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Chap, xxiv.]
THE CITADEL.
423
that the temple alluded to was at Pergamus and not at
Angora.* This inscription contains also a list of numerous
kings and tetrarchs of Galatia and other neighbouring king-
doms, who had made sacrifices or instituted games in honour
of the Emperor, or at the dedication of the temple. Some
of the names arc curious and interesting from their peculiar
Gallic and even Gothic forms.
The collection of inscriptions made during my stay at
Angora was very numerous; many of them never before
published. They were met with in all parts of the town,
in the gateways and court-yards of private houses, but
chiefly in the walls of the citadel, j This is defended by
a triple line of fortifications, all the gates of which are
locked at night. The outer wall encircles a very large
space, in which are upwards of 4000 or 5000 inhabitants,
many of whom are Armenians; and is full of inscriptions;
but it is the wall of the second or middle line, called the
Utch Kaleh, which contains most. This is strengthened
by numerous square towers, which, as well as the inter-
mediate curtains, are in some cases built from top to
bottom with fragments of white marble, once portions
of bas-reliefs, inscriptions, funereal cippi with garlands,
and the caput bovis, caryatides, columns and fragments
of architraves, with parts of dedicatory inscriptions, re-
sembling, indeed, very much the walls of a rich mu-
seum. The upper castle on the pinnacle of the rock is
called the Ak Kaleh (White Castle) ; it contains but few
blocks of marble, being built almost entirely of dark por-
phyritic trap, of which the hill consists ; but some enormous
blocks of this stone have the appearance of having belonged
to ancient buildings. Here I also saw two gigantic statues
of lions, couchant like those of Kalaijik.
During my stay at Angora I had no reason to complain
of want of hospitality on the part either of the Turks or
Armenians; the latter freely admitted me into their houses
to copy inscriptions ; and in one case I was obliged to have
* Clris. Ant. Asiat., p. ICG. f See Appendix, Nos.104 to 1-28, and 13-1 to 138.
THE CITADEL.
423
that the temple alluded to was at Pergamus and not at
Angora.* This inscription contains also a list of numerous
kings and tetrarchs of Galatia and other neighbouring king-
doms, who had made sacrifices or instituted games in honour
of the Emperor, or at the dedication of the temple. Some
of the names arc curious and interesting from their peculiar
Gallic and even Gothic forms.
The collection of inscriptions made during my stay at
Angora was very numerous; many of them never before
published. They were met with in all parts of the town,
in the gateways and court-yards of private houses, but
chiefly in the walls of the citadel, j This is defended by
a triple line of fortifications, all the gates of which are
locked at night. The outer wall encircles a very large
space, in which are upwards of 4000 or 5000 inhabitants,
many of whom are Armenians; and is full of inscriptions;
but it is the wall of the second or middle line, called the
Utch Kaleh, which contains most. This is strengthened
by numerous square towers, which, as well as the inter-
mediate curtains, are in some cases built from top to
bottom with fragments of white marble, once portions
of bas-reliefs, inscriptions, funereal cippi with garlands,
and the caput bovis, caryatides, columns and fragments
of architraves, with parts of dedicatory inscriptions, re-
sembling, indeed, very much the walls of a rich mu-
seum. The upper castle on the pinnacle of the rock is
called the Ak Kaleh (White Castle) ; it contains but few
blocks of marble, being built almost entirely of dark por-
phyritic trap, of which the hill consists ; but some enormous
blocks of this stone have the appearance of having belonged
to ancient buildings. Here I also saw two gigantic statues
of lions, couchant like those of Kalaijik.
During my stay at Angora I had no reason to complain
of want of hospitality on the part either of the Turks or
Armenians; the latter freely admitted me into their houses
to copy inscriptions ; and in one case I was obliged to have
* Clris. Ant. Asiat., p. ICG. f See Appendix, Nos.104 to 1-28, and 13-1 to 138.