MISSEMA.

[p.117] [Greek].

In larger characters immediately under the former.

[Greek] [Legionis tertiae Gallicae. Ed.].

On one of the jambs of the door;

[Greek].

Upon a broken stone in the portico: [Greek].

[p.118] [Greek].

On the pedestal of a statue in the temple:

[Greek].

On another pedestal:

[Greek][Tribunum ([Greek]) Legionis Flaviae firmae. This was the 16th

legion, as appears from the two following inscriptions. The 16th has the

same title in an inscription in Gruter (p. 427). Ed.].

Under the niche to the left of the great door:

[Greek].

Under that to the right:

[Greek].

There are several other public buildings at Missema; but in no way

remarkable for their architecture. I had been told that in one of these

buildings was a large stone covered with small Greek characters. I

sought for it in vain. Missema has no inhabitants; we met with only a

few workmen, digging the saline earth: there are no springs here, but a

number of cisterns. E. of Missema are no inhabited villages, but the

Loehf contains several in ruins.

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