It is interesting to note the numerous repairs in the series of slabs.
They probably date from the time of the construction of the building,
and were meant to make good what was broken by accident in the course
of construction. On the north side of the pilaster, seven inches of
the bead and reel moulding immediately surmounting the anthemia have
been skilfully inserted in a groove and fastened with lead. On the
east side of the pilaster one of the beads of the lower bead and reel
moulding was attached by a plug, of which the hole remains. On the
next slab on the left one bead of the upper bead and reel moulding was
similarly added. On the second slab from the left, one tongue of the
egg and tongue moulding, one piece of spiral connecting the anthemia
and one bead were let into the marble. Traces of red colour remain in
the upper part of the frieze on this slab.--_Elgin Coll._
Height, 1 foot 7-1/2 inches. The slab containing the capital of
the pilaster is 6 feet in length. Of the other slabs, two are each
4 feet 3 inches in length. The fourth is broken on the right-hand
joint, and measures 4 feet 1-1/2 inches. _Synopsis_ Nos. 252-255
(127-130). _Greek Inscriptions in Brit. Mus._, I., p. 89, _e_, pl.
3, fig. 8. Stuart, II., ch. II., pl. 5. Inwood, _Erechtheion_, p.
110.
[Sidenote: =410.=]
Fragment of frieze similar to last. Joint on left. Found on the north
side of the Erechtheion.--_Inwood Coll._
Height, 6 inches; breadth, 6 inches. _Synopsis_, No. 116. Inwood,
_Erechtheion_, p. 138.
[Sidenote: =411.=]
Fragment of leaf, bead and reel, and egg mouldings from the capital of
a pilaster at the west side of the south portico of the Erechtheion (D
on plan).--_Inwood Coll._
Length, 1 foot 2-1/4 inches; height, 5-1/2 inches. _Synopsis_, No.
118.
[Sidenote: =412.=]
Cymatium moulding from inner architrave of the south portico of the
Erechtheion (E on plan).
Height, 2-1/2 inches; length, 7-1/4 inches. _Synopsis_ No. 403.
Inwood, _Erechtheion_, pl. 20. See also Stuart, II., ch. II., pl.
13.
[Sidenote: =413.=]
Piece of architrave, probably part of the beam from the north angle of
the east portico of the Erechtheion (F, F on plan). There is a joint
on the left of this slab.--_Elgin Coll._
Height, 2 feet 1 inch; length, 8 feet 2-1/2 inches. _Synopsis_,
No. 220 (85). Wilkins, _Prolusiones_, p. 29.
[Sidenote: =414.=]
Piece of the architrave from the south wall of the Erechtheion, broken
at each end (G on plan). It is connected with the preceding by a piece
of moulding cast in plaster.--_Elgin Coll._
Height, 2 feet 1 inch; length, 8 feet 5-1/2 inches. _Synopsis_,
No. 219 (291). Wilkins, _Prolusiones_, p. 29; _Greek Inscriptions
in Brit. Mus._ I., pl. 3, fig. 9.
[Sidenote: =415.=]
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