VII. 
■V— 
304 ALEXANDRIA. 
CHAP, tlie monument formerly raised to Pompey', it 
is probable that lie alluded to this sepulchral 
pillar ; bearing, besides its traditionary name, 
the marks of restoration, and the most charac- 
teristic features of the purpose for which it was 
erected. 
A few remarks, with regard to the rest of the 
Inscription, will conclude the whole of our obser- 
vations upon this magnificent and interesting 
monument. 
The epithet at the conclusion of the third line 
could not be ascertained at the time the Inscrip- 
tion was again recognised®; but there appeared 
to be five characters wanted. These five cha- 
racters have been ingeniously supplied by a 
(l) Ka) ra fivti/^x aurov %it^Sa^[i.im avMxo^o//.>iffiv, { Dio Cass. Hist. Rom. 
lib. Ixix. vol. II. Hamburg. 1750.) Jt should at the same time be 
observed, that Spartian, c. 14. together with Appian, and some other 
v.'riters, speak of a restoration, by Hadrian, of Pompey's sepulchre, at 
Pelusium, near Mount Cassiiis; that is to say, the sepulclire of Jits 
body : the information concerning' which, as derived from the Antients, 
is not only uncertain, but contradictory. But Appuin also mentions 
another distinct sepulchral tsuius, erected over the head of Pnwpey at 
Alexandria by Julius Casar. This was ruined in the time of Trajan: 
and it is to the restoration of this monument, hy Hadrian, which JDeo 
Cassius seems to allude, under the words p.irif/.a. auToiJ. 
(2) See the Paper read to the Society oi Antiquaries, Feb. 3, 1803. 
