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reasons were assigned for supposing that the name of Julian, 

 the Apostate, had been erased by the Christian inhabitants 

 of the city, from this monument. 



The next inscription which was noticed contains an allu- 

 sion to the office of Asiarch, which led the author of the 

 Memoir to offer some explanations in reference thereto, prin- 

 cipally on the mode of election to, and the duties, of, that 

 station. 



The next brought under consideration was a fragment, ca- 

 pable of being restored so as to present the first two petitions 

 of the Lord's Prayer; a supposition in perfect consistence 

 with the history of the town. 



Several others were also noticed ; the most remarkable 

 and interesting of which was a tomb-inscription of consider- 

 able length, copied from the eastern side of the rampart. 

 The discussion of this led to many remarks on the mode 

 adopted amongst the Greek colonists of Asia Minor to ex- 

 press degrees of descent, on the terms of their sepulchral 

 architecture, and on the laws regulating tomb-property. 



Connected with this subject was a series of observations 

 on the office of the Stephanephores. This appears to have 

 been partly of a civil nature, partly pontifical, in accordance 

 with which the right of wearing diadems was granted to 

 functionaries of this class, as to the Flamines amongst the 

 Romans. 



The Memoir closed with some details respecting a series 

 of reliefs, which the author discovered on the exterior of the 

 southern wall. These, though placed in juxta-position, did 

 not all refer to the same subject. There are two interposed, 

 which appear to be altogether symbolical in their meaning, 

 or at least to possess a mythical character, and to have been 

 intended as illustrations of some mythical circumstance, 



A suggestion was offered, that perhaps it would be 

 worthy the attention of archaeologists, to adopt means to 

 liave these sculptures removed from their present position, 



