. Report on the investigations at Assos, 1882, 1883, pt. I . thenon,— a view which was set forth in the preliminary de-scription of the building. The investigations of the secondyear have, however, given proof of the contrary. In theentablature of the temple of Assos a constructive system isnow recognizable which is without a parallel in similar fab- ^ Texier (Charles Felix Marie), Descriptioii de TAsie Miiieiti-e, fait par Ordredn Gonverneme7tt Fran^ais de 1832 ^ 1837, et publi^e par U Miiiistire de PInstruc-tion Publique, deuxieme partie, deuxieme volume. Paris, 1S49. The incorrectstatement
. Report on the investigations at Assos, 1882, 1883, pt. I . thenon,— a view which was set forth in the preliminary de-scription of the building. The investigations of the secondyear have, however, given proof of the contrary. In theentablature of the temple of Assos a constructive system isnow recognizable which is without a parallel in similar fab- ^ Texier (Charles Felix Marie), Descriptioii de TAsie Miiieiti-e, fait par Ordredn Gonverneme7tt Fran^ais de 1832 ^ 1837, et publi^e par U Miiiistire de PInstruc-tion Publique, deuxieme partie, deuxieme volume. Paris, 1S49. The incorrectstatement concerning the shape of the regula has been repeated in many text-books on Greek architecture. ^ Preliminary Report, p. 9a 88 ARCHAEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE. rics. The epistyle was but two stones in thickness, the innerbeam occupying nearly two thirds of the width of the soffit,yet being less than one half as high as the outer lintel. Theblock resting upon it—that is to say, the second member ofthe inner side of the entablature— was at least 20 cm. less in. Fig. 12. Section of the Entablature and Coffered Ceiling of THE Pteroma. thickness, and hence it was not necessary to tool away fromthe upper half of the back of the outer epistyle beam, andfrom the lower half of the back of the triglyph blocks, thoserough and projecting faces which still show the marks of thequarrying. Indeed, these bosses, keyed in, as it were, to the INVESTIGATIONS AT ASSOS, 1883. 89 second course of the inner entablature, are in the transversesection seen to have practically formed a broken joint, andmust have considerably increased the resistance which themass of masonry above the columns could offer to the thrustconstantly exercised against it by the roofing timbers, and tothe dislocating effects of earthquakes. This will be clearfrom the section of the entablature. Figure 12. It was remarked in the First Report, that it would be diffi-cult to advance any satisfactory explanation of the triple con-stru
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