Excerpt from An Epigraphical Journey in Asia Minor: During Summer of 1884 The square brackets mean that what is inclosed between them was originally on the stone, but having become defaced has been supplied by me. The round brackets mean that what is inclosed between them was never on the stone, 216. Either that the word was abbreviated on the stone and has been written out in full, or else that an error of the stonecutter has been corrected by me. The broken brackets mean that what is inclosed between them is on the stone, but that it is redundant. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.