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 84 HISTORY OF ART IN ANTIQUITY. as to form what is technically called the saw device. The greater intricacy of the main design is more apparent than real, in that its elements are wholly rectilinear. It is a continuous meander, forming and limiting spaces of varying size and shape, which are occupied by rows of crosses and small elongated dots. The form, meanders and crosses have a relief of 13 c., and occupy the inner slab, which, as already stated, is n m. 74 c. in height, by 12 m. 55 c. in width. 1 We do not vouch for the absolute accuracy of FIG. 49. Monument of Midas. False door. Drawn by E. Guillaume. Exploration archeologique, Plate VI. measurements we had no time to verify ; but they cannot be far removed from reality. To the left of the facade, on the level, appears a small grotto roughly cut, i m. 60 c. wide, 75 c. deep, one side of which is i m. 35 c. and the other i m. 82 c. high. Over it is incised an inscription in large Phrygian letters, 30 c. high arid i c. deep, 1 Our figures are taken fromTfixiER, Description, torn. i. p. 154. A sketch of Sir C. Wilson, kindly forwarded to me by Professor Ramsay; gives the following measure- ments : Width of sculptured slab, including pilasters, 16 m. 62 c. ; width of surface occupied by meander, 12 m. 39 c. ; height of the same* 12 m..i6 c. (the figure is obviously too high, for Sir Charles's sketch shows a greater difference between breadth and height than appears from his measurements) ; mean width of pilasters (they are not quite alike), 2m. 13 c. ; height of the whole, 21 m.