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be further considered, on account of its anti- 
quities, as an indication of the former vicinity 
of the Iliensian tillage, it should follow, that 
observing a weshvard course, the distance of 
three miles and three quarters, or nearly so, 
would terminate in the site of the Iliensian City ; 
and any discovery ascertaining either of these 
places would infallibly identify the position of the 
other. This line of direction we observed in our 
route, advancing by a cross road into the Plain. 
There were other Inscriptions, commemorating 
the good offices of Roman Emperors : but these 
were so much mutilated, that no decisive infor- 
mation could be obtained from them. Upon 
one we read : 
HAAEEANAPIZ1>YAH 
^iEHTONIOYAlO . . . 
N ATO N KOS M O N T H 'E 
n o A Enz En A pxo n 2: n ei 
PHZ<I>AABIANH^: 
" THE ALEXANDRIAN TRIBE HONOUR SEXTUS JULIUS, 
THE MAGISTRATE OF THE CITY, PREFECT OF 
THE FLAVIAN COHORT," &c. 
Another, inscribed upon the cover of a large 
marble Soros, mentioned a portico, and the daugh- 
ter of some person for whom both the ITOA and 
the I0P02 had been constructed. 
