The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-11-22

the other pieces in the museum, In two lam
/ guages, French and Turkish
diIprecnt has found time to hunt through
Ine East Tor many other antiquities, and has
Drought home with him objects which are
worth thousands, and which were bones of
contention between the earnest representatives
OF the greatest universities in Europe. Some
came by devious ways as Turks are ever
valuable pieces therefore, must not be-
photographed for fear of the Jealous meas
ureS that German and French collectors
might take. One of the finds, among the
most important, is marble vase, the only
vase in existence dated in the time OF
Artaxerxes. 1t is valued at $1,000, and is in
scrlbed in Medan in Babylonian cuneiform
and in Egyptian hieroglyphics. 1t was in
private possession, and thrifty German buy
ers mad for two years been leisurely trying
to lower its price.
Prof. Hilprecht also bought for a song
comparatively, the oldest cuneiform tablet IN
existence, bearing the name Enkhegal one of
the Oldest kings of. the city and land Of
Telio: Six rivals were working for the same
tablet and the utmost delicacy had to be
used. II is worth at least s., GOO. if-@
!; For six years Prof. Hilprecht's special
secret aim has been to find out the ex-
act spot in Asia Minor where the famous
Cappadocian tablets came from. To find the
place ne made special tour in Asia Minor,
using the two branches of railroad as far
as they went, some 800 miles. Baron Won
kuehlman, chief of the railroad, gave him
special car and placed every facility OF the
able to examine carefully all places from
Scutari to Kutahia and Koniah and at last
found where the tablets came from.
the Turkish government has given him
permission to excavate there for. four weeks
In order to identify the ancient city buried
there. Prof. Hilprecht means to avail him.
self OF this permission on his next visit to
Asia Minor.
He has fixed the date of the Cappadocian
tablets definitely as 2400 B. C. No other sci
enlist knows where the tablets are to be
found.
Prof. Hilprecht while at work in Constan-
ttnople, was an officer Of the Turkish govern
ment. Before he left Constantinople he was
banqueted by Turkish officers diplomatic
friends and scientists. He wears in his
scarfpin a garnet carved with the pledge:
We are true to you while you are true to
The gem was given to him by the sultan.
EXCITING ADVENTURES.
Many were the adventures some of them
highly exciting, which the American party
met in the course Of their explorations. In
the book he is preparing Prof. Hilprecht re-
lates few Of them. He Says:
ION the journey from Smyrna to Alexan-
dretta the large French steamship which
carried half the staff of the expedition was
wrecked on the rocky promontory Kerketeys
on the Island Of Samoa. Prince Alexander,
OF Samoas, vying in hospitality with his pre-
decessor, Polycrates liberated the distressed
travellers after day and half, from their
unhappy plight, and brought them safe and
sound to his capital, Vathy. But hardly had
they landed on the marshy haven at the foot
of the Amanus chain, few weeks later, to
begin their journey inland, when there be-
gan that series Of illnesses and adventures
which never wanting to the larger expe-
ditions.
mot far from Aleppo our architect was
saved from the hands Of highway robber
only by the timely arrival of two of his
sociateS. Below Der, the well known horse
market Of the Anazeh tribe, while trying to
find watering place another member broke
through the steep underwashed bank Of the
ing"
The member was Hilprecht himself.