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Construction. 8i ence of wooden frames may be safely affirmed from the thickness of the charcoal layer in question ; but it tells us nothin<^ as to the piecing of the timbers, nor the way they were arranged. We are able, however, to restore them from the notches they have left at the summit of antae , or pilasters, both at Pasargadse and Persepolis, for they give us in section the actual size and profile of the rafters whose extremities formerly rested on this kind of regu- lating beam (Figs. 8 and 24). The timber- plating was very simple, and lends itself to be easily restored in struc- tures of small or average dimen- sions. Sucli would be Fig. 10, No. 6, from which a notion may be gained of what the Palace of Darius was like. In the illustrations / PiVirc. A f « A Kyff — Wood-frame of Palace of Dariiu, showing pillar still ^rigs. 25, 20;, m, staadioc. IsooMttk pfojection. RcctONd byCb. Chipies. Chipiez gives us a view of the entablature seen from below and above, which he has restored on the authority of the pseudo-architecture of the tombs, as well as the notches seen on the lateral face of the antx. Two superimposed beams form the architrave, above which a{>^3ear the ends of the rafters shaped into a series of dentels. Internally, the joists support a heavy bed of earth, kci)t in place, as in Lycia, by a tall cornice made up of tliree or four beams, resulting in a deep salience, penthouse-like over the porch. o Digitized by Google