A COLORED DRAWING OF THE MEDEBA MOSAIC MAP OF 

 PALESTINE IN THE UNITED STATES NATIONAL MU- 

 SEUM. 



By I. M. Casanowicz, 



Assistant Curator, Division of Old World Archeology, United States National Museum. 



INTRODUCTION. 



A colored drawing of the Medeba mosaic map of Palestine was 

 acquired by Mr. S. W. Woodward, of Washington City, from a book 

 dealer in Jerusalem, while on a tour around the world in 1899 in the 

 interest of Christian missions, and by him presented to the United 

 States National Museum. A comparison of the drawing with other 

 reproductions of the original, which have been prepared by compe- 

 tent archeologists and Biblical scholars, shows that, with the excep- 

 tion of a few omissions and transpositions, it affords a fairly adequate 

 view of the original. It has therefore been deemed worth while to 

 describe this highly interesting and important monument for the 

 readers of the pubhcations of the United States National Museum, 

 the more so as a comprehensive and detailed discussion of the subject 

 has hitherto not been pubUshed in the English language. 



LITERATURE CONSULTED. 



C. Raymond Beazley, the Madeba Mosaic Map (The Geographic 

 Journal, vol. 17, 1901, London, pp. 516-520). Clermont-Gaimeau, 

 The Madeba Mosaic (Palestine Exploration Fund Quarterly Statement 

 (quoted PEFQS), 1897, pp. 213-225; 1901, pp. 235-246). A. Jacoby, 

 Das geographische Mosaik von Madaba (Leipzig, 1905). Wilhelm 

 Kubitschek, Die Mosaikkarte Palastinas (Mittheilungen der Kaiser- 

 lich-Koniglichen Geographischen GeseUschaft in Wien, vol. 43, 1900, 

 Vienna, pp. 335-380). Adolf Schulten, Die Mosaikkarte von Madaba 

 und ihr Verhaltniss zu den altesten Karten und Beschi'eibungen 

 des heiligen Landes. (Mit drei Kartenbildern und einer Figuren- 

 tafel, Berlin, 1900, pp. 121, Abhandl. der Koniglichen GeseUschaft der 

 Wissenschaf t zu Gottingen, Philol.-Hist. Klasse, new ser., vol. 4, No. 2) . 

 Eusebius and St. Jerome, Onomasticon Sacrum (OS), edition of Erich 

 Klostermann (Leipzig, 1904). The Onomasticon of Eusebius (bishop 

 of Caesarea in Palestine, died 340) — its Greek title is: On the names 



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