Abstract
This pillar of granite, in form of an inverted cone, three feet four inches high, from eight inches I-half to six inches I-half diameter, with an inscription in Oriental characters in six lines, each letter three inches I-fourth high, was brought 1726 from Alexandria, where it was found buried in the sands, and supposed to have served as a tomb stone. It was given by captain Childerston, who brought it to England, to Mr. John Oxley, surgeon in Horsley Down, Southwark. It came afterwards about 1737 or 1738 to Mr. Ames, then living at Wapping; and was purchased after his decease by the late James West, Esq; and on his death by Gustavus Brander, Esq; F.A.S. who has since presented it to the Society of Antiquaries, together with the several papers addressed to Mr. Ames attempting to illustrate and explain its original designation. From these papers the following abstract is here subjoined with additional observations interwoven.
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