TO CAFFA. 
Ill 
the head of one of the Bosporian kings ; and for CT I I [ ^ P - 
the reverse, a horse grazing, with the legend > — v — 
here given. 
The traditions of Kertchy are in direct contra- Tomb of 
, - Millira- 
diction of History : they relate, not only that dates. 
Mithradates died here, but that he was buried 
at a short distance from the town, where they 
still pretend to shew his tomb 5 . It is perhaps 
a Milesian work; but its height and size are so 
remarkable, that it is scarcely possible to be* 
lieve it to be the result of human labour. 
Among the Greek inhabitants of Kertchy, it bears 
the name of The tomb of Mithradates. I he 
Russians are not contented with shewing his 
tomb ; they also point out his palace, and con- 
duct strangers for that purpose to the top of a 
natural hill or mountain above the town. They 
deceived General Suvorof to such a degree, when 
he visited the place, that being told it was the 
sepulchre of so great a hero, the veteran 
soldier knelt upon the ground and wept. We 
visited the mound pointed out as the tomb by 
the Greeks: it is distant four versts from Kertchy , 
near to the road leading to Caff a. The Tahtars 
call it Altyn Obo: they have a tradition that it 
(2) Mithradates , according to Appinn, was buried by Powpcy at 
Sinope * in the ctcmetery of his ancestor:. 
