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  WOULD 
  ARCHEOLOGY 
  CASANOWICZ. 
  451 
  

  

  On 
  the 
  walls, 
  on 
  the 
  north 
  side, 
  opposite 
  the 
  Moabite 
  stone: 
  

   Assyrian 
  four- 
  winged 
  figure 
  holding 
  a 
  chaplet. 
  The 
  figure 
  wears 
  

   the 
  horned 
  headgear 
  of 
  the 
  Assyro-Babylonian 
  gods 
  and 
  is 
  richly 
  

   decorated 
  with 
  earrings, 
  necklace, 
  and 
  bracelets. 
  The 
  right 
  arm 
  is 
  

   lifted 
  up, 
  while 
  the 
  left 
  is 
  stretched 
  out 
  to 
  the 
  front, 
  holding 
  a 
  

   chaplet 
  or 
  necklace. 
  

  

  Opposite 
  the 
  statue 
  of 
  Chefren: 
  Assyrian 
  bas-relief, 
  representing 
  

   a 
  winged, 
  eagle-headed 
  genius, 
  holding 
  cone 
  and 
  basket. 
  

  

  On 
  the 
  south 
  side, 
  opposite 
  the 
  statue 
  of 
  Amenerdas: 
  Lid 
  of 
  the 
  

   sarcophagus 
  of 
  Queen 
  Ankhneferabra. 
  The 
  original, 
  of 
  basalt, 
  is 
  

   in 
  the 
  British 
  Museum, 
  London, 
  England. 
  Ankhneferabra 
  was 
  

   high 
  priestess 
  of 
  Anion 
  and 
  wife 
  of 
  Amasis 
  II, 
  King 
  of 
  Egypt 
  

   about 
  550 
  B. 
  C. 
  The 
  sarcophagus 
  is 
  considered 
  as 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  finest 
  

   monuments 
  of 
  the 
  twenty-sixth 
  dynasty. 
  In 
  the 
  center 
  is 
  the 
  figure 
  

   of 
  the 
  queen, 
  wearing 
  the 
  headdress 
  of 
  the 
  goddess 
  Isis-Hathor, 
  sur- 
  

   rounded 
  by 
  a 
  funeral 
  inscription 
  (pi. 
  12). 
  

  

  Opposite 
  the 
  Shalmaneser 
  obelisk: 
  Inscription 
  from 
  Persepolis 
  

   in 
  the 
  Cuneiform 
  characters. 
  The 
  inscription 
  is 
  in 
  the 
  language 
  of 
  

   ancient 
  Persia. 
  It 
  was 
  engraved 
  at 
  the 
  command 
  of 
  Artaxerxes 
  III, 
  

   Ochus, 
  who 
  reigned 
  358-344 
  B. 
  C., 
  or, 
  according 
  to 
  some, 
  from 
  

   359-338 
  B. 
  C. 
  The 
  following 
  is 
  a 
  translation 
  of 
  the 
  inscription: 
  

  

  A 
  great 
  god 
  is 
  Ahuramazda, 
  who 
  created 
  this 
  earth, 
  who 
  created 
  that 
  heaven, 
  

   who 
  created 
  mankind, 
  who 
  created 
  prosperity, 
  who 
  made 
  me, 
  Artaxerxes, 
  king, 
  

   the 
  sole 
  king 
  of 
  multitudes, 
  the 
  sole 
  ruler 
  of 
  multitudes. 
  

  

  Thus 
  speaks 
  Artaxerxes, 
  the 
  great 
  king, 
  the 
  king 
  of 
  kings, 
  the 
  king 
  of 
  

   countries, 
  the 
  king 
  of 
  this 
  earth: 
  — 
  I 
  am 
  the 
  son 
  of 
  king 
  Artaxerxes, 
  Arta- 
  

   xerxes 
  the 
  son 
  of 
  king 
  Darius, 
  Darius 
  the 
  son 
  of 
  king 
  Artaxerxes, 
  Artaxerxes 
  

   son 
  of 
  king 
  Xerxes, 
  Xerxes 
  son 
  of 
  king 
  Darius, 
  Darius 
  son 
  of 
  Vishtaspa, 
  Vish- 
  

   taspa 
  son 
  of 
  one 
  named 
  Arshama, 
  an 
  Achaemenian. 
  

  

  Thus 
  speaks 
  the 
  king 
  Artaxerxes: 
  This 
  structure 
  of 
  stone 
  I 
  have 
  built 
  for 
  

   myself. 
  

  

  Thus 
  speaks 
  the 
  king 
  Artaxerxes: 
  May 
  Ahuramazda 
  and 
  the 
  god 
  Mithra 
  

   protect 
  me, 
  and 
  this 
  land, 
  and 
  what 
  I 
  have 
  done. 
  

  

  Persepolis 
  was 
  the 
  ancient 
  capital 
  of 
  Persia.. 
  It 
  is 
  situated 
  in 
  the 
  

   interior 
  of 
  Persia 
  proper, 
  forty 
  miles 
  northeast 
  from 
  Shiraz. 
  Per- 
  

   sepolis 
  was 
  the 
  name 
  given 
  to 
  this 
  place 
  by 
  the 
  Greeks. 
  Its 
  ancient 
  

   Persian 
  name 
  is 
  unknown 
  (pi. 
  13). 
  

  

  10. 
  Screen. 
  On 
  the 
  east 
  side, 
  colored 
  drawing 
  of 
  The 
  Medeba 
  

   Mosaic 
  Map 
  of 
  Palestine. 
  The 
  original 
  mosaic 
  formed 
  the 
  floor 
  of 
  

   an 
  old 
  church 
  in 
  Medeba, 
  a 
  town 
  in 
  the 
  former 
  territory 
  of 
  Moab, 
  

   situated 
  east 
  of 
  Bethlehem, 
  about 
  five 
  miles 
  south 
  by 
  west 
  from 
  

   Hebron, 
  and 
  often 
  mentioned 
  in 
  the 
  Old 
  Testament 
  (Numbers 
  xxi, 
  

   30; 
  Joshua 
  xiii, 
  9, 
  16; 
  Isaiah 
  xv, 
  2; 
  I 
  Chronicles 
  xix, 
  7). 
  The 
  work 
  

   dates 
  from 
  the 
  sixth 
  century 
  A. 
  D., 
  and 
  is 
  not 
  only 
  the 
  oldest 
  map 
  of 
  

   Palestine 
  known, 
  but 
  also 
  the 
  oldest 
  detailed 
  map 
  of 
  any 
  country. 
  

   Unfortunately, 
  on 
  the 
  occasion 
  of 
  the 
  rebuilding 
  of 
  the 
  church 
  in 
  

  

  