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respecting the Tessera hospitalis. So that of the six lines which the section 

 now before us takes up, two are parenthetical, one relating to the fortunes of the 

 old man, and another to the Tessera. Of the other four, the first pair relate to 

 hospitality — the second pair being Ichnographical. If we begin with the former 

 and end with the latter of the parentheses, the remaining two couplets will have 

 a continuity of connexion rendering the sense more easily perceptible, as follows : 

 " Here I was formerly granted accommodation in the house of Antidamas be- 

 cause of my connexion with him as guest and favourite friend. His son, more- 

 over, has fixed his house of residence here. And witness deposes that he has 

 occupied those quarters yonder as his habitation, and opened the old site. 

 Going this way toward the high place there, I will observe the Bivium (the 

 concourse,) and will make inquiry of the persons going out from the houses," 



Tlie Punic Phraseology respecting Hannos deceased Host explicated. 



" Eumfecisse aiunt sibi quodfaciundumfuit.'^ 

 Yss id eleh brimtiphil yth chil li sco ntn liphul. 

 Ess alemin dubertfel eel. 



GrandcEvum testimonium (sermo) hoi'um est calliditate suafecisse rem 

 sibi quam facultas dabatur ad faciendam. 



It has been already shown, under the head of Duplicates, that the Punic 

 equivalent for aiunt is id ele, n'JN *1i?5 and for fecisse quod faciundum ; fel* 

 s, Iphul. For sibi the Punic is either lu = the Hebrew iS or, as here, li = 

 the Chaldee 'in'?- The only remaining Latin word in the line is eum, meaning, 

 obviously, the old man as distinguished from the son — the Jilium of the next line. 

 Now, in the Hebrew Chaldee synonymy, as p» signifies senex, and 3ty canus, 

 so tyiy signifies grandcevus. The last is the word adopted here :f and with perfect 

 propriety and accordance with the facts of the story. For, subsequently to the 



* Fel both in Punic and Libyan. 



f Both in Punic and Libyan, in the latter spelled ess. 



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