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 THESEUM, ERECHTHEUM, AND OTHER WORKS. ISI now Fig. 179. — Nereid Monu- ment, detail from Frieze. Again, three of the cohimniations of 6.9 and 10 in. at each end for lapping over the column gives practically the same dimension.* All this is perfectly direct and obvious, and we can apply a proof, for five columniations along the flanks at 6.5 gives 31.1, and adding 1.8 for the epistyles 32.9, which perfectly fits the basement of 33.0. It is certain, then, that the peristyle had four columns in front and six on the flanks. The lacunar stones at the Museum show that they were spaced about i.ii^ from centre to centre, and that about 3.2 showed between the peri- style and the cella. Allowing for a moulding on which they would have rested, this defines the width of the cella, the antse capitals of which are preserved in the Museum. Falkener put two columns between the antse, and this is quite a possible arrangement, as we find a pair of Ionic columns in antis at Cnidos (" Ionian Antiq.," vol. iii.). Falkener has also preserved a record of longer lacunar stones, each containing three coffers, which he puts at the two ends. He also shows the architrave and cornice of the door to the cella ; to this the console frag- 1 3 ' T '^^'Sy. 'J.^ ment 937 doubtless belonged. "V 1 I ^/^ "■ After all this discussion we come back to the restoration, proposed by R. Hawkins in 1845, as being most in accordance with the prime facts. He acted as architect to the expedition, and his scheme showed four columns on the front and six at the sides. His drawing has been allowed to disappear, but it was described in the Civil Engineer for 1845, and there is a partial draft of the front amongst the papers in the Greek and Roman for this dimension it may be given to the central intercolumniation. Fig. 180. — Nereid Monument, detail from Frieze.
 * If on careful measurement and plotting i or 2 inches more are wanted •