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made by the late Sir William Sherard in 1709 and 1716. It 

 related, as far as can be collected from the extremely muti- 

 lated state of the monument, to a treaty of Asylumship {aavXia) 

 between the inhabitants of this district of Asia Minor and 

 certain other States of Greek origin, amongst which there 

 are fragments of the names of the Agrigentines, the Coans, 

 the Polyrrhenians (of Crete), also of the people of Delphi. 



This notice was concluded with a translation of the 

 Titulus, which contained such supplementary matter as the 

 author deemed requisite to complete the sense. 



He then proceeded to notice two other inscriptions, one 

 of which he regarded as marking the site of the Temple of 

 Bacchus, in Teos, of which Vitruvius has made mention ; 

 and the other as a remnant of the inscribed monuments of 

 the ancient Chalcis, which lay contiguous to Teos. 



The first of these is remarkable, from its containing a 

 notice of the election of a female of rank to serve the office 

 of High Priestess of Asia. 



The second informs us of the existence of a Gerusia, or 

 House of Assembly for the Seniors, in the city to which it 

 belonged. Whether this was Chalcis (as conjectured above), 

 or Teos, is uncertain. 



In proceeding to Gheyerah (the representative of Aphro- 

 disias in Caria), the site of Tralles was noticed; as also were 

 the Tituli, which Pococke and others have copied from the 

 ruin at pi'esent existing in the ancient acropolis. 



The Temple of Aphrodite, extensive remains of wliich still 

 exist, in Aphrodisias, was then noticed ; as also the probable 

 site of the Agora. Near this the first of the Aphrodisian in- 

 scriptions was copied, which is remarkable from its contain- 

 ing notices of a gradation in dignity amongst the Archons of 

 the city, as also amongst the Neopcei, or Trustees of the 

 Temple of Aphrodite. 



The inscription in honour of Coustantius and one of his 

 colleagues, over the west portal, was next explained, and 



