. Report on the investigations at Assos, 1882, 1883, pt. I . ..:.Li|:^..:k^.:..4;-,sp. L Fig. 4. Plan ok the Temple of Assos. — Present Condition. Y 58 ARCHJEOLOG/CAL INSTITUTE. whj_ch_4irobaJ-jljL^supported votive statues or inscriptions, thebed_lines_oLlh£Liiin£r course of the cella wall, and, finally,the fractures of the paving slabs. The stones of the steps vary in length from one to some-what over three meters. In width the dimensions are moreregular, seldom being less than or more than m. Inthe case of the stjlobate blocks, the, ppi^rjiiirfarp formkigpart of the pteroma floo
. Report on the investigations at Assos, 1882, 1883, pt. I . ..:.Li|:^..:k^.:..4;-,sp. L Fig. 4. Plan ok the Temple of Assos. — Present Condition. Y 58 ARCHJEOLOG/CAL INSTITUTE. whj_ch_4irobaJ-jljL^supported votive statues or inscriptions, thebed_lines_oLlh£Liiin£r course of the cella wall, and, finally,the fractures of the paving slabs. The stones of the steps vary in length from one to some-what over three meters. In width the dimensions are moreregular, seldom being less than or more than m. Inthe case of the stjlobate blocks, the, ppi^rjiiirfarp formkigpart of the pteroma floor, was planned to have a regularwidth of m., and upon the northern side, which was evi-. FiG. 5. Stone in Foundations of Temple, with Bed-moulds for MetalCastings. — Isometric. dently laid first, no deviation from this measurement is to beobserved. The supply of accurately quarried stones seems tohave given out, however, as the work advanced, and upon thesouthern side there is much irregularity in the shapes andsizes. Some of the inner bjocks of the lower step bear abordering fillet, which proves them to have been originallyintended for the outside, and to have been rejected on ac-count of some defect. Instances of this are the fifth stoneupon the eastern, and the fifth stone upon the western side,counting from the north. A most interesting case of the employment ofolderjnc INVESTIGATIONS AT ASSOS, 1883. 59 rials J— in default of the regularly hewn stones which had,without doubt, been prepared in the quarry — is presented byone of the inner blocks of the southern lower step, exp^ed bythe displacement of the superposed stylobate during the ex-cavatioiis. In the stone
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