. Report on the investigations at Assos, 1882, 1883, pt. I . uter edge and incontact with the inner stones of the lower step ; but this dif-ference in treatment was much less marked in the archaicthan in the later construction. At Lebadeia the stones ofthe pavement were not allowed to rest upon the filling at all,a space not wider than a little finger ^ intervening. AtAssos this precaution was impossible, inasmuch as no solidbearing was provided for the inner ends of the blocks, evenin those cases where they extended across the entire width ofthe pteroma. The stone sill of the naos door is upo
. Report on the investigations at Assos, 1882, 1883, pt. I . uter edge and incontact with the inner stones of the lower step ; but this dif-ference in treatment was much less marked in the archaicthan in the later construction. At Lebadeia the stones ofthe pavement were not allowed to rest upon the filling at all,a space not wider than a little finger ^ intervening. AtAssos this precaution was impossible, inasmuch as no solidbearing was provided for the inner ends of the blocks, evenin those cases where they extended across the entire width ofthe pteroma. The stone sill of the naos door is upon exactly the samelevel as the upper surface of the stylobate. The mosaicpavement in the interior is 13 cm. above this, — the differencein height havm^rwithout doubt, been equalized by a revettingsill of bronze or of marble. The pattern of the mosaic has already been described ; adetailed drawing of the corner which remains may, however,be given to show the shape of each small stone (Fig. 9). 1 Lebadeia Inscription, line 115. ^o ARCHAEOLOGICAL Fig. 9. Detail of Mosaic Pavement, Southeastern Corner. These__separate pieces of black and white marble, embedded Jn-ar-tiuck layer of cement, were about 5 cm. in depth, and were originally flushed over with a fine stucco, which com- INVESTIGATIONS AT ASS OS, 1883. 71 pletely filled the joints between them. Cubes of a brightyellow stone and_of a hard-burnt red brickjyere also found inthe vicinity. Their place in the composition cannot now bedetermmed; it is only certain that the narrow band whichseparated the wave ornajnent-from the field of diamond pat-tern was of one of these colors. The arrangement of this flooring of the naos has alreadybeen made to^figure in the controversy carried on by the ad-vocates of various modes of illuminating the interior of Greektemples. It has even been held to indicate the form of theimaginary hypaithron, or other opening in the roof for the ad-mission of daylight. In the latest contributio
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