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DISCOVERIES AT EPHESUS.
Interest-
ing his-
torical
facts con-
firmed.
Contract
work.
Letter of
con-
gratula-
tion.
False
alarm.
four inscriptions. From every one of them the name of
the Proconsul had been erased, or rather the fiat had gone
forth for its erasure, but it had not been thoroughly
executed in every instance A portion of the name (' C.
Asinio') still remained on one of the stones.
Mr. \V. 11. Waddington, an accomplished scholar, and
expert in the deciphering of Greek inscriptions, but who
is now, unfortunately for science, a deputy of the French
Assembly, ascertained that this man was C. Asinius
Gallus, who was Proconsul B.C. 8, and was put to death by
Tiberius A.D. n, when his name was ordered to be erased
from all monuments. Fortunately for us, the mason did
not complete his task. Possibly a shower of rain came on
while he was executing the order, and what was then left
of the name was carelessly allowed to remain, or thus
much of the inscription might have been left to show who
it was that had been thus dishonoured.
The wall itself was a most disgraceful piece of work,
probably contract work! If I had not found tin; inscrip-
tions built into it, I never could have believed that it had
been built in the time of Augustus.
I received a most gratifying letter of congratulation
from Mr. Waddington on the discovery of the peribolus
wall, from which I quote one paragraph, showing his
appreciation of the discovery : ' I congratulate you most
warmly on your most important discovery, the more so
because it is not the result of a lucky accident, but entirely
due to your wonderful perseverance and tenacity under
difficult ami sometimes dangerous circumstain
While digging deep trial holes all over the Eastern
DISCOVERIES AT EPHESUS.
Interest-
ing his-
torical
facts con-
firmed.
Contract
work.
Letter of
con-
gratula-
tion.
False
alarm.
four inscriptions. From every one of them the name of
the Proconsul had been erased, or rather the fiat had gone
forth for its erasure, but it had not been thoroughly
executed in every instance A portion of the name (' C.
Asinio') still remained on one of the stones.
Mr. \V. 11. Waddington, an accomplished scholar, and
expert in the deciphering of Greek inscriptions, but who
is now, unfortunately for science, a deputy of the French
Assembly, ascertained that this man was C. Asinius
Gallus, who was Proconsul B.C. 8, and was put to death by
Tiberius A.D. n, when his name was ordered to be erased
from all monuments. Fortunately for us, the mason did
not complete his task. Possibly a shower of rain came on
while he was executing the order, and what was then left
of the name was carelessly allowed to remain, or thus
much of the inscription might have been left to show who
it was that had been thus dishonoured.
The wall itself was a most disgraceful piece of work,
probably contract work! If I had not found tin; inscrip-
tions built into it, I never could have believed that it had
been built in the time of Augustus.
I received a most gratifying letter of congratulation
from Mr. Waddington on the discovery of the peribolus
wall, from which I quote one paragraph, showing his
appreciation of the discovery : ' I congratulate you most
warmly on your most important discovery, the more so
because it is not the result of a lucky accident, but entirely
due to your wonderful perseverance and tenacity under
difficult ami sometimes dangerous circumstain
While digging deep trial holes all over the Eastern