. Palestine and Syria with the chief routes through Mesopotamia and Babylonia; handbook for travellers;. he tomb of JXausolus. Izates had twenty-four sons, and hence theextent of the tomb. A sarcophagus, found by De Saulcy, bore an Aramaicinscription (in which the name of Queen Zaddo occurs) in Syriac andHebrew characters, a proof that this Jewish queen belonged to a Syrianroyal family, viz. that of Adiabene. These vaults were understood to betombs as early as the 14th cent., and they were sometimes referred bytradition to the early kings of Judah, whence they are still called tombsof the king
. Palestine and Syria with the chief routes through Mesopotamia and Babylonia; handbook for travellers;. he tomb of JXausolus. Izates had twenty-four sons, and hence theextent of the tomb. A sarcophagus, found by De Saulcy, bore an Aramaicinscription (in which the name of Queen Zaddo occurs) in Syriac andHebrew characters, a proof that this Jewish queen belonged to a Syrianroyal family, viz. that of Adiabene. These vaults were understood to betombs as early as the 14th cent., and they were sometimes referred bytradition to the early kings of Judah, whence they are still called tombsof the kings (comp. p. 71). The Tomts of the Judges lie atout 35 min. from the DamascusGate, on the road to En-Nebi Samwil (comp. p. 87), which skirtsthe so-called Hill of Ashes and is joined by the road from the JatlaSuburb (Church of St. Paul, pp. 68, 69). They are reached from theTombs of the Kings by following the cross-road diverging to the the Nabulus road and keeping the direction of the conspicuousminaret of En-Nebi Samwil. I. Tombs on level of ground. II. Basement. III. Upper series of
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