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 SlPYLUS AND ITS MONUMENTS. 43 by 30 m. broad. It is divided in two parts : an outer court to the east, and an inner, fenced on the north, south, and west sides, c, D, by a double rampart, particularly noticeable on the north and east. Of wall G fragments alone exist, yet they suffice to show that it was parallel to c, D. The Acropolis was protected on the south by the natural escarp of the rock, to which additional strength was given by a wall wholly disap- peared. Towards the east, where the hillock rises above the level of the plateau, are flat are shelves with small ob- long grooves, evidently made to receive the foundation stones of the outer wall. On the north side the gentle declivity of the hill made it ne- cessary to resort to precautionary measures. These are found in a supporting wall which skirted the road, run- ning along a narrow ridge up to a gateway about four feet wide, which it entered at right angles, and a square tower in front of it. FIG. II. Acropolis of lamanlar Dagh. Le Sipylos, Plate 1. Plan. WEBER, The approach to the Acropolis on the west was defended by ramparts scooped out of the projecting rock, which so narrowed the path as to allow only room for a man at a time (H). A huge excavation or ditch, hollowed in the rock on the left side of the path, whose wall below the escarp was almost perpendicular, is still seen (j). The ditch was covered by an outer wall on the left ; a second (c, B, in plan), far the best constructed and the best preserved, crowned the talus (Fig. 12). The constructive scheme of the area wall shows that it was the work of one architect, although it exhibits stones with vertical