Show OF 0 sri 1 I 1 olin A 0 6 proa IN t of I 1 b 0 london A ahi ili too writes r froni july th abo e excavations in search manh of antiquities in ID moab havo have proved ill sur successful about six ni liun un dred objects in ia earthenware jars jara lamps figur fiura of aien and aD imalis i inscribed eto eta havo barn peen facey lodged in 18 jerusalem many of these are arc of the highest interest ono of ilan most striling 19 in aitio figure of a calf nearly nearly life ili size 1 I ID a a sit bitting ling posture ture nod and with IS alio LI loia in tho be back to buro bura incense ID there li no inscription alion upon this figure but another calls head of side is 13 placed upright ou on an carl hen alc vrho li lias as letters letter upon it tho the jars jara are arc of largo size eize and somewhat rude rado ca instruction and aro are cinci TaJu a u for the writing wit aia which they aro are covered the characters are arc in somo soma instance so stamped some stamps IQ in hao halo been found IQ in others engraved with a sharp a biest a third load is in strong relief an and I 1 may have baa 0 been or as appears to bo be the cue case with one of ortho the alps aW pS first firl formed in wet clay and then cc stuck on it that or of these theao raad bharat acre havo have been formed by eora ping away tho the a work much B lill and where I 1 iho ia is 9 calious aul and 1 the crowded the letters are chiefly phoenician phoc others resemble 11 and others agal a 0 ar O G f I 1 forms not knevin here tho the luwan figures aro are iery cry on oumer inar oll ait oit somo some are arc surmised bcd to represent moloch having a cavity in the spacious abdo abdomen illen and a hollow perhaps lor forgac fire underneath but the inoa t to and in some rc the most of these o antl antiques q a aro to I 1 iba he mullin club lems louic or of ili isoac aro are of very character it is perhaps fortunate so far as aa the iho reco recovery lery valuable antiquities il ii that the aon AM rwei 1 explore ing 11 expedition las has buco been ulba dilated CU it ib being lie n certain that no such bieu party parly homeer squall and c equipped dipped can enter moab 1 I 0 b or about attracting iio fie attention and aad exciting the cupidity of the sheikh and nd r bitting a stoll atop to au all useful search for inscriptions etc it is ia tit re ported that there are arc at present dearly a hundred arabs employed to a digging for antiquities lach each man work upon his awo account and is ia paid laid only for what ubal ho be |