98 MifcelUne^ Curio fa. Vol. Ill, 



the very Chriftians at this Day following the 

 fame ufage. Yet though they mark the Date 

 of the Year by Greek Letters, you may ob~ 

 ferve they place them a different way from 

 tht Creehj^ fetting the lefTer Number firft^ 

 as if they were to be read backward, from the 

 right Hand to the left ; as N t here, denot- 

 ing 450. The third Letter a, 1 take to 

 ftand for the Day of the Monthy 

 the laft of Xandicm^ which is with us Afril y 

 this and other names of Months, which are 

 found in other Infcriptions, being borrowed 

 from the Macedanims with very little varia- 

 tion. That they were Idolaters, is plain by 

 the mention of their Country Gods, both 

 here and in other Places : So that their Com- 

 merce with the Jews^. did not, it feems, bring 

 them to the Knowledge of the true God, or 

 elfe they muft have degenerated therefrom, 

 and relapfed into Idolatry. The other Pillar 

 towards the Weft in Height and Circumfer- 

 ance anfwers this, and has upon the fide the 

 following Infcription engraved. 



H EOT AH KAI O AHMOG BAPGIXGIN 



ampigamCot tot IAPIB^AGOTC 



KAI MOKIMON TION ATTOT 

 £TGeBeiG KAI *IAOnATPIAAC 

 T£lMHG XAPIN. ' 



The Date of this^ is not legible, neither 

 docs one know what Judgment, to make of 

 the thing it felf That fuch a JPillar ihonld 

 be eredled only to fupport th^e Infcription^ 



