New-York tribune., 1896-11-27
PROFESSOR HTLPRECHT'S SUCCESS
HIS ARCHAEOLOGICAL DISCOVERIES IN "SiA
MINOR.
From The Philadelphia Ledger.

HIS ARCHAEOLOGICAL DISCOVERIES IN "SiA
From The Philadelphia Ledger.
Professor Herman Hiprecht LII, ,h Il H}nivers9y
Of the Babyonian hn has been Conduct
ing archaeological Investigations IN Ar',, Asra 1nto
man Museum at Constantinople arrived IN New
York on Wednesday night ny e 'ng came TO- his home
The work Professor Hprecht has been T doi5s pern N,
Asia Minor as the head of the University OF i.i ,
svyania archeoIogica expedition. which Was ,ora srn'
to that country TO carry on night successive
years His investigations have been
attention of not only the eminent raatest hstor
ians and scientists. and his dscoVet,sr;n he,nn
sui az ~ our knowlcdge OF primitive history HIS
work has been of such great lmPo' '"'''' W "
would be difficult to overestimate IL.
CATAIOGI'ING A GREAT MuSE' NJ.
In Speaking of his work Professor liilprech' said
that he had spent the summers OF the iast ,iy
sscctior of thc imperial ottoman Museum. In con-
santnope He has finished ca'alosuins ,so,;m ins Hr
which comprise the results of the great Eng
iish expedition under Sayard; OF the rpencm An
be Sarzec and the results of the University OK
PENNSYLVANIA expedition. which has beeh !" '"7
nth The ' antiauitiss comprised 1900 cuneorm tab
let's thousands of archeoogicaI oDleF.s vcnis vi of
vases belonging to the oldest period oil Ba"E - Irn
fessor Hilprecht before he completes this srea /,
cIassiacation will have TO catalogue the results
of The last expedition which has already peeh NV
months in coming from Bassorah. by way ct
Arabia and the Red Sea to Constantlhop,ie. - -
add to the mmensty of the work. all the caiaI9gnins
Professor Hilprecht tried to gather as nahy h
rare aTfnolTs' scc"ssfu lie obtained the only
marble Of the time OF ArtaXraNe Sno !, in Per
sian in Median in Babyonian cuneorm ann III ~,
Egyptian hieroglyphics. and its value Is eS''""'e"
lie has also discovered the oldest cuneii99rm ii9rs
tablet yet found YIN tn the the "ng and OF of VI Tco in
scrbed upon IT, Professor Ilprecht had 70 hih M1h
lime he had to watch the movements of six rivals.
among them az ambassador. all OF Whom WI VIZ =
rmaS scholars declared that the University OF
Pennsylvania ought TO be congratulatcu LOT .a ~,
E%'nsa Isas, ssoS professor Hprccht also foru
nate enough obtain eighteen beauiiih, ,h aamoms
Greek vases eight of whica hel9nEea & 10 IN These be-
collection of the late Tewilk OF EssP'' i"'' "
long TO between 100 and d" H. e.
A SIX YEARS SEARCH REWARDED
For six years Professor Hprccht's special seer,
aim has been to find out the exact .i9, ~ ns1a a
Minor where the famous cappadocln ,api's or IN
Asia Minor using the railroad as far as It ven;
some 500 miles Baron von k9ehlman rd d",ei n1aced o
the railroad gave him q special ad ear anu ~, p'. ,h,s
every facility of the road at his disposal. Il! UNI 'is
means he was ahle to fSamn mn Konah and ID at last
found where the tablets came from ne VI M :,
Goyernmen, has given MN in oTd.r 10 IDENTIFY the
aeient city buIed there ,bir nST'ssion upon
|
lie also sound his trip very valuab,e Lo,n ana
extremely rare coin. known as SILVER darelkos'
Accidentally stumbled upon an ancient nfnJi
ian graveyard which " vas as me SAT- hcs omh-
stones had been taken from an ancient "Ierh .Iss W
some miles away ana sinr,H rE, rd,sT de,T ,sonl"
These tombstones had Greek inscriptions on 'hen1;
together with representations OF mahhooo al"
In the Armenans had cp' ihs Tss
of their dead below the Greek iiscrip,i"n. ~ ,r
| Creek ine riptions are OF great importance TOT
they furnish large number OF ehtir.l, ~ y, w
connection with the discussion concerning tn' an,
guage spoken by the ancient nations ol wv, u
Asia Minor. The entrance TO this RIhN'Sn'm , ,h
formed by an ancient Greek altar taken nom the
city and which was orn.,hh,'r ~, ,hn sa nn god
figure of Apollo and dedicatioh 10 'he S""'' e
/ inscribed on II.
VALUABLE GIFTS FROM THE SULTAN.
Since the late Doctors Iinhman ana ro a rrga
mon and Troy TO the museums OF fnr9ir, 2i'.n anu
since HamoH IN ,h Inperisl ottoman Museum new
law has been passed which forbids me ,NpoI , ~,
tua Epnrch and English excavaors have had 10 yield
and likewise the University of Pennsyivanh arci'
biologists All antiquities cxcavated by me M h,,
versitv of PENNSYLVANIA expedition in Babylon had
TO be sent Constantnople Professor i,ipirrn, , I
section Of the Imperial Museum and TO cri,Gai,y
examine all antaitics left tbcre cy ,ne 1xnrd
| tions He thus became an officer Of the IurKisn
d1rng n ms pronsnor prech obtained
for the University Of Pennsylvania by ms uhS'. .s
/ Sultan and the Turkish Government. seeing INA
! he was one OF the few foreigners who devoted MS
time 10 their own interests. aprr"ciated H. ana re
ounsted him. through the director Of the Museum
| 10 accept as "A present from the sultan a iarge
| numher of archaeological objects as compcnsa
tion for his services Thus as personal eiit NJ
! received over sixty boxes OF valuable antiquities
Tsch ne nseraiy hs IN turn of "IS 1sS TO ~
IT'S SUCCESS IS SENSATIONAL.
According TO expert opinion the Pennsyvania
eyncdItion Is the successful ever sent 10 ASA
! Minor one of the leading historians OF Germany
| in his review Of what the expedition had dohe
| said '.In this last decade we have been accus
| toned TO surprises by the discovery OF Tell
| Amarna tablets. which give US an entirely me-"
conception of Palestinian conditions In the -FOUR
tenth century B. G.. and by the grand results OF
the French expedition in Tello and by the dis
covery Of the famous pyramid text In Egypt-bu
all this is completely overshadowed by Proftsso,
are truly sensa tonal" His discoveries, accordini
TO Professor Cheyne, OF OSloru, dio I'ai'S '"0i'
ing news. ,,,.o j.,
Mr. HAYNES patient work and by Professor HI
nrecht's decipherings OF the cuneform tablets anC
Reconstruction of early Babyonian history, ha
clca red up for the first time the exact relation o.
the early Semitic dynasties to the old Sumeriar
Kings Of Babylonia. and has added about thirty
new kings previously unknown TO history In ad
dtion TO these important contributions TO knowl
edge Professor Hilprccht has carried further bacl
our knowledge OF human history, on the basis o
written documents. some two thousand years