VII. 
356 ALEXANDRIA. 
CHAP, could be admitted that such an order of archi- 
tecture then existed. Hence it is manifest, 
without further inquiry, that this monument, as 
it now appears, must be attributed entirely to 
the Romans; since the warmest advocates for 
the arts and ingenuity of the Arabs will not ven- 
ture to ascribe a work of this kind to the Moslems, 
in any period of their history. This is nearly 
all the intelligence we can obtain concerning it. 
The Inscription upon the pedestal, as its cha- 
racters were obtained in consequence of Colonel 
Squires discovery, gives us no information as to 
tlie origin of the Column, although it may throw 
some light upon its restoration under its present 
form. The only visible part of the legend is as 
follows ' : 
TO COTATONAYTOKPATOPA 
TONnOAIOYXONAAGZANAPeiAC 
AlO .... lANONTON TON 
no enARxocAirYHTOY 
In the third line, the fourth, fifth, sixth, and 
seventh letters, being indistinct, were supplied 
by dotted characters*, in order to complete a 
(1) See the communication made by Dr. Haiyte to the Society of 
Jntiquaries, as read before the Society, Feb. 3, 180 
(2) According to the plan pursued by Taylor, when he added the 
l«Aters supposed to be wanted in the Marmot Sandvicaise. 
