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of the enclosure wall is not uniform throughout; some sections have 2m 50 in diameter, others 3m 50.
The blocks of vacuolar limestone forming the outer face much bulkier than those of the inner face, are all of large dimensions, fig. Some of them, truly colossal, reaching 3m 50 in length by 1m 50 in height, with a thickness of 1m 50; the weight of such a block can be estimated at fifteen tons. The transport and handling of materials of such a weight represent a considerable effort and presuppose the organisation of trained and well-directed teams. The transport and the setting in place were facilitated by the proximity of the cliff which served as a quarry and which overhangs the ground slightly on a slope.
The blocks are all set upright vertically along the large trench and carefully wedged with smaller stones which are often wedge-shaped, fig. The outer face of the blocks has been summarily levelled as at Tiryns (1); there is therefore no question here of unworked blocks, but only roughly worked, fig. Erosion having hollowed deep cavities in the limestone, fig. has caused the disappearance on many blocks of the flat face, which survived only at the base, below the level of the ancient ground.
Today there remain only traces of mortar that could have served as a bond between the large blocks, or fill the joints vertical joints, generally well fitted. The considerable weight of the blocks probably made this precaution superfluous. However the second course and the superstructure of the enclosure having everywhere
(1) Hal. Tiryns - p. 316.
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