The Sun.
London, England, 1855-11-20 00:00:00

ROYAL SOCIETY OF LITERATURE.

The first meeting of this ocietyfolr4 ; P.
thespirre
js eonhtns
lion was held on Wednesday, N,v •
Boileau, Bart., V.P., in the chair.
Mr. lIouG, in presenting a copy
" Z wet Sidonische Inschriften ," recently ofpublished,prpietrgicahv'es
a viva voce resume of what has been done in America, in
Germany, in France, and by Dr. Benisch in England,
with regard to. the interpretation of the ancient Phoeni-
cian inscription on the royal sarcophagus found in
January last at Sidon. From the former it appeared
that the inscription related to the King of the Sidonians,
named Ashmonezer, but by the last he is called Ashmo-
nedo. The inscription dates from the 14th year of the
reign of that king (Nislik), and prohibits, in strong terms,
any one from opening the sarcophagus, or from disturb-
ing the remains deposited in it. It expressly says there
was no treasure placed therein, and it mentions a temple
of Baal, and another of Ashtarotb. The name of Amash-
toreth, the queen and priestess of Ashtarotb, is likewise
recorded in it. The Due de Luynes has been able to
procure this noble sarcophagus itself, and has presented
it to the French Government for the Museum of the
Louvre.

Mr. BIRCH read a letter from George Dennis, Esq.,
dated George Inn, Demerara, on some rude representa-
tions of what would seem to be the characters of a lan-
guage, which had been found lately in that province.
The Rev. Josiaa L. Porter, of Damascus, was elected
a member of the society.

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