A COLORED DRAWING OF THE MEDEBA MOSAIC MAP OF PALESTINE IN THE UNITED STATES NATIONAL MU-SEUM. By I. M. Casanowicz, Assistant Curator, Division of Old World Archeology, United States National Museum. INTRODUCTION. A colored drawing of the Medeba mosaic map of Palestine was acquired by Mr. S. W. Woodward, of Washington City, from a book dealer in Jerusalem, while on a tour around the world in 1899 in the interest of Christian missions, and by him presented to the United States National Museum. A comparison of the drawing with other reproductions of the original, which have been prepared by compe-tent archeologists and Biblical scholars, shows that, with the excep-tion of a few omissions and transpositions, it affords a fairly adequate view of the original. It has therefore been deemed worth while to describe this highly interesting and important monument for the readers of the pubhcations of the United States National Museum, the more so as a comprehensive and detailed discussion of the subject has hitherto not been pubUshed in the English language. LITERATURE CONSULTED. C. Raymond Beazley, the Madeba Mosaic Map (The Geographic Journal, vol. 17, 1901, London, pp. 516-520). Clermont-Gaimeau, The Madeba Mosaic (Palestine Exploration Fund Quarterly Statement (quoted PEFQS), 1897, pp. 213-225; 1901, pp. 235-246). A. Jacoby, Das geographische Mosaik von Madaba (Leipzig, 1905). Wilhelm Kubitschek, Die Mosaikkarte Palastinas (Mittheilungen der Kaiser-lich-Koniglichen Geographischen GeseUschaft in Wien, vol. 43, 1900, Vienna, pp. 335-380). Adolf Schulten, Die Mosaikkarte von Madaba und ihr Verhaltniss zu den altesten Karten und Beschi'eibungen des heiligen Landes. (Mit drei Kartenbildern und einer Figuren-tafel, Berlin, 1900, pp. 121, Abhandl. der Koniglichen GeseUschaft der Wissenschaf t zu Gottingen, Philol.-Hist. Klasse, new ser., vol. 4, No. 2) . Eusebius and St. Jerome, Onomasticon Sacrum (OS), edition of Erich Klostermann (Leipzig, 1904). The Onomasticon of Eusebius (bishop of Caesarea in Palestine, died 340) — its Greek title is: On the names Proceedings U. S. National Museum, Vol. 49— No. 2111-359
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