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the other may have been intended for a receptacle or mouth (Coptic 

 Lo). It may, therefore, have been designed to express phonetically 

 the Greek word NetXog. The curved stroke at the right of the sixth 

 form, which corresponds precisely with some of the most common 

 alphabetic N's, forms also the principal part of the Chinese charac- 

 ters Kaou, " air, vapor," and Yen, " a long journey." The fifth 

 figure. Sin, "a heart," would, according to the rules of Chinese or- 

 thography, represent a final N, and it may be the archetype of the 

 heart-shaped N in the Punic inscriptions. 



15. D. Saraech, "prop." The first figure in line 15 represents 

 a prop or support; the others are forms of the word San or Sam, 

 " three." 



16. ;r. 'Ayin, "eye." The Chinese word Yen, "an eye," may 

 be the root of 'Ayin. The third archetype is one of the most com- 

 mon hieroglyphs for the eye ; the others denote either the mouth, or 

 whatever is round or rolling. 



17. D. Pe, "mouth." All of the Chinese forms in line 17 are 

 employed to represent the mouth. In the Chinese word Too, the 

 primitive which denotes "mouth" or " inclosure," is written in the 

 various forms of 2, £3, P, B. 



18. y. Tsadhi, "locust?" Tsaou Chung, in Chinese, signifies 

 "a locust." The archetypal forms represent a sharp, shrill, "cut- 

 ting" sound. 



19. p. Koph, " ear." The Chinese characters represent either 

 " ear " or " orifice." 



20. "\. Kesh, " head." The archetypes are all found either 

 among the forms of Rad. 181, Hee, "head," or in the outlined 

 heads of animal hieroglyphs. [PI. I, figs. 63, 64, 78.] The word 

 Hee is as near an approach as the Chinese can make by a single ut- 

 terance, to the pronunciation of the Hebrew monosyllable Resh. 

 The character P, which is found in lines 17, 18, 19, and 20, is 

 usually employed to represent Rad. 26, Tsee. The Tsee was an in- 

 strument of stone, horn, or bamboo, by which officers were appointed 

 or authorized to act. After having letters engraved upon it, it was 

 cut through the middle ; one half was retained at court, and the 

 other given to the person appointed. The same character is some- 

 times employed for Fow, " a mound," and for Chung, " the middle ; 

 within ; half," and it forms the principal part of the word Ling, "to 

 order; to enjoin." Chung is commonly represented by a mouth di- 

 vided by a line passing through its centre. 



21. cy. Shin, " tooth." The archetypal resemblances do not point 



