Note 638 — Chapter XIII · THE SEAWARD WALLS.
Reading edition
Two fragmentary inscriptions of doubtful import, on the walls beside the Sea of Marmora, may be cited here.
The first is found on the seventh tower south of Deïrmen Kapoussi, and reads:
ΟΥ ΤΟΝ ΦΗΛΩΧΡΙΣΤΟΝ ΔΕΣΠΟΤΟΝ
ΕΤΟΣ ΚΟΣΜΟΥ ΤΕΣΣΑΡΗΣ ΚΑΙ ΔΕΚΑΤΟΥ
The second is on the second tower west of Ahour Kapoussi:
ΜΒΑΙΩΝΝΘΟΜ ΤΕΙΧ ΗΝΕΟΥΡΓΕΙ ΚΑΙ ΦΥΛΑΤΕΙ