...after the engraving of the rock had been accomplished, a coating of siliceous varnish had been laid on to give a clearness of outline to each individual...greater hardness than the limestone rock beneath it. It has been washed down in several places by the trickling of water for threeand-twenty centuries,...

...after the engraving of the rock had been accomplished, a coating of siliceous varnish had been laid on, to give a clearness of outline to each individual...greater hardness than the limestone rock beneath it. It has been washed down in several places, by the trickling of water for three-and-twenty centuries,...

...after the engraving of the rock had been accomplished, a coating of silicious varnish had been laid on, to give a clearness of outline to each individual...protect the surface against the action of the elements." From the inscription itself, Major Rawlinson concludes that it was made in the 5th year of the reign...

...the engraving of the rock had been accomplished, a coating of siliceous varnish had been. laid on, to give a clearness of outline to each individual...greater hardness than the limestone rock beneath it. It has been washed down in several places by the trickling of water for three-and-twenty centuries,...

...after the engraving of the rock had been accomplished, a coating of siliceous varnish had been laid on to give a clearness of outline to each individual...greater hardness than the limestone rock beneath it. It has been washed down in several places by the trickling of water for three and twenty centuries,...

...-after the engraving of the rock had been accomplished, л coating of siliceous varnish had been laid on to give a clearness of outline to each individual...and to protect the surface against the action of the elementa. This varnish is of infinitely greater hardness than the limestone rock beneath it. It has...

...varnish had been laid on, to give a clear1 Porter's Travels, vol. ip 150. PILLAR AT KELI SHUT. 141 ness of outline to each individual letter, and to protect...greater hardness than the limestone rock beneath it. It has been washed down in several places by the trickling of water for three-and-twenty centuries,...

...after the engraving of the rock had been accomplished, a coating of siliceous varnish had been laid on, to give a clearness of outline to each individual...greater hardness than the limestone rock beneath it. It has been washed down in several places by the trickling of water for three and twenty centuries,...

...the engraving of the rock had been accomplished, a coating of * silicious varnish' had Deen laid on to give a clearness of outline to each individual...greater hardness than the limestone rock beneath it. It has been washed down in several places by the trickling of waters for three-and-twenty centuries,...

...after the engraving of the rock had been accomplished, a coating of silicious varnish has been laid on, to give a clearness of outline to each individual...against the action of the elements. This varnish is of inf,nitely greater hardness than the limestone rock beneath it. It has been washed down in many places...