Hamilton, William Richard; Hayes, Charles [Ill.]: Remarks on several parts of Turkey (Band 1): Aegyptiaca, or some account of the antient and modern state of Egypt, as obtained in the years 1801, 1802 ([London], [1809])

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The breadth of the street between them is fifty-five feet. The
whole city nearly a mile in length, and half a mile in breadth.
In the street proceeding North from the quadrivium is another
square space, similar to the former, in which were also four co-
lumns of the Corinthian order similarly placed. One of these
and the pedestal of another are still standing. The diameter of
this column is four feet three inches, and its height is equal to
ten diameters, the whole height with pedestal and all being
sixty-two feet three inches. The shaft, which consists of four
blocks of equal lengths, is plain except the lowest block, which
is ornamented with a foliage of oak-leaves in a very bad taste*.
On each of the two pedestals is a Greek inscription. That on
one is scarcely legible; but the words which can be made out ap-
pear so much to correspond with those of the other, that I am in-
clined to believe they were the same, with the difference perhaps
of one or two names. The following is a transcript of that which
was the most legible.

ArAGHITTXHI
ATTTOKPATOPIKAISAPIMAPICniATPHAini
SEOTHPniAAESANAPiilET^EBEIETrTXEI
XEBASTiM ----------- 2EBA2THI

MHTPIATTOT
STpATOriEAnN

AAiMONirsArrnNK

EniMHOTIOTONriP

IIA1HIOTNIO0EOT

AHTTHTHN
HSKAIAKiNIOT
MnANTOSATTnNOIKOr

TEnAPxoTAirrnTOT

IIBIOT___HAIANO

TINOEi2NNErZNEAAHNIiN......

1IPTTANETONTOSATPHAIOT ilPirEN f....
TKAIAnOAAnNIOTBOTAETTOrSTMN

EniTONSTEMMATIlNKAlriSXPHMAXl
. OTAIISA0HNAIAO2 LIAIIT

# I have observed several of these ornamented bjocks at Alexandria, anil one of them
is now in England. They mark in all probability the taste prevalent in the reign of
Alexander Sevcrus, who adorned both these cities.

t A piece of vitrified porcelain was brought us among other trifling pieces of anti-
quity with the name of ilPirEN inscribed on it.

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