TO THE HEIIACLEOTIC CHERSONESUS. 213 
AYTOKPATOPKECAPZHNflNEYCEBHZNIKHTIC 
• . . . OriEOYKOCMEriCTOCAEICEBACTOC . . . 
<1>I AOTI M H CAM EN H H AYTflN EYCEBI AflCEl 
riACAICTAICnOAECINKAIENTAYTHTH AYTOY 
POAlEAftPHCATOXPHMATnNAOCINTACYNA 
TO M EN A E KTOY P PA KT I O Y<1> H M ITOYEN T AYO A 
BIKAPATOYTilNKAGOCinMENIlNBAAAIC 
TPAPIflN AlflN ANANEOYNTETATIXHriPOC 
ZflTHPIANTHCAYTHNnOAEnCKAlEYXAPIC 
TOYNTECAN E0 H KA M ENTO AETOTITAON 
EICMN H MOCYNONAEI AIONTHCAYTi2N 
BACI Al AC 
ANENEX20H AEOFlYPrOCOYTOCnPA 
TTONTOCTOYMErAAOnPSTKOMS 
AIOrENOYlETOYCc«l>IBi ENINASIA 
This inscription records a return of thanks for 
a gift of money, and repairs done to the walls 
for the safety of the city, during the reign of 
the Emperor Zeno, a name common to some of 
the Roman Emperors, at Constantinople, in the 
fifth and sixth centuries. In the latter part is 
mentioned the restoration of a tower, probably 
the same in which the inscription was found. 
The learned Reader will observe the difficulty 
caused by the abbreviations; and also notice 
the mode of writing H for I, and I for the 
diphthong El, as well as E for Al. The date 
seems distinctly preserved, in the epocha of 
