The construction of the mound is most elaborately represented.

Brickmakers are seen moulding the bricks at its base, while workmen, with baskets at their backs, full of earth, bricks, stones, or rubbish, toil up the ascent--for the mound is already half raised--and empty their burdens out upon the summit.

The bull, still lying on its sledge, is then drawn up an inclined plane to the top by four gangs of laborers, in the presence of the monarch and his attendants.

After this the carving is completed, and the colossus, having been raised into an upright position, is conveyed along the surface of the platform to the exact site which it is to occupy.

This portion of the operation has been represented in one of the illustrations in an earlier part of this volume.