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ARCHITECTURAL INSCRIPTION. 



Stone-work lying upon the ground wholly finished. 



XI Tiles four feet long, two feet wide, a foot and a half in thickness, 

 without the covers. * 



I Shoulder tile w , four feet long, three feet wide, a foot and a half 

 in thickness. 



Of each of these, the alternate joint is not finished, nor the joints 

 behind. 



XII Six feet long, two feet wide, a foot in thickness ; of each of these 

 the alternate joint is not finished, nor the joints behind. 



V Four feet long, two feet wide, a foot in thickness ; of each of these 

 the alternate joint is not finished, nor the joints behind. 



I Five feet long, two feet wide, a foot in thickness ; of this the 

 alternate joint is not worked, nor the joints behind. 



VII Eaves f x four feet long, three feet wide, five palms in thickness, 

 worked smooth without the carving. 



Of V others the size was the same, of both the cymatium and 

 astragal, four feet were not carved of each. 



Of II others there were uncarved, of the cymatium four feet, of 

 the astragal eight feet. 



Of I other a foot and a half of the cymatium, and four feet of the 

 astragal were not carved. 

 I Other, the smooth work was done, but of the cymatium of III 



of a strong acid, the part which is not covered will be eaten away to a considerable depth, 

 and the tinted part will have the appearance of being in relief. 



I should have supposed that these painted ornaments were intended by the word 

 AOLKyax, but for the word e%epyx<r<x.<r<}izi, which is applied in other parts of the inscription, 

 to signify some operation performed by the masons upon the marble. 



* The word aww^aTai, which I have lately corrected from an inspection of the inscrip- 

 tion, alludes to the absence of the tiles covering the joints of the flat tiles. 



f 17(0- a, the caves or cornice. Upon this member of the entablature the moldings are 

 carved. The eaves are here said to be Xeicn IxTrgwoojjas'va aveo x«t«to/w%; by which is pro- 

 bably meant that they were, at the time of the survey, worked as plain moldings, prepara- 

 tory to the enrichment, or carving upon them. The lower moldings of the cornice were 

 a cymatium and astragal. 



