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572 TEMPLE OF HEX ATE AT LAGINA.
hewn. On the upper course was a cornice 2' Q\"
above the level of the pavement. Over the entrance
was a marble architrave, 6' 5" long, by 1' 8" depth,
by 2' thickness, supported on two marble jambs.
The entrance was 3' 6" wide in the clear. The roof
was formed of large slabs from the neighbouring
rock, extending across the breadth of the tomb.
One of these was 11 7" by 2' 5" by 1' 2". This
tomb lies nearly north-west and south-east; the
entrance is on the south-east side. It is quite
below the level of the surrounding plain. Accord-
ing to the local tradition, much treasure had once
been found in it.
At the distance of three-quarters of a mile from
Lagina, on the road to Stratonicsea, is a village
called Gibeyeh, where I noticed an inscription on
a cippus, published by Lebas, No. 536. It contains
the names and titles of Septimius Severus, Julia
Domna, and Caracalla, written both in Latin and
Greek. The date of the inscription is the eighth
tribuneship of Severus, or A.D. 200, when he was
engaged in his Eastern expedition.
It is remarkable that in this inscription Caracalla,
as well as his father, is styled Pontifex Maximus,
a fact which serves to explain the words P. Max.
on a coin of Caracalla, supposed by Eckhel to be the
abbreviation of Partitions Maximus. (See his Doctr.
Num. Vet. vii. p. 201.) Between Gibeyeh and
Eski Ilissar I noticed squared blocks and other
ancient remains in several places.
hewn. On the upper course was a cornice 2' Q\"
above the level of the pavement. Over the entrance
was a marble architrave, 6' 5" long, by 1' 8" depth,
by 2' thickness, supported on two marble jambs.
The entrance was 3' 6" wide in the clear. The roof
was formed of large slabs from the neighbouring
rock, extending across the breadth of the tomb.
One of these was 11 7" by 2' 5" by 1' 2". This
tomb lies nearly north-west and south-east; the
entrance is on the south-east side. It is quite
below the level of the surrounding plain. Accord-
ing to the local tradition, much treasure had once
been found in it.
At the distance of three-quarters of a mile from
Lagina, on the road to Stratonicsea, is a village
called Gibeyeh, where I noticed an inscription on
a cippus, published by Lebas, No. 536. It contains
the names and titles of Septimius Severus, Julia
Domna, and Caracalla, written both in Latin and
Greek. The date of the inscription is the eighth
tribuneship of Severus, or A.D. 200, when he was
engaged in his Eastern expedition.
It is remarkable that in this inscription Caracalla,
as well as his father, is styled Pontifex Maximus,
a fact which serves to explain the words P. Max.
on a coin of Caracalla, supposed by Eckhel to be the
abbreviation of Partitions Maximus. (See his Doctr.
Num. Vet. vii. p. 201.) Between Gibeyeh and
Eski Ilissar I noticed squared blocks and other
ancient remains in several places.