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Chap, xxxi.]
INSCRIPTION'S.
9
ments of inscriptions, some of which appeared to have
formed portions of public documents, wantonly destroyed
and appropriated by the barbarians who had erected the
castle. The character in which most of these inscriptions
were written was extremely small.* One was remarkable
for having lines drawn under each row of letters. This is
a decree, recording the rewards and honours bestowed
upon certain citizens who had successfully conducted a
war, and who were to be publicly crowned with a golden
crown.| Another, which we dug out of the wall on a
chance, judging from the appearance and character of the
stone that it might contain an inscription, proved to be
the architrave of a door, on which was a dedication to
Minerva or the sibyl Athenais, by a person whose name
appears to be Artaxerxes.J
One day, while we were otherwise engaged, some of the
sailors visited the ruins of the theatre, and, in turning over
various blocks of marble, they discovered an inscription, §
which, although ignorant of the Greek letters, they copied
so well, that when they brought it off in the evening for my
inspection, I %cas able to make out every word correctly,
as was proved by a subsequent examination. Other in-
scriptions, || also dedicatory, were found near the sea-
shore, where the modern village of Ritri is situated at
the N.W. foot of the Acropolis. The intervening space
was covered with fragments of tiles and pottery, and large
blocks of coarse red stone. In the village I obtained a few
coins, chiefly of Erythrsc, with a few of Clazomcnai, and
one of Miletopolis of Ionia, and a few terra-cotta lamps;
°ne of my companions procured a terra-cotta tablet, with a
Greek inscription.^ The inhabitants were all Greeks; and
at one of their farms near the ruins we obtained some excel-
lent wine.
Another small stream falls into the sea to the north of
the town, below the terraces. On the banks of this stream
* See Appendix, Nos. 217-230.
X See Appendix, No. 231.
I! See Appendix, Nos. 233 and 234.
f See Appendix, No. 220.
§ See Appendix, No. 232.
^[ See Appendix, No. 213.
INSCRIPTION'S.
9
ments of inscriptions, some of which appeared to have
formed portions of public documents, wantonly destroyed
and appropriated by the barbarians who had erected the
castle. The character in which most of these inscriptions
were written was extremely small.* One was remarkable
for having lines drawn under each row of letters. This is
a decree, recording the rewards and honours bestowed
upon certain citizens who had successfully conducted a
war, and who were to be publicly crowned with a golden
crown.| Another, which we dug out of the wall on a
chance, judging from the appearance and character of the
stone that it might contain an inscription, proved to be
the architrave of a door, on which was a dedication to
Minerva or the sibyl Athenais, by a person whose name
appears to be Artaxerxes.J
One day, while we were otherwise engaged, some of the
sailors visited the ruins of the theatre, and, in turning over
various blocks of marble, they discovered an inscription, §
which, although ignorant of the Greek letters, they copied
so well, that when they brought it off in the evening for my
inspection, I %cas able to make out every word correctly,
as was proved by a subsequent examination. Other in-
scriptions, || also dedicatory, were found near the sea-
shore, where the modern village of Ritri is situated at
the N.W. foot of the Acropolis. The intervening space
was covered with fragments of tiles and pottery, and large
blocks of coarse red stone. In the village I obtained a few
coins, chiefly of Erythrsc, with a few of Clazomcnai, and
one of Miletopolis of Ionia, and a few terra-cotta lamps;
°ne of my companions procured a terra-cotta tablet, with a
Greek inscription.^ The inhabitants were all Greeks; and
at one of their farms near the ruins we obtained some excel-
lent wine.
Another small stream falls into the sea to the north of
the town, below the terraces. On the banks of this stream
* See Appendix, Nos. 217-230.
X See Appendix, No. 231.
I! See Appendix, Nos. 233 and 234.
f See Appendix, No. 220.
§ See Appendix, No. 232.
^[ See Appendix, No. 213.