Page:History of Art in Phrygia, Lydia, Caria and Lycia.djvu/377

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FUNERARY ARCHITECTURE. between the second and third story. Was not this intended for the extremity of the cross-beam which projects beyond the angle of junction ? Could a more graphic allusion be devised to the mode of connecting timbers together, to which we have repeatedly drawn attention ? Be that as it may, no ambiguity exists as FIG. 252. Views of cities, Pinara. Benndorf, torn. i. Fig. 36. to the nature of the construction which in the next bas-relief (Fig. 253) occupies the upper part of the lower picture on the right. Here the facade, over which appear the ends of the joists and wall-plates, is divided into panels, very similar to carpentry work. There is but one point which is doubtful : namely, whether the