326 THE HOLY LAND. 
^y{\^' obtained, may further illustrate this most inter- 
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esting subject. 
Upon all the sepulchres at the base of this 
mount, which, '' as the place of a scull,'" we h^YH 
the authority of Scripture for calling either 
Calvary or Golgotha, whether it be the place of 
crucifixion or not, there are inscriptions, in Hebrew 
and in Greek. The Hebrew inscriptions are the 
most effaced : of these it is difficult to make any 
tolerable copy. Besides the injuries they have 
sustained by time, they have been covered by 
some carbonaceous substance, which rendered 
the task of transcribing them yet more arduous. 
^,.^g;t Th.Q Greek inscriptions are" brief, and legible; 
tions.'^' ^^^y consist of immense letters deeply carved in 
the face of the rock, either over the door, or by 
the side, of the sepulchres. Upon the first we 
observed these characters : 
+ THCAriAC 
CI W N 
''OF THE- HOLY 
SIGN" 
Having entered by the door of this sepulchre, 
we found a spacious chamber cut in the rock, 
connected with a series of other subterraneous 
