ii6 Mifcettanea Curiofa. Vol.III* 



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SANAIK&;. 



This is the molt Ancient Infcription I met 

 with in Tadmor^ the 314th. Year from the 

 Death- of Alexander the Great, preceding 

 the Birth of our Saviour about Ten Years. 

 The other alfb is between Twenty and Thir- 

 ty Years before the Reign of Hadrian^ and! 

 confequently before the Romans got foot-| 

 ing here- And from thefe fumptuous Stru-' 

 dures, and thefe coftly MaufoU^^ we may 

 reafbnably conclude, they were a Potent and 

 Opulent People, before they became fubjeft 

 to the Romans^ and were not obliged to them 

 for their Greatnefs. 



And now I believe I have wearied you fuffi- 

 ciently by leading you up and down the Anci- 

 ent and Famous City of Tadmor^ and giving 

 you fb dry an Account of our Employment 

 there. After 4 Days ftay we returned, not the 

 way that we came, but proceeding Eaftward 

 towards the River Euphrates. In our way to 

 which, the third Day, ^pafGng though a Vil- 

 lage called Tieve^ upon a Stone fet wrong 

 End upwards, in the midft of the Wall of 

 . the Mofch, we met with the following In- 

 fcription. 



