New-York tribune., 1884-01-17
ONE OF THE JURORS SICK.
THE FEUARBENT CASE POSTPONED.
soNr INTERESTING TESTIMONY BY PRofhSS0"
uAII-cYPRIoTE INSCRIPTIONS.

.o,,r INTERESTING TESTIMONY BY PRofEsso"
uALI-CYPRIoTE INSCRIPTIONS.
Tho Feuardent- -di Cesnola trial went on yes
,erdov with eleven iuIOrs. Mr. Bangs was not pesu
After Professor Isaac II. Hail. Of Philadelphia ha gwen
some interesting evidence, and some brei teslony Ou
,hree other witnesses had been taken MI Audln
that he WAS unwilling to 90 with eeven jurors uui nc
had consulted with Mr.. Bangs. Joseph r. Lo"ery' tuo
, Juror had sent word that his doctor had advised MN
,,t he could not possibly again unu MONDAY Ahe
rosut Of Mr. Audin's consultation with Mr. Bangs was
that the case was adjourned until next week
Professors Halls testimony was to this efect:
Ihoo s,died archaeology and ancient inscriptions TOT
the mast thirty years. have been 10 cyprus 1Wice
saw General d Cesnola making excaysuons h tici
pars OF the island and saw large COZ eC,o VI ttd
es at his house m Larnaca went to cyprus 10 stuuy
inscriptions. There are ab Ut zoo Oypioce In
known and nearly 100 are IN the Ceshola % r
1870 nothing known OF the Language al az ~ pi
Smith decphered some inscriptions III ndge % dnrin@
and John Brads added 10 our & Sci1,i1t I5ro
1879 and 1873 1874 Professor Maurice Schnlut Iio
lessor Deecke Justus 5gislnund and myself ppser.e1
iDdnendenf investigations of the language and arrived
al practically conclusions, ana slcc vnq %
have been able 10 read IT, It therefore npossee 10
tnvent Cvu1ioe inscriptions prior TO that date since
1881 when knowledge the subject became uuseu W
an extent a very clever person might Reproduce III
sc,infions There were three languages used on
the island and only one character common 20 @ a' ~ 10
LEFT There ia Golgoi inscription In the British MUSEUM
Golgo inscriptions distinct In character nom otuel
CvnPns INSCRIPTIONS The GOlgOi inscriptions IN tue Ces-
mia collection correspond exactly with the one IN lhe
British Museum The inscription on NO reau Nh, arh a
offered" showing that IL was votVe onernE' me IN IN
scription demonstrates that the statue tan6 H"
Tne statue cannot he less than 400 b. =; m5uiy y, O
The statues the collection are deVoteu 70 e
of Venus This IL made clear ny the lnscIipuOns t On
them The Inscription No IA Is ambiguous in parts
6ut the word Aphrode is plainly distngulshaDe ne,
stndied small Cvpriote collection In AuDurll ID 1904
1t had been brought there many years DeI9Ie p m
Eopary The Cesnola collection corresponds win II 10
STYLE When first this collection In tourteentlst
had no doubt of its authenticity. nave none now.
% moi know OF any scholar that has. nave e1aniieu
the British Museum collections saw CyptioIe Voieo
tion IN Joppa IN 1876 and have seen others In the
Ionyre i'm Jerusalem and in Paris nave seen encrusta
lions on yproe stauary from 1l6 OF an nch 10 one loO
IN thickness have masses OF encrustdlloh anu
statues dug and chiseled out OF them
Professor Hall said that there were no Hauduent III
scptions in the Cesnola collection He would ne ahe 10
detect Them He had seen the work of excavation gong
ON in Cyprus in 1875 in numbers of places
Albert Leighton Ransom stated that he had Deeh 10
Cyprus and had seen companies. OF men excaVatng al
Golgoi and Civium in 1876.
w T. Andrews q trustee Of the Museum, said that he
had never seen the priest No % with the hand and
natera nor a picture OF II in that condition
Robert hoe IT, said that when the charges We're lnae
scanst knhrodte and Eros and the figure holding the
horned head MI. Lawrence ana lTlends' MI q m
Wbielaw Reid aud Henry T. Pellew met at the museum
nv aupointment. SpOnges, hammers chsels, magn-
fyine glass and acids used by TIE planD ana ne
never heard that dissatisfied with the OppOltun
ties afforded until letter received asking that the
statUes be submitted to bath OF not potash
water The answer made that any test woud De al
lowed az the of those making tne test 80 long as
The stone was not destroyed; that the Museum had no
money spend in boiling statues OF whose mohoithc
character they we're convinced
Mr. Ward testified that the colossal head was perect
80 far as it's and beard concerned MI HuIcl
Ings had said that these ere Of plaster