. The Open court. shmunazar dynasty. Unfortunately, the latter hasnot yet been accurately fixed, but scholars are divided between thefourth century and the third century B. C. It would be a greatgain to science if this all-important date could be determined ; andit is quite possible that something may yet be found in the exten-sive dt!bris of this temple which will give the desired information. Thus far, no thorough work of excavation has been attempted,but the things which have already been brought to the surface giveinteresting promise of further results. The native workmen whomade the disco
. The Open court. shmunazar dynasty. Unfortunately, the latter hasnot yet been accurately fixed, but scholars are divided between thefourth century and the third century B. C. It would be a greatgain to science if this all-important date could be determined ; andit is quite possible that something may yet be found in the exten-sive dt!bris of this temple which will give the desired information. Thus far, no thorough work of excavation has been attempted,but the things which have already been brought to the surface giveinteresting promise of further results. The native workmen whomade the discovery of the inscriptions found also fragments ofmarble columns and other similar objects, mostly unimportant in 1 For a full presentation of the argument at this point, as well as for an extended discussionof the inscription itself and of the problems which it introduces, I may refer to my article, APhoenician Royal Inscription, in Vol. XXIII. 11902) of the Journal of the American Oriental So-ciety, pages 74 THE OPEN COURT. themselves, but giving some hint of the former splendor. The one thing of more than ordinary importance which they unearthed from the interior of the ruin, so far as I could learn, was a fragment of a mosaic pavement made of glass. The pieces (now in my possession) were of different colors, dark blue, light blue, green, orange, and all of the same arrow-head pattern formed by intersecting parabolas. Each single piece was about two inches long, an inch and a quarter wide, and three eighths of an inch thick ; not cut, but cast in a mould of a rather The Glass Pave- elaborate form. The pavement must have been MENTS- a beautiful one. The ruin has, however, been partially excavated by news of the discovery soon reached Constantinople, and in thelatter part of April, 1901, Macridy Bey, of the Imperial OttomanMuseum, who was overseeing the German excavations at Baalbek,came down to Sidon to investigate. He saw the importance ofmaking some furt
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