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In addition, the underside of the projectinggeisonabove the frieze had rectangular protrusions termed "mutules" that each had three rows of six "guttae".
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The underside of thegeisonmay be referred to as a soffit.
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This element was typically less decorative than the horizontal "geison", and often of a differing profile from the horizontal "geison" of the same structure.
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There were also a number of "geison" blocks that had shallow cuttings and many dowels like the west pediment, but that did not fit there.
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The temple's width to height up to the "geison" is determined by the reverse proportion 9:4, the same proportion squared, 81:16, determines temple length to height.
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Above the "geison" ran the sima.
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