JERUSALEM FIND

Hokitika Guardian, 22 January 1929, Page 2

JERUSALEM FIND

GORGEOUS to.mil OF SOLOMON’S FAVOURITE WIFE (United Press Association—By Electric Telegi aph—Copyright). EON DON, Jan. 21. Tlu> Daily .Mail’s Cairo correspondent reports that tlie newspaper “A 1 Mokattam” publishes the story of a remarkable discovery hv .Jerusalem excavators. They are reported to have found on the Temple Mount, the burial place of the mummy of Moti .Maris, King Solomon’s favourite wife. The find is stated to have been made in a burial . chamber, stated to exceed in magnificence even Tutankhamen's tomb, of being idled with objects of marvellous beauty and value including a golden coffin. The body was wrapped in the richest coverings, and set with precious stones, the lingers bearing several rings. '1 ho head was surmounted with a crown studded with sapphires, emeralds, and pearls. Buried beside the hotly was a Hebrew parchment scroll, believed to ho in King Solomon’s writing, extolling his wife’s virtues, and describing her death. The parchment states that Moti was an Egyptian, and belonged to the city of Memphis, and that she died in the thirty-sixth year of King Solomon’s reign. She was buried beneath the palace, after sacrificing herself for her husband and sovereign lord. The scroll relates that in recognition of his deep love for Moti’s affection for and loyalty to King Solomon, the latter with Ms own hands placed on her head, the crown which the people had presented to him on the twenty-fifth anniversary of his accession. The scroll adds that three months earlier. Aiuento. Moti’s father, came from Egypt, laden with presents and with heart full of malice, endeavouring to remove King Solomon and to seize the country on behalf of the King of Egypt. Amento sought to interview King Solomon, after previously ordering Moti to poison Solomon’s wine. . The scroll concludes: “When Moti entered, hearing the cups, although 1 noticed that she was deadly white, 1 did not suspect treachery. Amento did not take a cup. I raised mine to my lip,s but Moti instantly snatched the cup and drank it. Her father fled from the room. Moti fell dying in my arms.”