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PLA TE CXXV. CONTINUED.
Paphos. The positive assumption of some, as e.g., Dr. Otto Hoffmann, that the " Idalic " script
and dialect belie the statement that it was found at Palaeo Paphos, is quite gratuitous and incorrect.
Wherever made, it was certainly found as indicated. The characters are about l/2 inch high.
Three lines; reading from right to left.
1. e. ko. to. SC. ka. tc. SC. ta. Se to. i. I. 'E/cotos KOLTeo-racre rai
2. //. o. i. ta. pi. tc. ki. si. o. i. i. 8iwi r* "A(fi)<£i8efiSu.•
3. i. tu. ka. i. a. sa. ta. i. 3. l(v) rv^ai d£a0<«
" Hecotos (/. e., Hecatos) set [this] up to the god, the Amphidexius, in good fortune."
Originally published by Hall, Journ. Amer. Orient. Soc, Vol. X, pp. 201-218, Plate VI.,
No. 24; and idem, Vol. XL, p. 214; Cesnola, Cyprus, Plate 1, No. 3.
5. On a square block of calcareous stone, probably the pedestal of a small statuette. The
fourth side never contained any part of the inscription, and the inscription is to all appearance, com-
plete. Found at Golgoi. Characters l/2 to 1 inch high.
pi. (or si), ia. muf. ko. i. | a. o. ma. mo. \ pa. to. re.
The first character is of very unusual form, and its reading is quite uncertain ; but pi. or si.
seems to be correct. The third character is likewise uncertain, but is most naturally read as an
incomplete mil. Yet it may be either an incomplete a., /'., or other character, as ma., me., or a
faulty lo. The dividing marks above separate the three sides. The first part of the inscription,
ending in ko. /'., seems to be the dative of some deity's name. The remainder seems to be
But the a. may belong to the deity's name; and then the verb of offering would be understood.
Perhaps the first portion is to be read as Buajua'xwi, equivalent to Bicuo/ioVwi, as an epithet of
Ares, Zeus, or Apollo.
Published from the original by Hall, ubi supra, X. Plate III., No. 12; XL, p. 225. Ces-
nola, Cyprus, Plate 3, No. 14.
6. On a block of calcareous stone ; from Kouklia, or Palaeo Paphos. Characters from 1 y'2
to 134 inches high. Three lines, each 6 inches long. (Wrongly assigned to Golgoi by various
writers).
Paphos. The positive assumption of some, as e.g., Dr. Otto Hoffmann, that the " Idalic " script
and dialect belie the statement that it was found at Palaeo Paphos, is quite gratuitous and incorrect.
Wherever made, it was certainly found as indicated. The characters are about l/2 inch high.
Three lines; reading from right to left.
1. e. ko. to. SC. ka. tc. SC. ta. Se to. i. I. 'E/cotos KOLTeo-racre rai
2. //. o. i. ta. pi. tc. ki. si. o. i. i. 8iwi r* "A(fi)<£i8efiSu.•
3. i. tu. ka. i. a. sa. ta. i. 3. l(v) rv^ai d£a0<«
" Hecotos (/. e., Hecatos) set [this] up to the god, the Amphidexius, in good fortune."
Originally published by Hall, Journ. Amer. Orient. Soc, Vol. X, pp. 201-218, Plate VI.,
No. 24; and idem, Vol. XL, p. 214; Cesnola, Cyprus, Plate 1, No. 3.
5. On a square block of calcareous stone, probably the pedestal of a small statuette. The
fourth side never contained any part of the inscription, and the inscription is to all appearance, com-
plete. Found at Golgoi. Characters l/2 to 1 inch high.
pi. (or si), ia. muf. ko. i. | a. o. ma. mo. \ pa. to. re.
The first character is of very unusual form, and its reading is quite uncertain ; but pi. or si.
seems to be correct. The third character is likewise uncertain, but is most naturally read as an
incomplete mil. Yet it may be either an incomplete a., /'., or other character, as ma., me., or a
faulty lo. The dividing marks above separate the three sides. The first part of the inscription,
ending in ko. /'., seems to be the dative of some deity's name. The remainder seems to be
But the a. may belong to the deity's name; and then the verb of offering would be understood.
Perhaps the first portion is to be read as Buajua'xwi, equivalent to Bicuo/ioVwi, as an epithet of
Ares, Zeus, or Apollo.
Published from the original by Hall, ubi supra, X. Plate III., No. 12; XL, p. 225. Ces-
nola, Cyprus, Plate 3, No. 14.
6. On a block of calcareous stone ; from Kouklia, or Palaeo Paphos. Characters from 1 y'2
to 134 inches high. Three lines, each 6 inches long. (Wrongly assigned to Golgoi by various
writers).