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 FORMS. 1 1 of several pieces, as in some of the Cyprian remains in the Louvre, the sections occurred at random, being governed only by the shape and size of the stones, and not by the natural articulations of the support as a whole. This being their general character, we have now to distinguish the peculiarities, I can hardly say of the Phoenician column, FIG. 49. Capital at Golgos. From Ceccaldi. 1 because that had no constant and well-marked features of its own, but of those columns which have been found in Phoenicia and Cyprus. As a rule, their shafts are smooth and without fluting. The forms of the capitals have much variety. In some we find the FIG. 50. Capital from Edde. From Kenan. elements of the Grecian Doric capital, but with different curves and proportions. The nearest approach to the classic type has been found at Golgos (Fig. 49). The slight salience of the echinus and the great thickness of the abacus give a more peculiar physiognomy to one from Edde, near Byblos (Fig. 50). 1 Monuments antiques dc Cypre, p. 42.