Indigenous Races of the Earth

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1:12 TilE ART OF THE SIIEMITl~S. " [n tho month of nul, in tho fourteenth yonr of tho reign of mo, Esltmnnnz~tr, l<iug of tho SiclonittnH, son of king 'l'hobunnth, king of tho Siiloninns, tho king l~Hhmunazar spuko and saitl: "AmiuHt my fon~tH and my porfumotl winoH, I nm mviRhcd from tho nssomhly of men to J}I'Onounco n Iamon tnt ion and t.u die, nnd to l'OUl!lin lying in this coffin, i11 lh.is lomb, iu tho plo.oc of Hopulturc which I hnvo conRtl'llctod. ·' By thiH lamcnt11tion T conjure ttny royal mco nnd nny man, not to open this funeral bot!, not to sctlruh tho aHylnlll of tho fttithful (fot· thoro nrc olligics of gods ~tmong them,) not to romovo tho cover of thiK collin, not to build 11p011 tho clovntion of thiH fun rro.l bod, the clovntiou of tho bed of my Hlo p, oven shoulu some ouo sny: 'LiRten not to thoHo who nre humilintetl, (iu de~tlh): for nny roynlmco, or nny mnn who shoulcl defile tho elevation of thiH funeral bod, whether be romoveH tho cover of this cofliu, Ol' bnil1ls npon tho monu­ment which covorH it, m~ty they h1wc no funcrnl bod resorvotl for themselves nmong the ltophttim (shntlowH): m~ty they he deprived of sepulture, lo~tving bohinil lhom neither HOUij nor p<JHtcrity: t~nd mny th gro11t God~ (Alouim) ke<•plhem confiuod in hell. "lf it bo n roynl race, lllt1Y its ncout·sell ct·imo ftlll back upon their children up to tho exliuotiou of tht'ir po~tority. "lf' it is n (privttlo) Ulltll who opens tho olevttlion of tbi~ funorul bod, or who removes tho cover of my collin, nnd tho corpHos of tho royal fnmily, this m~tn is ~Bcril~gious. "M11y hiH stem not p;row up from llto roots, 1\JI(l not bring fot·th fruits; mtty he be mnrkod by tho rcp•·obation nmong tho livinp; nuder tho Rnn. "1<'11r, worthy to be piliod, I h11vo boon raviHhcclnmiclst my bnnquots nncl my perfumed winos, to lmwo tho !IHHOmbly of mon, 111111 to pronounce my lnmentation, then to dio. "J I'OHt. hero, in truth, r, JIHIIITiliiii\Z!Il', king of tho SidonittnR, son or king 'l'hcbunath, kiug of SidouinnH, HOn of tho son of king HHhmun~tznr, l<ing of tho Sidoni~tnR, ruul with mo, my mother AmoHtoreth, who WllH prioHteHR of AHllwto, in the pal11ce of tho qu<lon, claughtor of king J~Hhmu1u1zar, l<ing of tho Hitloni1~nH, who 1Hlilt tho tempi of tho grc~tt God~, tho temple of A~tltrto nt Rillon, the lllltrilimo towu, atHl wo both h~tvo con~coratou magnificent olfcriugH to tho goddcHH Astarte. With mo t'ORtStiiHo Onclianna, who, in honor of l~Hhmun, tho ~acrod Ootl, built l~nodnlil~t in tho mount~tin, and m11d mo m~tgnifioont pl'~~ontH; ~tnd Onclwnna, who built temples to tho grol\t Gods of' th SitloniauH, 1\t Hidon, th mttril.imo town, the temple of Ha~tl-Sillcn, :wd the tomplo of Astarte, glot·y of' llnal, so that in rccom­ponHo of hiH piety, tho Lord Adon l\1ilchon grnntod us tho towns of Doro. null Jt1phin, with their rxtcnsivc t rritoricH for wheltt, which aro nbovo DILH, 11 plmlgo of tho pos~oHHion of the Rlroug plt1ccH which I have fonndcll, 11t1d which he hns finished ns bulw~trks of our bounda­ries endowed for lh~ Sidoni11Ds forever. "By this lmnoult1lio•.L l~tdjut·o every royal race nnd every man. thnt tboy will not open nor ovorl111·ow tho olovtttiou of my tomb, lhtlt they will not huihl upon tho couHtruction which covet·a this f'uncml boll, tht\t !hoy will not romovo my cofliu ft·om my fun ml bod, in fon~· lost tho gt•et\t a.oll HIIOIIltl impt·iHOll lhotn. Otherwise nmy llmtroyttl raco, those 8l1Cri­Jcgtous men nnd thmr posterity, be deHlt·oyod for ever!" 'l'ho inHc•ription lo::wcA no pos!>iblo doubt that we have tho collin of a king of Sidon before ns; and still, il' iL hn<llwcn J(mnd wiLhout an inHcription, llOhouy would have douhtc•d its l~gyptian origin.IO" 'J'ho mummy-slmp 'cl Corm of th' coflin is identical with tho lmf:lalt-Hareo­phngnscs of th XlXth <lyna1>Ly; and t11 pe ·nlim· conv •ntional h :u·cl, th l1c:t<l-drcsK, tl1c necklac<', and t11o lmwk-1Jeat1s of Jiorw-J on diijquiHiti~nR co.nnectod with it.-(Jlffmoire Bllr le Sarcophage et l'in8cril'tion fttllfraire d'E.!mlt­~ aza~, .. ro!. de S!do:1• ~O.l' H. n'At.BIU\T Dl·l LUYNI·:~, '[',wis, 185(), p. 8, (), [EI)Uitlly Shomitio ma H)ltllt, 1~ tho I ume ''BttCrificio.l l'itual" ol' M. . ·n 1 /'A d R d r. . 1.1.1Sel eH, 1\H rcmerotl hy lh: SAur.o¥ (.~16111. r ca . : rs L1lScnp., 1847, XVII., 1• pnrtin.-0. It. a] b ~~ Ll:lco "Ju~criplion l'h6uicionr•o Blll' uno PiorTo i\ lill!lti~n dn S6t•~tph6nm do MompltiA" Y tte Duu 1H1 LuYNt~, Bul. ArcMvc de l'At11e11a:nm.[i1ranrcris, August-Sept., 1865.-G. R. a:] TilE AR1' OF 1'IIE SliEMJTES. ]1:3 tho HllOul<lCI'S of the king, all completely correAponcl with the three coflinH of the family of king AmaAiH, s 'llt by Abbas l>asha as a present to tho Priuco of Lcuehten IJorg. We arc, tlwrof01·e, author- Fig. 10. ERMUNA7.Ait. i,.;ed to infer with tho Due~ clo L11yneR that. T~smuna.t~nr was a contom­poeary of AmasiH. An<l inclc <1, w fin<l that Aprirs of' ~~~gypt., about n. c. 574, invacl cl Phct'nieia, raptur d Sidon, all!l probnhly reduced thiA very king to a Htate of <lcponclcncy on lCgypt; whi<·h might art·ount for th l~jgyptian Htylo of' km~ l;~Hnun1az:ar's eofli.n, unlcsA we C'an prove that J>lHrni<·ian aculptul' was always a <1allgl1lor of JjJgyptian art. Rueh an aHAumption might he maintain d hy tl10 Pha­raonic ALylo of th typ of Homo braAA eoinA of th iHI:w<l of Malta, un<louhi '<lly a Phoonician colony. Bnt n,ILI1ongh the dr Rs of the femal h acl which we distingni!>h on thoAo coinR, is vident.ly Egyp­tian, and its ornament is tl1e royal "Af:f,"-tho erown of 0Hiris and o!l1er doit.ie., <·omposo(l of a conical cap, (lankccl hy two OHlrich featiH'J'R wit.h a di.sk in front, placed on the hornA of a goat,-Htill, t,h(' revct"C of tho medal prcHcnts an entirely diflcrent Htylc, viz:: an imitation of AHsyrian art. It is a kneeling man witl1 four wi.ngs. Hut tl10 <'oin of Malta is not Lh only inRtanco of AHH.)'ria11 At.yle on Pl1<rnieian monnments. J)r. T-ayard has pul,Jish cl f:wvoral cylinde1· seals with Ll1o Phoonieian name of' the prOJll'iotor, engraved in Pll(rni­cian eharacLcrs. 106 The lion-Hhap d weighf"s in the Br. MuHOllln, fo1111d in t.he palaeo of Nimrood,'07 boa1·, likowiH ·, PlHt'nieian inseripLionA; bnL they ('ltllnOt r~tirly he taken (or' works of HIIC!lli!i. arliHls. 'l'lley prove only, hy their bilingual inAeJ·iplion, t.l1at ther' we1· two <lifte­r nt na.tionaliti sin the mpirr, a1Hl tktL thl' syHtem of weight!> and mt•asnroA HltlAt have been p cnlial'ly import:wt. to th ~ l1emilic portion of' itA inlmhiLanls-no otliCr inHtttncos of' bilingual ollieial insl'riptions 1011 f,IY,\Itn'8 Nini'Vclt and !Jahylou, p. GOG:-LHVNI~R, Sarcnplwge, p. liO. 101 LAYAJW'S Jlonltmmlll of Nineveh, l~t Aerie~. pl. 00:-Nincvch and llltbyloll, p. 006.