White, Joseph; White, Joseph [Editor]: Aegyptiaca, or observations on certain antiquities of Egypt (Band 1): The history of Pompey's pillar elucidated (Oxford, 1801)

PART I.

jEGYPTIACA.

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“ Art. XLII. A Letter from Edward Wortley Mon-
“ tagu, Efq. F. R. S. to William Watson, M. D.
“ F. R. S. containing fome new Obfervations on what
“ is called Pompey’s Pillar in Egypt *.

“ Sir,

“ I here fend you a few lines, which I believe will ap-
“ pear extraordinary, as every traveller that has been at
“ Alexandria has mentioned the famous Pillar of Orien-
“ tal granite, which is about a mile without the walls of
“ that city, as ereded, either by Pompey, or to the ho-
“ nour of Pompey. As I differ in opinion from them all,
“ and think this famous Pillar was ereded to the honour
“ of Vefpafian, you certainly will expert to hear on what
“ foundation I found fo extraordinary a conjedure, as fo

“ new a one may appear to you.

By my menfu ration

“ the capital of the Pillar is

9 feet

7 inches.

The fhaft —

66

•1

The bafe —

5

9!

The pedeftal —

10


Height from the ground

93

0

Diameter —

9

1

“ As foon as I faw this furprifing Pillar, I was con-
“ vinced that, if it had been ereded in Pompey’s time,

* Philofoph. Tranfa<5t. vol. lvii. p. 438.