps (I),
and was pleased to find that we soon came upon native rock. It was thus possible to dig upwards
from below and to avoid a distant transportation of the earth. We had merely to dig up the earth
until we had reached virgin soil, and to shovel it back upon the lower rock-bed. In this man-
ner we cleared the slope up to the steps (I) which were found last year.
" Perhaps the most interesting portion of this year's work will prove to be the excavations at
the southwest platform below the Second Temple. I began by cutting a trench at the southwest
corner of the old retaining wall, running from west to east. I soon came upon a wall of beautiful
Greek masonry (Fig. 40), of which four courses of well-cut blocks were still standing. We car-
ried this trench on as far as the continuation of the retaining wall at the east of last year's deep
I
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structures is about 100 metres, with an average depth or width (including the back walls) of about
10 metres.
" Of Stoa II. merely the outer stylobate had been discovered last year. Behind this, the inner
colonnade measures 8.65 metres, and is backed by a wall of over one metre in width, which is
built against the slope. There were at least nineteen pillars running along the centre of this stoa.
Some of the pillars were found in Kit)/. There is also an interesting system of drains and water-
works attached to this building, with some curious structures within it, which, however, are prob-
ably of a later date. But I do not think that this can be assumed of a curious structure towards
the northeast corner of the
east end of the Stoa as ex-
cavated last year: it is a
depressed flat cemented sur-
face, 3.80 metres in length by
three metres wide, reminding
us of the Bath of Tiryus, and
probably serving the same
purpose. The Stoa (II)
runs, from a few metres to
the east of the east end dis-
covered last year, for 55.52
metres to the west, ending
about on a line with the east
end of the Second Temple.
A more intricate building was
discovered to the east of the
.^Hh^mJ^-
^&m^
Fig. 39. — Work on the Slope between the Old Temple
Second Temple, in the Second Season.
Stoa, extending farther east
than the eastern limit of the Cyclopean wall of the upper terrace (III). The original structure,
of which much is still standing, was evidently rebuilt at a later period ; and the stone inscribed
with AIFONV^IO (i. e. Mfovvaiov, containing, as you see, a digamma) was evidently immured at
a later period. . . .
" Besides a rich find in pottery, terra-cotta, bronzes, and smaller objects (among which I must
mention a later clay lamp containing the figure of the Polycleitan Doryphorus), this building
yielded a beautiful torso of a draped female figure, probably from the metopes of the temple, three
fine marble heads, and many other fragments.
" Together with this work at the northeast portion of the second platform, extensive excavations
were carried on at the southeast corner. The ground to the east and north of the PTiylakeion (XI)
was leveled : while to the outside of the eastern terrace wall the trench was continued, and inter-
esting walls or steps were laid bare as far as the dump. Both these points yielded a very rich
harvest of ceramic and bronze works, engraved gems, and glass scarabs. . . .
" South of the foundation walls of the Second Temjile, the whole ground was cut away at the
level of last year's deep cutting at the southwest angle of the temple. Below and slightly to the
west of the house (E) a deep and wide trench was cut. In all these cases we came upon layers that
antedated the construction of the Second Temple, as was shown by the archaic objects found.
"I also tested the ground at the foot of the hill to the south and southwest of the steps (I),
and was pleased to find that we soon came upon native rock. It was thus possible to dig upwards
from below and to avoid a distant transportation of the earth. We had merely to dig up the earth
until we had reached virgin soil, and to shovel it back upon the lower rock-bed. In this man-
ner we cleared the slope up to the steps (I) which were found last year.
" Perhaps the most interesting portion of this year's work will prove to be the excavations at
the southwest platform below the Second Temple. I began by cutting a trench at the southwest
corner of the old retaining wall, running from west to east. I soon came upon a wall of beautiful
Greek masonry (Fig. 40), of which four courses of well-cut blocks were still standing. We car-
ried this trench on as far as the continuation of the retaining wall at the east of last year's deep
I