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The plinth is rather high, the three layers together occupying .059 of the 

 column, the upper layer alone taking .042. 



The diameter of the lowest layer is 1.44 shaft-diameters ; of the upper layer, 

 1.30. These resemble the corresponding figures in Order II. 



Shaft. — The shaft is perfectly simple, a tapering post unadorned by 

 sheath, flute, or astragal. 



Its height is unusually small, — .59 of the column, and 3.55 times its own 

 diameter. 

 The rate of diminution is moderate, — 1 in 30. 



Capital. — The free discussion of the peculiar and complex capital 

 does not properly fall within the province of this essay. The most 

 interesting part of the subject belongs to another department of study. 



The head of Isis, with its accompaniments, is one of the common- 

 places of Egyptian antiquities ; it is constantly to be found on 



Fig. 16. Athor-head Column, from the Great Temple of Denderah. (After the 

 " Description.") 



