. Report on the investigations at Assos, 1882, 1883, pt. I . e was providedby four courses of squared stones, measioring respectively35, 30, 25, and 25 cm. ia_thkkne§s^each-of. vyhjch projectedabout 3 cm. beyond that resting upon it. Elsewhere thelong blocks forming the first step were placed directly onthe rock, a level bed being cut to receive them. This wasthe case along the greater extent of the northern and west-ern sides ; indeed, throughout exactly one half of its length,tl;e juncture^etvveen the pavement of the temenos and thestepsof U]iejte_mple was_a_juncture between the tooled surfa
. Report on the investigations at Assos, 1882, 1883, pt. I . e was providedby four courses of squared stones, measioring respectively35, 30, 25, and 25 cm. ia_thkkne§s^each-of. vyhjch projectedabout 3 cm. beyond that resting upon it. Elsewhere thelong blocks forming the first step were placed directly onthe rock, a level bed being cut to receive them. This wasthe case along the greater extent of the northern and west-ern sides ; indeed, throughout exactly one half of its length,tl;e juncture^etvveen the pavement of the temenos and thestepsof U]iejte_mple was_a_juncture between the tooled surfaceof the native rock and accurately squared blocks quarriedfroiji--k: ~ The plan of the building, in its present condition (Fig. 4),exhibits some points which were omitted from the drawing ofthe floor published as Plate 7 in the First Report; — notablythe important pry and dog holes, oLthe-^on-crete foundation of the mosaic exteriding beyond the cubesof colored stone, the weathered standpoints of various bases, ■ TW»rk I Ft I i:^y[_V^I J. ..:.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-
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