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faw till in Tadmor^ nor tinderftand what to 

 make of it. From that in Greeks we hoped 

 for fome Information ^ but it will be evi- 

 dent to any one that reads it, that the Stone 

 was brought from another Place and cafually 

 put in there. 'Tis thus : 



To MNHMeiON TOT TA€>gftjNOC £KTlC£N 

 £H IAI<yN C^nTIMIOC OAAINAOOC O 

 AAMnPOTATOC CTNKAHT [IKOC] AIPANOT 

 OT ABAAAAGOT tot NAC^yPOTAT Tft;T£ KAI 

 TIOIC ATTOT KAI TIft)NOlC £lC TO HAN- 

 T£A£C AIa>NION T£IMHN. 



Under this was the unknown Charafters, which 

 I fhall here give you a Specimen of, it being as 

 well as it could be taken^ thus. Vide Figuram. 



The Letters between thefe C ] Marks 

 were not Legible, but I have ventured to 

 fupply the defed, as alfo you will fee in fome 

 others following. Neither was the £ in 

 MNHM£ION upon the Stone , but was 

 doubtlefs omitted by miftake ^ and the In- 

 fcription is nothing elfe but the Infcription of 

 a Sepulchre, the like to which we faw feve- 

 ral, as I fhall have occafion to mention fome 

 of them hereafter. And as for the other 

 Gharacler, it being added almoft under eve- 

 ry G'm^ Infcription we faw, and rarely found 

 alone, I am apt to believe it the Native Lan- 

 guage and Charader of the Place, and the 

 Matter it contains nothing elfe but what we 

 have in the Greek- 



As foon as you are entred within the Court, 

 you fee the Remainders of two Rows of ve- 

 ly Noble Marble Pillars 37 Foot high, with 



their 



