New-York tribune., 1911-11-19
DISCOVERIES AT DEl0S
City Police Methods and Greek
Slavery 1000 Years Ago.
Paris. November

Slavery 2, 600 Years Ago.
/ Paris, November T.
/ NJ Holleaux, director of the French
school at the Archaeological School at
| Athens, intrusted with the excavations
/ that for the last five years have been
made In the island OF Delos, has COM
pleted his report summarizing the work
accomplished during the spring and sum-
mer. This report has been received by
! the Duke OF Loubat. who supplies the
! funds for the excavations and who has
now communicated TO his colleagues OF
/ the Academy of Inscriptions and Bellies
/ Lettres. The results this year are or
very great value, especially in geographic
| inscriptions Rich harvests have been
made on the site Of the Temple of Hera'
| in the valley of the Lipsimos, on the site
! Of the Gymnasium and near the Theatre.
/ In addition TO the discovery Of two
/ hundred archaic vases dating from the
! seventh TO the sixth century b. G., repre-
| senting very rare or hitherto unknown
| types. such as those OF Corinthian. Rho
dian. Samian, Naucratic and Attic con-
/ struction, a number OF beautiful blue
. dishes have been dug up. These objects
are quite different from any ancient pot
| terry or porcelain so far discovered. They
are fashioned with remarkable skill and
arc decorated with figures In various
! shades Of blue. The execution is made
with artistic perfection and with most
delicate flnesse. There has also been
/ found series Of terra-cotta busts and
monuments commemorating Maternity,
as personifed by the goddess Hera, and
clarifying motherhood
In the immense reservoir in which the
torrents Of the Lipslmos were stored, the
sluices, water pipes and complicated
methods Of distributing water to the
city Jf Delos have been uneaIthed This
gives accurately the ancient topography
Of the city, sacred to Apollo and Diana,
and furnishes highly interesting details,
showing the extraordinary skill attained
10y the Greek engineers nearly three
thousand years ago.
To the west of the reservoir the French
students found a small sanctuary which
was in all probability the primitive
"Serapeion," erected to celebrate the In
dependence of the island.
Perhaps the most important of the
geographic discoveries is the Senatus-
lConsultus translated into Greek. and pre-
ceded by a letter from the "strateges' of
Athens, dating from the year lG6 b. c.
The text is in a perfect state of preser-
walton. and is a document of great value,
supplying new and important informa-
tion concerning the history OF the Greek
occupation, and especially in regard 10
the worship and religious rites of the
Egyptian divnities. The excavations on
the site Of the Gymnasium have now
been completed, and reveal the fun de-
tails Of the plan of this edificc.
Among the geographic discoveries is
list OF sixty gymnasiarchs of Delos ar
ranged without break in chronological
order beginning with the year IN which,
by the aid Of the Romans. the Atheneans
rccaincd possession Of the island. There
Is also a journal Of each days work on
the building adjoining the Gymnasium,
carried out under the orders and super
vision Of King Ptolomy Softer II.
Numerous records and inscriptions give
detailed information about the archi-
lecture and decorative works undertaken
b. this ruler.
Among the architectural discoveries
may also be noted the superb gate or
door TO the main entrance Of the Theatre.
! VI. Vallois. one Of NJ. HolleauXs assist
ants. has discovered complete temple
| built and dedicated TO Apollo during
the second Athenian domination, together
| with the avenue. lined with statues and
monuments. leading TO II. Near the
| temDle a mass of tablets and inscrip-
uons were found. one OF these tablets
is engraved with the text OF the religious
! law regarding slaves, and mentioning In
| detail all the measures ana lmprecatlons
| that the priests and priestesses were re
ouIred To- employ against those guilty Of
| aiding religious or private slaves To
egcaUe. This and other inscriptions give
an insight never before attained In re-
! gard To the municipal government or the
ancient Greeks, and especially concern
ing the methods OF police magistrates
and constables. NJ HolleauX mentions.
I'm concluding his report, the discovery
! nf "a dedication To some unknown bar
harlan divinity. probably OF Oriental
! ORIGIN. which was found Ia the "Sera-
peiOn" west OF the basin ot the LIpslmos.
The members OF the Academy OF In
! ecriutf,us and Beles-Lettr.s consider
that these newly discovered records and
documents are OF the greatest value to
science. and expressed their enthusiastic
satisfaction 10 tho Duke "t Loubat Tor
his intelligent liberalltv aud to VI. Ilol-
lcaux for the k1'ul and thorough man
ucr iu vnirh th' .Jcl"s excavations nave
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