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  ANNUAL, 
  REPORT 
  SMITHSONIAN 
  INSTITUTION, 
  1922. 
  

  

  The 
  Siloam 
  inscription 
  was 
  discovered 
  in 
  1880. 
  It 
  is 
  engraved 
  

   on 
  a 
  recessed 
  tablet 
  cut 
  in 
  the 
  wall 
  of 
  the 
  tunnel 
  a 
  few 
  yards 
  from 
  

   its 
  lower 
  end. 
  The 
  latest 
  restoration 
  and 
  translation 
  12 
  is 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  

  

  The 
  boring 
  through 
  (is 
  completed). 
  And 
  this 
  is 
  the 
  story 
  of 
  the 
  

   boring 
  through. 
  While 
  yet 
  they 
  (plied) 
  the 
  drill, 
  each 
  toward 
  his 
  

   fellow, 
  and 
  while 
  yet 
  there 
  were 
  three 
  cubits 
  to 
  be 
  bored 
  through, 
  there 
  

   was 
  heard 
  the 
  voice 
  of 
  one 
  calling 
  unto 
  another, 
  for 
  there 
  was 
  a 
  crevice 
  

   in 
  the 
  rock 
  on 
  the 
  right 
  hand. 
  And 
  on 
  the 
  day 
  of 
  the 
  boring 
  through 
  

   the 
  stonecutters 
  struck, 
  each 
  to 
  meet 
  his 
  fellow, 
  drill 
  upon 
  drill; 
  and 
  

   the 
  waters 
  flowed 
  from 
  the 
  source 
  to 
  the 
  pool 
  for 
  a 
  thousand 
  and 
  two 
  

   hundred 
  cubits, 
  and 
  a 
  hundred 
  cubits 
  was 
  the 
  height 
  of 
  the 
  rock 
  above 
  

   the 
  heads 
  of 
  the 
  cutters. 
  

  

  The 
  inscription 
  is 
  not 
  dated, 
  but 
  the 
  tunnel 
  was 
  probably 
  con- 
  

   structed 
  in 
  the 
  reign 
  of 
  King 
  Hezekiah 
  and 
  is 
  referred 
  to 
  in 
  II 
  

   Chronicles 
  xxxii, 
  4 
  and 
  30, 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  " 
  So 
  there 
  was 
  gathered 
  much 
  

   people 
  together, 
  and 
  they 
  stopped 
  all 
  the 
  fountains 
  and 
  the 
  brook 
  

   that 
  flowed 
  through 
  the 
  midst 
  of 
  the 
  land 
  saying, 
  Why 
  should 
  the 
  

   King 
  of 
  Assyria 
  come 
  and 
  find 
  much 
  water? 
  * 
  * 
  * 
  " 
  This 
  

   same 
  King 
  Hezekiah 
  also 
  stopped 
  the 
  upper 
  spring 
  of 
  the 
  waters 
  

   of 
  Gihon, 
  and 
  brought 
  them 
  straight 
  down 
  on 
  the 
  west 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  

   City 
  of 
  David. 
  

  

  The 
  original 
  is 
  preserved 
  in 
  the 
  Museum 
  of 
  Constantinople, 
  Tur- 
  

   key. 
  

  

  The 
  stone 
  containing 
  the 
  inscription 
  from 
  the 
  Temple 
  was 
  dis- 
  

   covered 
  by 
  the 
  French 
  archeologist, 
  M. 
  Clermont-Ganneau, 
  May 
  26, 
  

   1871. 
  The 
  inscription 
  reads: 
  "No 
  stranger 
  is 
  to 
  enter 
  within 
  the 
  

   balustrade 
  round 
  the 
  temple 
  and 
  inclosure. 
  Whoever 
  is 
  caught 
  will 
  

   be 
  responsible 
  for 
  his 
  death 
  which 
  will 
  ensue." 
  The 
  inscription 
  

   throws 
  light 
  on 
  the 
  incident 
  in 
  Acts 
  xxi, 
  28-31, 
  where 
  Paul 
  was 
  ac- 
  

   cused 
  of 
  bringing 
  Trophimus, 
  an 
  Ephesian, 
  within 
  the 
  balustrade. 
  

  

  The 
  original 
  is 
  in 
  the 
  Museum 
  of 
  Constantinople, 
  Turkey. 
  

  

  Both 
  the 
  max-) 
  an 
  d 
  the 
  inscriptions 
  are 
  surrounded 
  by 
  a 
  series 
  of 
  

   geographical 
  and 
  ethnographical 
  photogravures, 
  showing 
  various 
  

   sites 
  and 
  human 
  types 
  of 
  Palestine. 
  

  

  4. 
  Flat-top 
  table 
  case. 
  Contains 
  a 
  selection 
  of 
  Oriental 
  seals, 
  

   originals 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  flat 
  cast, 
  for 
  which 
  see 
  above, 
  p. 
  444. 
  On 
  the 
  

   bottom 
  of 
  the 
  case 
  are 
  some 
  Egyptian 
  antiquities. 
  

  

  The 
  center 
  of 
  the 
  Pavilion 
  is 
  occupied 
  by 
  a 
  mosaic, 
  flanked 
  on 
  

   either 
  side 
  by 
  two 
  monuments 
  on 
  bases. 
  

  

  5. 
  The 
  Moabite 
  Stone. 
  In 
  II 
  Kings 
  iii, 
  4 
  ff. 
  it 
  is 
  related 
  that 
  

   Mesha, 
  the 
  King 
  of 
  Moab, 
  had 
  paid 
  tribute 
  to 
  the 
  Kings 
  of 
  Israel, 
  

   but 
  after 
  the 
  death 
  of 
  Ahab 
  he 
  rebelled. 
  Thereupon 
  Aliab's 
  son, 
  

   Joram, 
  allied 
  with 
  Jehoshaphat, 
  King 
  of 
  Judah, 
  invaded 
  Moab 
  and 
  

  

  13 
  See 
  George 
  A. 
  Barton, 
  Archaeology 
  and 
  the 
  Bible, 
  Philadelphia, 
  American 
  Sunday- 
  

   School 
  Union, 
  p. 
  377. 
  

  

  