264 BUBON. 



Dagh. The inhabitants showed them only a 

 rock-tomb, and told them there were no other 

 remains. This time they repeated the same 

 story ; but as we had been assured there were 

 more extensive ruins near, we would not rest 

 content with the information ; and at length, the 

 offer of a bacshish induced a young Turk to 

 be our guide. We were the more anxious, as 

 there was a probability of finding here the site 

 of Bubon, which would complete our knowledge 

 of the Cibyratic tetrapolis, Oenoanda and Bal- 

 bura having been identified by Mr. Hoskyn,* and 

 Cibyra by ourselves. 



May 9tL — Our guide was true to his promise, 

 and conducted us to the foot of a steep conical 

 hill, about a mile south of the village, where 

 many hewn blocks and several broken sarcophagi 

 indicated the neighbourhood of an ancient site. 

 The city we found on the hill-side, and an 

 inscribed pedestal, on which the words 



BOTBI2NEON H BOTAH KAI O AHMOS 

 forming part of a long inscription in which 

 Bubon was twice made mention of, left no doubt 

 respecting its name. The inscription itself is 

 very interesting, on account of its recording pub- 

 * Journal of the Royal Geographical Society, vol. xii. 



