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Title: The museum of classical antiquities : being a series of essays on ancient art
Year: 1860 (1860s)
Authors: Falkener, Edward, 1814-1896 Wood, J. E Davies, Benjamin Rees
Subjects: Classical antiquities Archaeology
Publisher: London : Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts
Contributing Library: Getty Research Institute
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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ng us the circuit of the area, whenit would have been so much more intelligible to have given usits relative dimensions? Is it not therefore possible, that asPliny gave us the latus longius of the sepulchre, he gives ushere the latus longius of the circuitus ? and that the passage runstlms: (the larger side) measures on the north and south flanks63 feet: the fronts are shorter; on the whole circuit (or the sur-rounding enclosure^ the longer side) is 411 feet. In conformityAvith this supposition, I projected a plan, showing a peribolus, * This monument I discovered, in 1844, on ca hill called Oorsin, five hours journeyfrom Denizli. The only parts remaining above the surface are the six large piers, mea-suring 4ft. 6in. square, and 5ft. Gin. high, carved on each face with bas-reliefs. Timedid not permit me to sketch the sculptures, but one subject represented a figure in achariot, and another a female with a drawn sword, standing over a prostrate enemy. ■> ^^-r ^ ~\i\ r><; r^
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ZP Te-,^ U -I t:1844! TOMB AT OOHAN, NEAIl DENIZLI, IN PHRYGTA. DISCOVERED BY E. FAlKENER MAUSOLEUM AT HALICAENASSUS. 175 250, O- ^rJl^IlJy )# ft # # I I 9 « I C U U U Ui D ^n5^^^^n^*^H!T^^^^^^^P««Hir«Minr«^w SCALE OF FEET 100 200 _1 300 one side of wliich measured 411 feet in length, and supposingthat the sepulchre might have occupied one end, and the pyrathe other, I considered that, to be in proportion with the monu-ment and these requirements, the width might possibly havebeen about 300 feet. Some time after having completed this plan, I discoveredthe following passage in Hyginus, which had hitherto escapedthe attention of commentators:— Monimentum regis Mausoli,lapidibus lychnicis altum pedes lxxx, circuitus pedes mcccxl.(Fahulce^ ccxxiii.) This dimension of 1340 feet will be found 176 )\IAUSOLEUM AT IIALICARNASSUS. to coincide very precisely with what I had conceived to bethe best proportion for a peribohis to enclose the tomb itselfand the funeral pile, and the longest s

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