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90 MODERN DISCOVERIES AT ANCIENT EPHESUS.
Council of Bishops assembled in the year 431 a.d. A
cathedra, or raised marble seat for the presiding bishop,
was found in its original position. Over these remains
the Greeks built a church during the time I was carrying
on my work, and Sundays and Saints' days were duly
observed.
In following the road between the Magnesian gate
and the temple, I discovered many large marble sar-
cophagi, several of which had the labarum, shown on
p. 39, and other Christian emblems cut upon their
covers; some of these, judging from the style of the
inscriptions, were probably of the fourth century. In
these sarcophagi nothing but skeletons were found.
In the same road a Christian tombstone of a peculiar
character was found. It consisted of a large cross, with
a female figure behind it, the head of the figure appear-
ing above the cross, and the drapery flanking it on both
sides.
A Christian tomb, composed of thin marble slabs,
was found in excavations on the hill at Ayasalouk ; the
characters of the inscription prove that it was as late
as the seventh or eighth century.
A hoard of coins found under the Turkish pavement
over the site of the temple had amongst them a number
with this legend on the obverse, Moneta que fit in
Theologo, and a seated figure of the Seljuk Saroukhan,
holding an orb and sceptre; these must date from 1342-
1389. On the reverse is a floreated cross, surrounded by
the legend De mandate Domini ejnsdem loci. Ayas-
alouk therefore derived its name from St. John, or "Ayios
QeoXoyus.
A number of the coins found here were issued by the
Council of Bishops assembled in the year 431 a.d. A
cathedra, or raised marble seat for the presiding bishop,
was found in its original position. Over these remains
the Greeks built a church during the time I was carrying
on my work, and Sundays and Saints' days were duly
observed.
In following the road between the Magnesian gate
and the temple, I discovered many large marble sar-
cophagi, several of which had the labarum, shown on
p. 39, and other Christian emblems cut upon their
covers; some of these, judging from the style of the
inscriptions, were probably of the fourth century. In
these sarcophagi nothing but skeletons were found.
In the same road a Christian tombstone of a peculiar
character was found. It consisted of a large cross, with
a female figure behind it, the head of the figure appear-
ing above the cross, and the drapery flanking it on both
sides.
A Christian tomb, composed of thin marble slabs,
was found in excavations on the hill at Ayasalouk ; the
characters of the inscription prove that it was as late
as the seventh or eighth century.
A hoard of coins found under the Turkish pavement
over the site of the temple had amongst them a number
with this legend on the obverse, Moneta que fit in
Theologo, and a seated figure of the Seljuk Saroukhan,
holding an orb and sceptre; these must date from 1342-
1389. On the reverse is a floreated cross, surrounded by
the legend De mandate Domini ejnsdem loci. Ayas-
alouk therefore derived its name from St. John, or "Ayios
QeoXoyus.
A number of the coins found here were issued by the