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 Vaulted Structures. >73 starting with Cyrus and Pasargadx, ending at Susa with Arta* xerxes Mnemon. It would be easy to multiply instances in proof of coarse bad work seen in the two monuments in questioa Thus in the plastered arches that adorn the lower portion of the facade at FerQz-Abad, the pillars, without any necessity, are made to extend beyond the arches they support, and the effect is not good (Fig. 76). The stonework at Sar- vistan is better; but the same careless- ness is observable about the sturdy short pillars, built of unsquared sjtones, that uphold the counterforts inter- posing between the bays of the galleries on the right and left wing of the monu- ment (Figs. 80, 85)- In order to carry back Feruz-Abad and Sarvistan to the age of the Achaeme- nida;, Dieulafoy, whilst acknowledg- ing the clumsiness of arrangement we have pointed out, insists upon the fact — which Flandin and Costeliad also noticed — that the arch and piers about the door- ways and niches at Fenlz are inserted in a case copied on that which occupies a similar situation around all the bays, real or blank, at Persepolis and Susa. There is the same number of fillets, and the same Egyptian gorge appears in the crown (F^ S6, 87). As was said, the plaster facing has fallen away in many places, but enough remains to give a fair idea of this mode of treating a surface (Fig. 87). Although the presence of the arch suffices to imbue the openings Fig. 86.— FeiQt'Alwd. Det«l of portals. Elevation and lectUn. Flamdih and Costs', Am amtimm, Plate XLII. Digitized by Google