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persons whom they commemorate. The first was found in Sacara. 

 On this the inscription is neatly cut into the wood. It is as follows : — 



Avov^icov 

 Apre/xtSco- 

 pou, evfioipet 



Anouhion, son of Artemidoros, farewell. 



In this inscription it is observable that the name of the deceased is 

 Egyptian, with a Greek termination, while the name of the father is 

 Greek. The name Anoubion occurs in Athanasius. The father of the 

 Anoubion in the inscription was probably a Greek settler, and the son 

 was born in Egypt, perhaps of an Egyptian mother. The form of the 

 letters may belong to the second or third century before Christ. 



" The second is from Dongola, and the inscription is written with 

 ink and a reed pen. It is as follows : — 



TL\-qvis vearepos 

 fiapiva e^iaxrev 

 err] Xe 



PUnius the younger, son of Marinas, lived thirty five years. 



Two or three things about this inscription are somewhat remarkable. 

 It is considerably later than the preceding, as is evident from the Roman 

 name Plinius, and from the style of the writing. The name is written 

 in the abbreviated form, XlXr/i/t?, which belongs to a comparatively late 

 period. Theodoretus (Lib. II. c. 11) makes mention of a 11X771/10? as 

 an Egyptian Bishop in the fourth century, the age of Athanasius, 

 banished by the Arians, under the influence of George of Cap- 

 padocia. 



" The name Marinas is not found elsewhere, so far as I know ; but 

 the form is analogous to Zosas {Zaaas, gen. Zcoo-a, which occurs in 

 Boeckh's Corpus Inscriptionum) and many others. If the name is 

 feminine, Marina, the syntax is that of the Latin ablative with natus, 

 of which there are examples in the Corpus Inscriptionum (See Tom. 

 II. p. 850). The name of Marina occurs in the Hagiology of the 

 Oriental Church. She was a native of Pisidia, in Asia Minor, and 

 was beheaded in A. D. 270. In the Ritual of the Greek Church, the 

 17th of July is given as the anniversary, or feast-day, t^s ayias peyaXo- 

 pupTvpos Mapivrjs. For this fact, and the reference, I am indebted to my 

 friend and colleague, Mr. E. A. Sophocles. 



" The person here mentioned, Plinius, evidently belonged to a Ro- 



