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

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M GYPTIACA.

PART I.

“ tance of more than a foot, within the circumference
“ of the Pillar; which, by ftriking it with the hanger, I
“ found, was fomething ftuck fail to the bafe; after
“ ftriking it feveral times, I detached it from its place,
“ and it proved a medal of Vefpafian, in ftne order.

“ATT. KAI2. 2EBA. OTE5SII-

“ The reverfe is,

“victoria gradiens; dextra spicas, sinis. palmam.

This medal was Jhewn to the Royal Society.

“ The reverfed hieroglyphics are a proof that this
“ amazing monument was not erected before Pompey’s
“ time ; and as there is no mention of it in Strabo, or
“ any one of the ancient writers that I have met with,
“ it feems plain it was not known before the time of
“ Vefpafian. This medal could not by any accident, I
“ think, have been introduced above a foot within the
“ circumference of the fhaft ; therefore I fuppofe it was
“ placed there, when the Pillar was eredled ; which
“ from thence I conclude to have been done to the
“ honour of that Emperor; and perhaps on his reftor-
“ ing the cripple to the ufe of his limbs. If you think
“ this paper worth it, you will pleafe to communicate it
“ to the Royal Society, and that of the Antiquaries.

“ The Pillar is exacftly thewn, with the pivot it ftands
“ upon, with a reference to the fpot, the medal was